Ohio Congressional Maps Struck Down, Equal Districts Coalition Celebrates with Ohioans
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
January 14, 2022
Contact:
Katy Shanahan, 614-372-6980, shanahan@redistrictingaction.org
Rachel Coyle, 419-351-5844, coyle@innovationohio.org
COLUMBUS — TODAY, the Equal Districts Coalition — a group of over 30 Ohio advocacy organizations and labor unions engaged in the redistricting process — released the following statement celebrating the Ohio Supreme Court’s rejection of rigged congressional district maps:
“The importance of this moment cannot be overstated. Here in Ohio and on a national scale, extremists are trying to tamper with the American electoral system to silence voters’ voices. They have chosen to rig the game rather than try to win it with good policy.
“Ohio voters and our state Supreme Court just made their scheme to manipulate the peoples’ will much more difficult.
“Last year, Governor DeWine and Ohio’s Republican supermajority blatantly ignored our state Constitution to draw their party unearned power. Today, a bipartisan coalition of justices shut them down.
“Once again, the Ohio Supreme Court has stood firm with Ohio voters and our state Constitution. They have soundly rejected district maps rigged to give Republicans far more seats in Congress than they earn in votes.
“Ohio voters spoke, and the Supreme Court listened. Let’s get to work to implement the people’s ruling.”
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The Equal Districts Coalition is the largest redistricting coalition in Ohio, with over 30 member organizations. It includes the Ohio State Conference of the NAACP, Ohio Organizing Collaborative, OAPSE/AFSCME, AFSCME Ohio Council 8, the Ohio Environmental Council, Innovation Ohio, the Ohio Student Association, ProgressOhio, All On the Line-Ohio, Planned Parenthood Advocates of Ohio, Ohio Council of Churches, NARAL Pro-Choice Ohio, URGE – Unite for Reproductive and Gender Equity, LEAD Ohio, the Ohio Women’s Alliance, the Ohio Federation of Teachers, Ohio Education Association, CAIR-Ohio, Campus Vote Project, For Our Future Ohio, Ohio Unity Coalition, Equality Ohio, The Freedom Bloc, and more.
