What you can do to help
The Republican-controlled Ohio State Assembly continues to disappoint. On January 14th the Ohio Supreme Court ruled that the newly drawn Congressional map was unConstitutional. They gave the State Assembly 30 days to draw new maps. Over the weekend both the House and the Senate finally scheduled a public hearing for today; this morning they canceled them both hearing. So here we are on day 25 of the 30 days period with no maps and no public hearings. In May of 2018, the people of Ohio voted overwhelmingly (75%) that they wanted a transparent, bipartisan process. No reason was given as to why the hearings were canceled, but Josh Rultenberg, Spectrum News reporter, said in a tweet: “I just spoke with @bobpetersonfarm who chairs the Ohio Senate General Government Budget Committee. He says because there are not 66 votes in the Ohio House, there is not a map that can be put forward at this time.” I don’t understand–no map has been presented how does he know it won’t get 66 votes? Contact your State Rep https://ohiohouse.gov/ and your State Senator https://www.ohiosenate.gov/ and tell them to do their jobs. Then call Senator Bob Peterson at (614) 466-8156 and tell him to introduce a map and hold hearings immediately.
