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The Battle Continues.

Advocacy groups, fighting Ohio’s political maps in court formally object to the latest round of Statehouse districts, which they see as once again unfairly drawn to favor Republicans. Proposed legislative districts created by the GOP-led Ohio Redistricting Commission were previously declared unconstitutional five times. The Ohio Organizing Collaborative, a coalition of labor, faith and grassroots community groups, is already suing the state over redistricting. Lawyers for the group told the state Supreme Court on Thursday that the partisan breakdown of the latest maps is “nearly identical” to that of the maps that prompted them to sue in the first place. They argued that the absence of fair representation would harm and disenfranchise Ohio’s communities of color.

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