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Ohio 11 has a Cook Partisan Voting Index of D+28; it is the most Democratic district in Ohio [2] and the most Democratic district in the Midwest outside of Chicago, Illinois. It was one of several districts challenged in a 2018 lawsuit seeking to overturn Ohio's congressional map on the basis of unconstitutional gerrymandering. [3]
Cities in Ohio are municipalities whose population is no less than 5,000; smaller municipalities are called villages. Nonresident college students and incarcerated inmates do not count towards the city requirement of 5,000 residents. [1] There are currently 253 cities and 673 villages in Ohio, for a total of 926 municipalities.
The administrative divisions of Ohio are counties, municipalities (cities and villages), townships, special districts, and school districts. Elections for county officials are held in even-numbered years, while elections for officials in the municipalities, townships, and local boards of education are held in odd-numbered years.
The US Census in 2012 counted 19,522 municipalities, 16,364 townships, 37,203 special districts, and 12,884 independent school districts which have active governments. [45] Many states use township as a governmental level between county and municipality.
On May 3, 2019, a three-judge panel from the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio declared Ohio's 2012 district map contrary to Article One of the United States Constitution, as "an unconstitutional partisan gerrymander" and ordered "the enactment of a constitutionally viable replacement" prior to the 2020 elections. [6]
Ohio's Congressional District map for 2022-2026. Ohio's current congressional map was crafted by Republicans and approved by GOP members of the Ohio Redistricting Commission , a seven-member panel ...
While some have been totally absorbed into cities or villages, becoming paper townships, the list does not give historic names for any that were renamed. The 2018-2019 Ohio Municipal, Township and School Board Roster (maintained by the Ohio Secretary of State) lists 1,308 townships, with a 2010 population totaling 5,623,956. [1]
The commission would draw maps that "correspond closely to statewide partisan preferences of the voters of Ohio." Unlike redistricting proposals approved in 2015 and 2018, this requirement is ...