Thread by @KatyAShanahan

What a joy to be reintroduced to the soothing hold music of the Ohio Channel!

Live tweets about the Commission's hearing (starting in 3 minutes) will be on a thread here.

It's time for #FairMaps - Take 2!

You can also tune into dueling live-tweet updates between me and the AOTL Ohio account here.

No matter where you follow, tho, be sure to sign up to testify for #FairMaps - we need your voice! bit.ly/pledgetotestif…

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(Not so?) Fun fact: Rep. Russo is Minority Leader-Elect because the House hasn't been in session and, thus, an official vote hasn't been held to swear her into this role.

Glad she's serving on the Comm'n, tho, bc she'll be a strong champ for #FairMaps!

DeWine kicking off with some comments...this should be fun!

As a reminder he - as a former Attorney General - expressed his own doubts about the constitutionality of our state leg maps, but then voted to adopt them anyway.

Then his son heard the case as a SCOhio Justice.

Wild!

DeWine giving an overview of what the Supreme Court has ordered the Commission to do in this redraw, incl:

✅ Draw maps that reflect the 54%R - 46%D partisanship of our state

✅ Keep communities together

✅ Empower communities of color thru real pathways to representation

DeWine also helpfully reminding the Commissioners about the Sunshine Law - which ensures that all their work doesn't happen behind closed doors like it did last time - and that everyone will have access to each caucus' staff/mappers (this was a challenge for Dems last time)

And now a lecture from LaRose about how it's necessary to wrap up this work so that we can duly host an election and HONESTLY I JUST HAVE TO SAY that we wouldn't be here if people LIKE LAROSE hadn't adopted an unconstitutionally gerrymandered set of maps in September!!!!

Let me say that LaRose is right to identify the logistic nightmare that we now face in terms of hosting our upcoming primary.

But to deny (by not naming it) his OWN ROLE in getting us to this point is a wild position to take for our top elections official and commissioner.

Sen @DrVernonSykes is absolutely right to again say into the mic that - as we have demanded for months and as now the Court has ordered - our future state leg maps MUST reflect how we vote.

That's 54% R - 46% D meaning we get 45 Dem House seats and 14 Dem Senate seats!

Rep. Russo also reading parts of the opinion into the record - namely the opinion that IT IS POSSIBLE to not only meet the anti-partisan gerrymandering rules BUT ALSO the community split rules.

Now the Comm'n needs to do just that. Deliver us the #FairMaps we deserve.

Cupp ends the hearing by saying that they're still working out the schedule of upcoming hearings and will keep us posted.

A reminder that maps are due 7 days from today so...tick tock!

So, now what?!

Sign up to testify for #FairMaps and join our week of testimony workshops with @allontheline_oh and @EqualDistricts!

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