Ohio’s anti-gerrymandering coalition splits after voting-rights groups delay congressional map challenge – By Andrew J. Tobias (cleveland.com) / March 25, 2022
COLUMBUS, Ohio – The backlash within Ohio’s political left was swift after a major voting-rights group announced this week it had dropped its attempt to block a new Republican-drawn congressional map from taking effect in 2022.
The ACLU of Ohio, representing a coalition of voting-rights groups, cited the time litigation has taken, including what it said was intentional foot-dragging by state Republicans, in its decision. In a news release, the groups said they instead would focus on the 2024 election.
“Not the people to get in a foxhole with,” Chris Redfern, a former Ohio Democratic Party chairman, said in one representative Twitter post that captured the mood from Democrats.
“The worst enemy of the voter is the moderate supporter of voting rights who is willing to see voters’ civil rights stripped for two years to avoid a messy court battle,” said one liberal Twitter user.
