The Latest On The Map Flap

The Democratic nominee for Ohio attorney general files a criminal complaint against the five Republican members of the state’s redistricting commission…after the Ohio Supreme Court rejected the commission’s legislative maps for the fifth straight time. State Rep. Jeff Crossman says the filing seeks charges of dereliction of duty and of civil rights interference, on grounds that gerrymandering in Republicans’ favor dilutes Democratic votes, harms voter confidence and prevents all votes from being equal. He has framed his campaign against Republican Attorney General Dave Yost as a fight against corruption in Columbus. Ohio’s map fight comes amid the once-per-decade political mapmaking process that all states must undertake to reflect population changes from the census.