Black Ohio Democrats oppose GOP proposal to change redistricting dates
Updated Apr 28, 2021;
Posted Apr 28, 2021
A Republican proposal to change Ohio's redistricting deadlines received a blow on Wednesday after a key group of Democrats came out in opposition. (Jeremy Pelzer, cleveland.com)
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The Ohio Legislative Black Caucus, which represents Black members in the Ohio House and Senate, issued a statement on Wednesday saying they are “deeply concerned” that Republican Senate President Matt Huffman’s proposal would reduce chances for public input on the process of redrawing the state’s political maps later this year.
“Using the guise of the delay in Census data does not justify giving the General Assembly free rein to reconfigure the redistricting schedule that was approved by voters in 2015 and 2018,” the statement read. “The Census delay should be addressed by extending all of the deadlines by the same amount of time, so that the overall process begins later but the schedule otherwise remains fixed.”