If lawmakers fail to reach an agreement, a seven-person bipartisan commission gets the second chance. The Brennan Center for Justice estimates the state’s congressional map accounts for two to three additional GOP seats in Congress. Should Ohio voters reject the lawmakers’ proposal in May, Gunther said activists would keep working to get their proposal on the ballot in November. In 2015, Ohio voters approved a proposal from lawmakers to create a bipartisan board to draw state legislative districts. Facing pressure from then-U.S. House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio), Republican state lawmakers chose not to apply the same process to congressional redistricting.

Source: Huffington Post February 07, 2018 23:01 UTC