Ohio Congressional Map Challengers Seek to Drop Lawsuits

Voting-rights advocates challenging Ohio’s Republican-drawn congressional map, which the Ohio Supreme Court ruled last year to be unconstitutionally gerrymandered, want to drop their lawsuits, moves that come in the wake of a rightward shift by the court.

The borders of the state’s 15 congressional districts should stay the same through the 2024 elections, according to filings Tuesday in two lawsuits pending in front of the state’s high court. The map, because of the way it was approved, must be redrawn for the 2026 elections, the applications for dismissal note, also explaining that additional litigation could confuse voters over which district ...