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A federal judicial panel declines to grant an order…temporarily blocking certification of 2022 U.S. House races that have gone forward in Ohio, under a disputed congressional map. Ruling on largely technical grounds, the bench advised a group of Black voters from Youngstown…claiming to be disenfranchised by the map…that their issue must be litigated separately. The group, known as the Simon parties, had sought the order against the congressional map as a side party…in a lawsuit involving Ohio’s unresolved maps of state legislative districts. While congressional races have gone forward in the state, Ohio’s legislative elections…to determine state representatives and senators, are on hold. The federal court has said it will intervene, after April 20th…if the state fails to come to some resolution.