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Topic: Ohio Apportionment Board

	Ohio Line Fence Law, ALS-1001-00
		Ohio’s "fencing out" law became a "fencing in" law, and a livestock owner who did not fence in his livestock and keep the animals from running at large was liable for resulting property damage.
		Ohio law requires each county recorder to maintain a "partition fence record." After making a written assignment of responsibility for a line fence, the township trustees must send the assignment to the county recorder for placement in the partition fence record.
		Ohio law recognizes a "doctrine of acquiescence" where adjoining landowners have treated a fence line as if it were the boundary line between the properties.
	ohioline.osu.edu /als-fact/1001.html (2867 words)

	Congressional Apportionment
		The population of the District of Columbia is excluded from the apportionment population.
		Apportionment is the process of dividing the 435 memberships or seats in the U.S. House of Representatives among the 50 states.
		Apportionment is the process of determining the number of representatives to which each state is entitled in the U.S. House of Representatives based on the decennial census.
	nationalatlas.gov /articles/boundaries/a_conApport.html (2023 words)

	The Rest of Us :: Home
		Below is a closer look at the role of fundraising in Ohio's 2004 general elections for the legislature and the destructive effect on electoral competition by the redistricting scheme passed by the Ohio Apportionment Board in 2001 and Legislature in 2002.
		In Ohio, the Apportionment Board is responsible for drawing the legislative districts; the General Assembly is responsible for drawing the Congressional districts.
		The Apportionment Board consists of the governor, state auditor, secretary of state, one person chosen by the speaker of the House and the leader in the Senate from the same political party as the speaker, and one person chosen by the leaders of the other party in the two houses.
	www.therestofus.org /ohio/analysis.html (1301 words)

	Ohio Apportionment Board - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Ohio Apportionment Board, which convenes every ten years, following the census, draws the single-member legislative districts for the Ohio General Assembly.
		Each of the 33 senate districts is comprised of three contiguous of the 99 house of representatives district.
		Senate Minority Leader Leigh Herrington (D) Democrats controlled the apportionment board in 1971 and 1981.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ohio_Apportionment_Board (192 words)

	General Assembly Archive Documents: Historic political composition of the Ohio General Assembly - 1900 To 2006 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		In May 1965, Ohio voters rejected a constitutional amendment proposed by the General Assembly providing for the apportionment of the Ohio Senate and House districts.
		The amendment created the Ohio Apportionment Board as it presently exists to draw the 33 Senate and 99 House districts based largely upon the state's population.
		In June 1976, Ohio voters adopted an amendment (SJR 4, 111th General Assembly) to the Ohio Constitution removing the lieutenant governor as the presiding officer of the Senate.
	www.gongwer-oh.com /public/gahis.html (714 words)

	FairVote - Ohio
		The board consists of five members; the governor, the secretary of state, the state auditor, one appointee of the speaker and majority leader of the senate jointly, and one appointee chosen jointly by the minority leaders in each house.
		Ohio’s recent history of redistricting – in which one party has taken advantage of majority control of the Apportionment Board to seek partisan advantage in state legislative districting – has sparked growing interest in reform.
		The court stated that in the case of senate district 22, two state constitutional provisions were in conflict, and that the Ohio Apportionment Board had the discretion to choose to follow one at the expense of the other.
	www.fairvote.org /?page=325 (743 words)

	Government of Ohio - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Judges in Ohio are generally elected, except for the Court of Claims, for which judges sit by assignment of the chief justice.
		The Ohio Department of Education is run by the Ohio State Board of Education, which has 11 elected members and six appointed members.
		The chairman of the Ohio House of Representatives Education Committee and his or her counterpart in the Ohio State Senate are ex officio members.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Government_of_Ohio (1327 words)

	Ohio Chamber of Commerce - Governmental Affairs
		The 2001 reapportionment was the fourth to occur since the current Article XI of the Ohio Constitution, which prescribes the manner in which legislative districts shall be drawn and created the Apportionment Board to draw them, was adopted in 1967.
		In each of the previous three, the party that had a majority on the Apportionment Board added to the number of seats it held in the House in the subsequent election, but had mixed results in increasing its numbers in the Senate.
		Ohio Courts of Appeals have appellate review jurisdiction of judgments from common pleas, county, and municipal courts, as well as from the Board of Tax Appeals.
	www.ohiochamber.com /governmental/edge_122204.asp (1310 words)

	Ohio Republican Party - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		However, just as Democrats were reaching their peak, the Ohio Republican party was staging a comeback, and by 1990, the Republicans had won a majority on the Ohio Apportionment Board, which draws district lines for federal and state legislative seats.
		Former U.S. representative and Lieutenant Governor of Ohio DeWine was elected to the U.S. Senate in 1994.
		Ohio Attorney General James M. Petro was a candidate for governor, and later defeated by Ken Blackwell in the May primary.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ohio_Republican_Party (1922 words)

	Mount Vernon News - Proposal Would Create Panel For Redistricting (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The Ohio Apportionment Board, under current law, is made up of the governor, the secretary state, the state auditor and one appointee from each major party in the state legislature.
		The board was controlled by Democrats in 1971 and 1981, and by Republicans in 1991 and 2001.
		Although the Apportionment Board is in effect a partisan entity, it does not have a free hand in drawing new state legislative districts.
	www.ohiodems.org /ht/display/ArticleDetails/i/246517 (562 words)

	The Post Online
		Though reform is the rallying cry in the latest efforts to stop legislative gerrymandering in Ohio, irony is the operative term on both sides of the aisle.
		In their current state, those districts are often oddly-shaped and incumbent-friendly thanks to the finagling of the dominant party in state politics, which happens to have been Republicans for the past decade or so.
		As things now stand, the Apportionment Board — made up of the governor, secretary of state, auditor and two other members, one of which is appointed by each party in the state legislature — draws districts for the Ohio General Assembly, which then decides congressional districts.
	thepost.baker.ohiou.edu /articles/2006/05/09/opinion/13585.html (451 words)

	Ohio Republican Party
		The Ohio Republican Party owes you a debt of gratitude for the amazing and tireless work you did this year on behalf of our Republican candidates.
		In 1948, Ohio Democrats won the presidency, claimed both chambers of Congress, took 12 Ohio congressional seats, and gained control of both houses of the General Assembly and all but one statewide office.
		The Ohio GOP went on to hold strong legislative majorities for the next decade, and Ohio helped elect a Republican president in the next two national elections.
	www.ohiogop.org /News/Read.aspx?ID=1344 (429 words)

	STATE APPORTIONMENT BOARD TO MEET (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The purpose of the meeting is to elect a chairman, vice chairman and secretary of the Board.
		The five-member Board is responsible for redrawing boundaries for each of the 99 Ohio House and 33 Ohio Senate districts to reflect population changes.
		The Apportionment Board, established by Article 11 of the Ohio Constitution, consists of the Governor, Secretary of State, Auditor of State, and two members, one appointed by the majority party and one appointed by the minority party of the Ohio General Assembly.
	www.governor.ohio.gov /releases/Archive2001/73020017743.htm (214 words)

	Ohio Redistricting Cases: the 1990s
		When these provisions are irreconcilable, the Ohio Apportionment Board has the duty to choose the proper course, and the Ohio Supreme Court declined to require the Apportionment Board to correct one constitutional violation by committing another.
		Because the Apportionment Board failed to conduct an adequate totality of the circumstances analysis as is required by the Voting Rights Act, the Apportionment Board made no reliable finding of a past violation that would support the creation of majority-minority districts.
		Unless the Apportionment Board could show justification for the plan under the totality of the circumstances test, the District Court would require the Board to submit a revised plan.
	www.senate.leg.state.mn.us /departments/scr/redist/Redsum/Ohsum.htm (1244 words)

	Ohio Legislative Reapportionment & Redistricting (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The five-member Ohio Apportionment Board convenes every ten years to fulfill an Ohio Constitutional mandate that the Senate and House district boundaries be changed to reflect the growth (or decline) in the state's population as well as population shifts within the state over the previous ten-year period.
		The Apportionment Board met on October 1, 2001 and adopted a new apportionment plan but reconvened on October 4, 2001 to make technical adjustments in the legal description of the House districts.
		That voter decision made in a number of states including Ohio was overturned by the U.S. Supreme Court in a 1995 ruling which held, on a 5-4 vote, that the authority to impose such term limits rests exclusively with Congress.
	www.gongwer-oh.com /public/xref/apportion.html (665 words)

	Drawing the lines: Plan aims to depoliticize reapportionment
		Next year, the Ohio Republican Party will control the redrawing of districts for the state Senate and House because the GOP controls the five-member Apportionment Board, which is made up of the governor, state auditor, secretary of state and one representative each from the Republican and the Democratic parties.
		But Ohio GOP spokesman Gary Abernathy says the party is not opposed to a change in the reapportionment method after the next census 10 years from now, and is willing to work with the League to make that happen.
		While the Ohio Democratic Party has not taken a position on the League proposal, Leland said he personally favors the idea, and not simply because it would deprive the GOP of its lock on the next reapportionment.
	www.ohiocitizen.org /moneypolitics/pre2003/258606.html (856 words)

	Yes! on I-937 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Currently, the Ohio Apportionment Board every 10 years redraws districts forthe 99 House and 33 Senate members of the General Assembly.
		In the Ohio House, 21 of the 99 races were uncontested, while in 50 other races, the winners received 60 percent or more of the vote.
		The current apportionment board would be replaced with the Ohio Independent Redistricting Commission, made of up two state appellate judges from each party, who would in turn select the remaining five members from qualified voters.
	www.reformohionow.org /news.jsp?news_item_KEY=1876&t=news (879 words)

	GOPUSA - Commentary (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		In addition, it states that "no law shall be passed that limits the operation of the provisions of this section," effectively tying the hands of the General Assembly from their authority to address concerns with the provisions at a later time.
		State Issue 4:Amendment to the Ohio Constitution would strip Ohio voters of their right to elect the majority of members to the State Apportionment Board charged with establishing district boundaries for state and federal legislators.
		For the more than 60% of Ohio voters who are not officially affiliated with either Party, their representation would be completely eliminated.
	www.gopusa.com /ohio/commentary/OhioIssues1-5_1105p.shtml (536 words)

	Ohio Council of Churches testimony on H.J.R. 13, redistricting -- Ohio Citizen Action (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		We have enthusiastically joined the League of Women Voters' in support of the plan that they created to change the Ohio Constitution by placing on the November ballot an amendment to be voted on by the electorate.
		However, our coalition is not oblivious to the political reality that today the pen is presently held by the same party controlling the legislature and all the other members of the apportionment board.
		We strongly believe that Ohio needs to end the squiggly line and mis-shaped districts and allow all interested parties to submit proposals creating a compact district protecting natural boundary lines that ultimately benefit Ohio's constituents not individual political candidates.
	www.ohiocitizen.org /moneypolitics/pre2003/smithtestimony2.html (499 words)

	Courier Electronic Edition: Editorial
		These issues were proposed by a group called Reform Ohio Now (RON), in the wake of the 2004 presidential election in which Ohio was the critical swing state that re-elected President Bush.
		Issue 2 is a constitutional amendment that would allow voters to cast ballots by mail or in person at a county board of elections up to 35 days before an election without giving a reason for voting early.
		Issue 4 is the redistricting proposal that would replace the current elected apportionment board with a five-member board selected by judges and the first two appointees.
	www.thecourier.com /opinion/editoral/ed101205.htm (699 words)

	Reform Reporter
		Ohio voters appear poised to send a resounding rebuke to state legislators who voted last December to increase the money wealthy donors can contribute to political campaigns in Ohio.
		While the bill improved disclosure and curtailed somewhat the ability of politicians to use county parties to evade contribution limits, its overall effect was to increase the ability of wealthy interests to influence elections and to increase the job security of the politicians whose campaigns and careers are financed by those wealthy interests.
		Ohio voters put Issue 5 on the ballot to remove the possibility that an official engaged in partisan participation in an election would be making administrative judgments that affected the outcome of that election, as has happened in the recent past.
	www.therestofus.org /reformreporternov05.htm (5116 words)

	13 - AUGUST 8, 2001 - Legislative Review (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The Clean Ohio Revitalization Fund, the source for grants or loans for brownfield remediation and cleanup, is administered by the Ohio Department of Development.
		The Board, whose members include Governor Taft, State Auditor Jim Petro, Secretary of State Ken Blackwell, House Speaker Larry Householder, and Senate Minority Leader Leigh Herrington, is charged with the duty of reapportioning Ohio’s legislative districts for the next decade.
		The Board’s actions hold great import for current and aspiring officeholders, who have a vested interest in the apportionment of their legislative districts.
	www.ohiohba.com /legal_docs/legislative_reviews/update_26.htm (1085 words)

	Ohio2006 Blog
		C.J. Prentiss is leaving the Ohio Senate this year due to term limits, but I have a hunch she is not anxious to jump into the executive branch.
		As Ohio enters a period of divided government, these are the faultlines in the struggle to control policy and political power.
		As to the latter, however, Ohio law requires poll workers to attempt to direct voters to the correct precinct, and anecdotal evidence suggests that poll workers were delinquent in performing this duty.
	ohio2006elections.blogspot.com (9078 words)

	University of Akron News - Bliss Institute Hosting Statehouse Event
		Akron, Ohio, April 3, 2003 — Leaders from Ohio's Democratic and Republican parties will be recognized by The University of Akron on April 9 for their outstanding service to the democratic process.
		He has served as chief of staff for Ohio Attorney General Betty D. Montgomery; co-author of the bipartisan congressional redistricting plans and secretary to the Ohio Apportionment Board; and member and staff chair for the Reapportionment Task Force of the National Conference of State Legislatures.
		He was elected clerk of the senate for 1981-82 and served as chief executive officer of the Ohio Senate from 1984-94.
	www.uakron.edu /news/articles/uamain_644.php (380 words)

	GPOH - Green Party of Ohio - Bylaws
		The Green Party of Ohio is a political party that is democratically structured.
		They are therefore required to file their own campaign finance reports to the State of Ohio; the GPOHIO takes no responsibility for this task and will deny any association with a Local Green Party Organization which is not formed and functioning in accordance with state laws.
		Voting apportionment - At such time as is necessary, the Convention or Credentials Committee established by the GPOHIO Coordinating Committee may adopt rules for apportioning votes to the local Green Party organizations which are related to Green Values and levels of organization, membership and population and/or existing political jurisdictions.
	www.ohiogreens.org /bylaws.html (4096 words)

	State ex rel. Athens Cty. Bd. of Commrs. v. Gallia, Jackson, Meigs, Vinton Joint Solid Waste Mgt. Dist. Bd. of ...
		In February 1989, the boards of county commissioners of Athens, Gallia,
		Appellants, the Boards of County Commissioners of Athens and Hocking
		ascertain, apportion, and equitably divide the assets of the six-county district.
	www.romingerlegal.com /Ohio_case_law/1996/1996-ohio-68.html (2733 words)

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