The U.S. Supreme Court has asked the plaintiffs in the Michigan and Ohio partisan gerrymandering cases to respond by 3 pm, Monday, May 20. The two state governments are hoping to persuade the U.S. Supreme Court to stay decisions in … Continue reading
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On May 10, state officials from Ohio and Michigan asked the U.S. Supreme Court to stay recent decisions of 3-judge U.S. District Courts concerning redistricting. Both of the lower court recent decisions ordered the state in question to redraw U.S. … Continue reading
Nicholas Stephanopoulos of Election Law Blog here analyzes the May 3 Ohio decision, striking down the U.S. House district boundaries as a partisan gerrymander. For those who are interested in this topic but who don’t want to read the very … Continue reading
On May 3, the Sixth Circuit expedited Schmitt v LaRose, 19-3196. This is the case over whether Ohio county election officials are free to remove local initiatives from the ballot because they think the initiative, if passed, would be invalid … Continue reading
On May 3, a 3-judge U.S. District Court found that Ohio’s U.S. House districts are an unconstitutional gerrymander. The court ordered the state not to use the districts for the 2020 election. Ohio A. Philip Randolph Institute v Householder, s.d., … Continue reading