Ohio Assembly fails to pass redistricting reform

Reform that would have created a bipartisan redistricting board for future legislative and congressional districts failed to pass The General Assembly, according to the Toledo Blade.

GOP State Sen. Jon Husted said he plans to keep working on an agreement before an August deadline for placing the issue on the November ballot.

Husted’s bill would take the power of drawing legislative districts away from whichever party controls the state Apportionment Board and give it to a seven-member bipartisan panel.

Editorials
A burst of bipartisanship, and Ohio would draw improved districts - Akron Beacon Journal
Lawmakers whiff on redistricting reform; will they try again? – Dayton Daily News
Redistricting reform falls victim again to dreams of power – The Columbus Dispatch