On November 3, the Ohio House was called back into session to vote on HB 369, a new set of U.S. House district boundaries. Ohio Republican House members, who have a majority but less than two-thirds of the membership of the House, had hoped the new plan would attract a two-thirds “aye” vote. The new maps were designed to increase the number of districts with a substantial majority of black voters. Republicans hoped enough black state house Democrats would vote for the bill. If HB 369 could pass with a two-thirds majority in each house, it would go into effect immediately and would not be subject to referendum.

However, HB 369 did not pass. See this story. The story does not specifically say that the bill didn’t pass, but, in reality, it didn’t pass. If it were to pass, then Ohio could have its presidential primary and its U.S. House primary in March instead of on June 12. But as it stands now, the presidential primary and U.S. House primary will be in June, even though the primary for U.S. Senate and state legislature will be in March. The reason the presidential primary must be in June is that Ohio presidential primaries elect delegates to national conventions from each U.S. House district, and so if the U.S. House district boundaries aren’t known, the presidential primary can’t go forward.