#redistricting Archives - CAIR-Ohio https://staging.cair-ohio.com/tag/redistricting/ Protecting Civil Rights. Fighting Bigotry. Promoting Tolerance. Wed, 21 Sep 2022 16:36:10 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.1 173363196 CAIR-Ohio Joins Equal Districts Press Conference Demonstrating Redistricting Commission’s Continued Disregard for Law https://staging.cair-ohio.com/cair-ohio-joins-equal-districts-press-conference-demonstrating-redistricting-commissions-continued-disregard-for-law/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=cair-ohio-joins-equal-districts-press-conference-demonstrating-redistricting-commissions-continued-disregard-for-law Tue, 20 Sep 2022 18:34:41 +0000 https://www.cair-ohio.com/?p=13655 (COLUMBUS, OHIO, 9/20/2022) – Last Friday, CAIR-Ohio participated in a press conference at the Ohio Statehouse ahead of the next congressional map deadline, which the Ohio Redistricting Commission chose to ignore.  […]

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]]> 13655 Redistricting Update: Commission Continues to Ignore Law and Court Order for Fair Maps https://staging.cair-ohio.com/redistricting-update-commission-continues-to-ignore-law-and-court-order-for-fair-maps/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=redistricting-update-commission-continues-to-ignore-law-and-court-order-for-fair-maps Fri, 10 Jun 2022 02:31:47 +0000 https://www.cair-ohio.com/?p=11616 (COLUMBUS, OHIO 6/8/2022) – The Ohio Redistricting Commission has yet again failed to convene, schedule any public hearings, provide any sort of fair map, or adhere to any of the […]

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]]> 11616 CAIR-Ohio Files Motion Against Latest Round of Unconstitutional Maps https://staging.cair-ohio.com/cair-ohio-files-motion-against-latest-round-of-unconstitutional-maps/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=cair-ohio-files-motion-against-latest-round-of-unconstitutional-maps Thu, 12 May 2022 22:19:37 +0000 https://www.cair-ohio.com/?p=11378 (COLUMBUS, OHIO 5/11/2022) – On Tuesday, May 10, the Ohio Chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Ohio) and other petitioners in the Ohio Organizing Collaborative v. Ohio Redistricting Commission […]

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]]> 11378 CAIR-Ohio Joins Equal Districts Press Conference at Statehouse https://staging.cair-ohio.com/cair-ohio-joins-equal-districts-press-conference-at-statehouse/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=cair-ohio-joins-equal-districts-press-conference-at-statehouse Tue, 29 Mar 2022 14:44:53 +0000 https://www.cair-ohio.com/?p=11023 (COLUMBUS, OHIO 3/29/2022) Last Friday, CAIR-Ohio participated in a press conference outside the Ohio Statehouse to reinforce that the fight for fair maps in 2022 does not stop until the voters […]

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]]> 11023 CAIR-Ohio’s Fight for Fair Maps is Heading to Federal Court https://staging.cair-ohio.com/cair-ohio-fight-for-fair-maps-is-heading-to-federal-court/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=cair-ohio-fight-for-fair-maps-is-heading-to-federal-court Thu, 03 Mar 2022 16:03:53 +0000 https://www.cair-ohio.com/?p=10953 (COLUMBUS, OHIO 3/3/2022) Last week, the Ohio Chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Ohio) and other petitioners from Ohio Organ­iz­ing Collab­or­at­ive v. Ohio Redis­trict­ing Commis­sion filed a motion to […]

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]]> 10953 Ohio Supreme Court Rejects Second Round of Unconstitutional Maps https://staging.cair-ohio.com/ohio-supreme-court-rejects-second-round-of-unconstitutional-maps/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ohio-supreme-court-rejects-second-round-of-unconstitutional-maps Thu, 10 Feb 2022 15:19:35 +0000 https://www.cair-ohio.com/?p=10797 (COLUMBUS, OHIO 2/9/2021) — This week, the Ohio Supreme Court again struck down the unconstitutional state Senate and House maps adopted by the Ohio Redistricting Commission.  The Brennan Center for […]

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]]> 10797 CAIR-Ohio Asks Ohio Supreme Court to Reject Redrawn Maps https://staging.cair-ohio.com/cair-ohio-asks-ohio-supreme-court-to-reject-redrawn-maps/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=cair-ohio-asks-ohio-supreme-court-to-reject-redrawn-maps Thu, 27 Jan 2022 16:55:23 +0000 https://www.cair-ohio.com/?p=10762 (COLUMBUS, OHIO, 1/27/2022)— CAIR-Ohio and the co-plaintiffs in Ohio Organizing Collaborative v. Ohio Redistricting Commission filed objections on Jan. 25 asking the Ohio Supreme Court to reject the Ohio Redistricting Commission’s redrawn state legislative maps as they […]

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]]> 10762 Ohio Supreme Court Strikes Down Unconstitutional Congressional Map https://staging.cair-ohio.com/ohio-supreme-court-strikes-down-unconstitutional-congressional-map/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ohio-supreme-court-strikes-down-unconstitutional-congressional-map Mon, 17 Jan 2022 20:22:10 +0000 https://www.cair-ohio.com/?p=10714 (COLUMBUS, OHIO 1/14/2022) The Ohio Supreme Court has now ruled both the state legislative maps AND the congressional map are unconstitutional because of partisan gerrymandering and must be redrawn. The Ohio […]

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]]> 10714 CAIR-Ohio Welcomes Ohio Supreme Court Decision to Overturn Unconstitutional Legislative Maps https://staging.cair-ohio.com/cair-ohio-welcomes-ohio-supreme-court-decision-to-overturn-unconstitutional-legislative-maps/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=cair-ohio-welcomes-ohio-supreme-court-decision-to-overturn-unconstitutional-legislative-maps Thu, 13 Jan 2022 23:11:05 +0000 https://www.cair-ohio.com/?p=10709 (COLUMBUS, OHIO 1/13/2022) — The Ohio Chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Ohio) welcomes Wednesday’s ruling in the Ohio Supreme Court striking down gerrymandered state House and Senate district maps, ruling 4-3 that the maps are […]

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]]> 10709 Redistricting Lawsuit Heard at Ohio Supreme Court https://staging.cair-ohio.com/redistricting-lawsuit-heard-at-ohio-supreme-court/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=redistricting-lawsuit-heard-at-ohio-supreme-court Thu, 09 Dec 2021 19:50:07 +0000 https://www.cair-ohio.com/?p=10543 (COLUMBUS, OHIO 12/09/2021) — On Wednesday, Dec. 8, oral arguments for the redistricting lawsuit filed on behalf of the Ohio Chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Ohio) and other plaintiffs were heard at the Ohio Supreme Court.   The […]

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]]> 10543 OP-ED | Ohio Take Note: Fairness Is a Universal Value https://staging.cair-ohio.com/op-ed-ohio-take-note-fairness-is-a-universal-value/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=op-ed-ohio-take-note-fairness-is-a-universal-value Thu, 09 Dec 2021 19:21:33 +0000 https://www.cair-ohio.com/?p=10529 By: Tala Dahbour, CAIR-Ohio Policy Director Muslim Americans have made great strides in the last decade in reaching local, state, and federal halls of power. In the face of rampant […]

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]]> 10529 CAIR-Ohio Denounces Congressional Districts Approved by Gov. DeWine https://staging.cair-ohio.com/cair-ohio-denounces-congressional-districts-approved-by-gov-dewine/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=cair-ohio-denounces-congressional-districts-approved-by-gov-dewine Tue, 23 Nov 2021 18:37:59 +0000 https://www.cair-ohio.com/?p=10494 CAIR-Ohio denounces congressional districts approved by Gov. DeWine over the weekend. The approved map does not reflect Ohio voting preferences (55% republican, 45% democrat) and overwhelmingly favors one political party. […]

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]]> 10494 Redistricting Update: CAIR-Ohio Responds to Gerrymandered Congressional Maps https://staging.cair-ohio.com/redistricting-update-cair-ohio-responds-to-gerrymandered-congressional-maps/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=redistricting-update-cair-ohio-responds-to-gerrymandered-congressional-maps Thu, 18 Nov 2021 18:55:18 +0000 https://www.cair-ohio.com/?p=10461 (COLUMBUS, OHIO 11/17/2021) — On Friday, Nov. 12, the Ohio Chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Ohio) joined other organizations of the Equal Districts Coalition at the Ohio Statehouse in Columbus, Ohio.  Amina Barhumi, CAIR-Ohio’s Outreach Director and a […]

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]]> 10461 CAIR-Ohio Testifies Before the Ohio House & Senate Following the Proposal of Congressional Maps https://staging.cair-ohio.com/cair-ohio-testifies-before-the-ohio-house-senate-following-the-proposal-of-congressional-maps/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=cair-ohio-testifies-before-the-ohio-house-senate-following-the-proposal-of-congressional-maps Thu, 11 Nov 2021 16:18:05 +0000 https://www.cair-ohio.com/?p=10438 (COLUMBUS, OHIO 11/10/2021) – On Thursday, November 4, the Ohio Chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Ohio) provided testimony on proposed maps in public hearings at the Ohio Statehouse. […]

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]]> 10438 CAIR-Ohio Joins Fair Districts Rally at Statehouse! https://staging.cair-ohio.com/cair-ohio-joins-fair-districts-rally-at-statehouse/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=cair-ohio-joins-fair-districts-rally-at-statehouse Thu, 04 Nov 2021 17:16:17 +0000 https://www.cair-ohio.com/?p=10426 (COLUMBUS, OHIO 11/03/2021) — On Thursday, October 28, the Ohio Chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Ohio) joined other organizations of the Fair Districts Coalition at the Ohio Statehouse […]

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