The Latest Breaking News from Ohio Supreme Court

Heart of the Primaries 2022, Democrats-Issue 30

Welcome to The Heart of the Primaries, Democratic Edition

Ballotpedia · Jul 7, 2022

Will Tonight's Capitol Riot Hearing Deliver Bombshells or Be Another Dud?

Plus: Families sue over Texas directive on care for transgender kids, teleworker taxes will come before Ohio Supreme Court, and more...

Reason · Jun 9, 2022

Ohio’s high court rejects latest GOP-drawn Statehouse maps

The Ohio Supreme Court has rejected another round of Republican-drawn Statehouse maps and returned them to the Ohio Redistricting Commission

The Independent UK · May 25, 2022

Seventy candidates filed to run for 15 U.S. House districts in Ohio

The filing deadline for candidates running for the U.S. House of Representatives in Ohio was March 4, 2022. This year, 70 candidates filed to run in Ohio’s 15 U.S. House districts, including 39 Republicans, 29 Democrats, and two independents. That’s 4.7 candidates per district, more than the 4.4 candidates per…

Ballotpedia · Apr 8, 2022

Challenge to Prior Restraint on Critics of Police Officer Ends With a Whimper

From today's Ohio Supreme Court opinion in M.R. v. Niesen: A common pleas court issued a temporary restraining order ("TRO") prohibiting Julie Niesen, Terhas White, and others from publishing the personal identifying information of Ryan Olthaus, a Cincinnati police officer. We are asked to decide whether a speech-restraining TRO is…

Reason · Apr 6, 2022

EXPLAINER: Why disputed maps won't stop Ohio's May 3 primary

Despite the uncertainty raised over the date of Ohio’s primary election, the state is ready to move forward with early voting on Tuesday for a likely May 3 contest for statewide and congressional races – but not legislative ones

The Independent UK · Apr 3, 2022

Federal judges in Ohio question viability of May 3 primary

A federal court panel is asking top Ohio elections officials for help determining whether to delay the state’s May 3 primary over redistricting chaos that has engulfed the state and left both congressional and state legislative lines unresolved

The Independent UK · Mar 30, 2022

Redistricting news from Maryland to Wyoming and more

By: Samuel Wonacott

Ballotpedia · Mar 30, 2022

Campaigns weigh strategy options if Ohio primary is delayed

Ohio's primary election is scheduled for May 3 and it's just six weeks away

The Independent UK · Mar 24, 2022

Ohio Supreme Court says it does not have jurisdiction to rule further on approved congressional map, new legal challenge filed

The Ohio Supreme Court ruled in League of Women Voters of Ohio v. DeWine and Adams v. DeWine on March 18 saying it did not have jurisdiction to rule on further challenges to the congressional map at the center of those cases. Barring a successful legal challenge, the Ohio Redistricting Commission’s March 2 congressional…

Ballotpedia · Mar 23, 2022