Ohio sues Census Bureau over new redistricting deadline

Ohio sued the U.S. Census Bureau on Thursday over its decision to delay the release of redistricting data by six months.The delay will cause “irreparable harms” to Ohio as it faces its own state-mandated deadlines for congressional and state legislative districts, which are drawn up using census data, Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost (R) said in a suit filed in the Southern District of Ohio.

Tara Bahrampour | February 25, 2021