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Today’s Featured Speakers

Mia Lewis, CCOH

Jen Miller, LWVOH

Kathay Feng, Common Cause

David Daley (@davedaley)

author of Unrigged & Rat F*’ed

@RileyTopping,

Legal Analyst, SpectrumNews1OH

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  • Signature gathering, validating petition booklets, working to pass Issue 1;
  • 2020 & 2021 intros to redistricting, Zoom calls, trainings, watch parties, huddles and more;
  • Postcards, Calls to action for emails and calls to legislators;
  • Yard signs, t-shirts, buttons;
  • Speakers Bureau presentations, LTEs ;
  • Community mapping trainings & mapping sessions, mapping competition;
  • Hearing testimony trainings, attending hearings, live and written testimony;
  • Fair Maps Day, Pickets, Protests, rallies;
  • Fair Districts social media.

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Fair Districts Volunteers

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Signatures, aliation, Issue 1

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Webinars & Trainings, Huddles & More

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Emails, Calls & Postcards

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Yard signs, T-shirts & Buttons

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Speakers Bureau Presentations & Letters to the Editor

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Fair Districts Model Congressional Map

Community maps & Mapping Competition

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Ohio Redistricting Commission Hearings!

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Pickets, Protests, & Fair Maps Day

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Fair Districts Facebook & Twitter

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Ohio House and Senate Maps

The Ohio Redistricting Commission has so far passed THREE SETS of state legislative maps. All challenged by three sets of lawsuits: LWV, NRAF, OOC. All three sets of maps have been struck down.

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First: Passed 9/16/2021; Challenged 9/23/2021; Struck down 1/14/2022

Second: Passed 1/22/2022; Challenged 1/25/2022; Struck down 2/7/2022

Third: Passed 2/24/2022; Challenged 2/28/2022; Struck down 3/16/2022

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All three sets of state legislative maps passed by the ORC have a disproportionate number of “toss-up” seats in the D column.

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Ohio House and Senate Maps

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Congressional Map

1/14: Ohio Supreme Court strikes down ORC’s first map

“When the dealer stacks the deck in advance, the house usually wins."

“The General Assembly produced a plan that is infused with undue partisan bias and that is incomprehensibly more extremely biased than the 2011 plan that it replaced.”

“This plan defies correction on a simple district-by-district basis. We, therefore, see no recourse but to invalidate the entire congressional-district plan.”

3/2: Ohio Redistricting Commission passes a second map. Two challenges: LWV & Elias group. 3/18 OSC rules no jurisdiction. Two new challenges. Some controversy: Columbus Dispatch article 3/24/33

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Ohio’s Congressional Map Pending Lawsuits

  • Two additional suits have been filed:
  • The ACLU of Ohio filed a lawsuit on 3/22 on behalf of LWVO. They are asking the Court to order the General Assembly, or Commission, to fix the 3/2/2022 map in time for the 2024 election and issue a PI for holding congressional elections for 2024.
    • The voting rights groups still claim that Districts 1 and 15 are not constitutionally compliant; but cite the electoral calendar as being preventing relief in time for 2022.
  • The Elias Law Group filed a separate lawsuit on 3/21, seeking relief in time for the 2022 elections. The complaint asks the Court to issue a PI for the primary election and court-ordered map chosen. An alternative request for relief asks the Court to order the General Assembly, or Commission, or draw a map in accordance with the Courts 1/14/22 order.

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Partisan Breakdown of Congressional Map Plans

Congress

Fair Districts Model Map

1st (GA)

Passed

Nov. 18, 2021

2nd (ORC)

Passed

March 2, 2022

Yuko/Sykes

SB 237 Revision

Feb. 8, 2022

Democratic Amendments to March 2, 2022 Plan

Dem Seats

4

2

2

4

4

GOP Seats

6

9

9

7

7

Swing (52% or less)

5

(3 dem)

4

(1 dem)

4

(3 dem)

4

(3 dem)

4

(2 dem)

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Sign up for notifications from the Ohio Supreme Court

Ohio State House Districts cases:

  • 2021-1193 (LWV);
  • 2021-1198 (Elias group);
  • 2021-1210 (OOC)

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Congressional Map cases:

  • 2021-1428 (Elias group);
  • 2021-1449 (LWV)
  • 2022-0298 (Elias group);
  • 2022-0303 (LWV)

Subscribe to docket updates

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  • Commit to voting in BOTH primaries, early!
  • Post a photo on social media each time.
  • Tell one friend about voting; bonus if they don’t usually vote in a primary or are under 25.
  • Write to the four Ohio Redistricting Commissioners who voted for the “failsafe” maps:

Co-Chair Speaker Bob Cupp, 614-446-9624, rep04@ohiohouse.gov

Senate President Matt Huffman, 614-466-7584, huffman@ohiosenate.gov

Governor DeWine, 614-644-4357, 614-466-3555, Laurel.Dawson@governor.ohio.gov

Secretary of State LaRose, 614-466-2585, FLaRose@ohiosos.gov

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Help Spread the Word about Election Protection

Ways to Get Involved:

  • Sign up to be an Election Protection Ambassador to help distribute materials in your community & promote the hotline.

Next Upcoming Training:

  • Thursday, April 7 @ 4pm

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  • Sign up to be a Poll Monitor for the Primary Election to assist with voter questions and ensure safe and accessible elections.

Upcoming Training:

  • Thursday, April 28 @ 6pm

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  • Help us spread accurate election details and identify misinformation by being trained as a Social Media Monitor!

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Next Fair Districts All Volunteer Huddle 4/13,

Monthly meetings, second Weds, 6PM

Visit us: fairdistrictsohio.org

Get in touch: fairdistrictsohio2021@gmail.com

Thank you!