{"id":247,"date":"2019-03-08T17:47:32","date_gmt":"2019-03-08T17:47:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/ohio\/articles\/redistricting-court-cases-and-a-road-trip-to-dc\/"},"modified":"2019-03-08T17:47:32","modified_gmt":"2019-03-08T17:47:32","slug":"redistricting-court-cases-and-a-road-trip-to-dc","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/ohio\/ar\/articles\/\u0625\u0639\u0627\u062f\u0629-\u062a\u0642\u0633\u064a\u0645-\u0627\u0644\u0642\u0636\u0627\u064a\u0627-\u0641\u064a-\u0627\u0644\u0645\u062d\u0643\u0645\u0629-\u0648\u0631\u062d\u0644\u0629-\u0628\/","title":{"rendered":"\u0625\u0639\u0627\u062f\u0629 \u062a\u0642\u0633\u064a\u0645 \u0627\u0644\u0642\u0636\u0627\u064a\u0627 \u0641\u064a \u0627\u0644\u0645\u062d\u0643\u0645\u0629 \u0648\u0631\u062d\u0644\u0629 \u0628\u0631\u064a\u0629 \u0625\u0644\u0649 \u0627\u0644\u0639\u0627\u0635\u0645\u0629 \u0648\u0627\u0634\u0646\u0637\u0646!"},"template":"","class_list":["post-247","article","type-article","status-publish","hentry","article_type-blog-post"],"acf":{"details":{"summary":"There\u2019s a lot going on nationally and in Ohio with democracy reforms, and redistricting specifically. Here\u2019s a quick update, and an invitation.","featured_image":null,"article_type":153,"authors":null,"related_issues":[62,420],"related_work":false,"location":null},"sidebar":{"helper_enable_sidebar":false,"helper_media_contact":{"heading":"Media Contact","manually_enter_person":false,"person":null,"name":"","role":"","phone":"","email":""},"helper_links_downloads":{"heading":"Links & Downloads","links":null}},"page_layout":[{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_wysiwyg","_acfe_flexible_toggle":null,"component_wysiwyg":{"content":"Hello Common Cause Ohio Members:\r\n\r\nWe\u2019ve moved! It\u2019s just a few blocks away from our old office, but we want to make sure you have our new address. We are close to the Topiary Park. Please feel free to stop by next time you are in the area! We are now located at:\r\n\r\n394 E Town St, Suite 209, Columbus, OH 43215.\r\n\r\nThere\u2019s a lot going on nationally and in Ohio with democracy reforms, and redistricting specifically. Here\u2019s a quick update, and an invitation.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nTwo Important Redistricting Cases at the US Supreme Court<\/strong>\r\n\r\nOn Tuesday, March 26, 2019, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in two landmark redistricting cases that have the potential to end gerrymandering for good.\u00a0Rucho v. Common Cause<\/em><\/strong><\/a>\u00a0is about gerrymandering by the North Carolina General Assembly which is dominated by the GOP.\u00a0Lamone v. Benisek<\/em><\/strong><\/a>\u00a0is a challenge to a Democratic gerrymander in Maryland. These two cases could potentially set a national precedent on how to draw fair maps. This could add an additional assurance that mapmaking here in Ohio after the 2020 census is fair and impartial.\r\n\r\nRoad Trip!<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>Common Cause Ohio is organizing a road trip to Washington DC to join a major rally on the steps of the U.S. Supreme Court during oral arguments in\u00a0Rucho v. Common Cause<\/em>. There are also plans to lobby our Senators on the pro-democracy bill (HR1) that just passed the House. Sign up\u00a0HERE<\/a>. More details at the end of this newsletter.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nRedistricting Court Case in Ohio<\/strong>\r\n\r\nThe constitutionality of drawing district lines to manipulate the vote is being challenged back home in Ohio as well with\u00a0Ohio A. Philip Randolph v. Householder<\/em><\/strong><\/a>. Ohio A. Philip Randolph Institute, the League of Women Voters of Ohio, and a group of Ohio residents in each of Ohio\u2019s 16 congressional districts filed suit contending that the 2011 congressional map is an unconstitutional partisan gerrymander. ACLU Ohio argues that the 2011 map violates both our First Amendment rights and our Fourth.\u00a0The trial, which looks juicy,<\/a>\u00a0began on March 4 and is scheduled to continue for ten days. The witness list includes political scientists and former U.S. Speaker John Boehner.\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>\r\n
Remember how the mapmakers called the hotel room where they drew the new districts \u201cthe bunker?\u201d\u00a0<\/em>Check out the story of the 2011 gerrymander here.<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/blockquote>\r\nListen to a\u00a0Sound of Ideas program<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0with ACLU of Ohio\u2019s Freda Levenson, Cleveland.com\u2019s Rich Exner, Common Cause Ohio\u2019s Catherine Turcer, and former Ohio Republican Party chair Matt Borges about the trial.\r\n\r\nAs you listen to this program, remember: Nothing justifies the crazy congressional map that was approved by the Ohio General Assembly in 2011. We deserve to participate in meaningful elections and the districts favor one party or the other and leave us with truly uncompetitive elections. The Voting Rights Act and the creation of one majority-minority district (Congressional District 11) cannot explain why there is a district running along Lake Erie from Toledo to Cleveland. The map precisely entrenches 12 Republican districts and 4 Democratic.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nRucho\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>Road Trip, and In-Person Lobbying for HR1!<\/strong>\r\n\r\nThis month Common Cause national is planning a major democracy mobilization to support two of our top national priorities: our lawsuit to END partisan gerrymandering, and our comprehensive voting rights & democracy reform package,\u00a0<\/strong>House Resolution 1, also called the For the People Act.<\/a><\/strong>\r\n\r\nOn March 26th, Common Cause members and redistricting reformers from around the country will rally outside the Supreme Court as they hear oral arguments in\u00a0Rucho v. Common Cause<\/em>. We will be joined by redistricting luminaries such as Arnold Schwarzenegger, as well as Members of Congress.\r\n\r\nFor those traveling from outside DC, the plan is to combine the visit to the Supreme Court with direct, in-person lobbying on\u00a0House Resolution 1<\/strong>\u00a0and other pro-democracy reforms. This is an opportunity to talk to our Senators and encourage them to support the important voting rights and democracy reforms in the For the People Act.\u00a0Sign up here by Friday, March 15<\/a>.\r\n\r\nRoad trip schedule:<\/strong>\r\n