Ohio lawmakers fail to pass redistricting bill

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COLUMBUS — Lawmakers have failed to pass a plan to create a bipartisan board to draw Ohio's future legislative and congressional districts.

The General Assembly was unable to overcome differences in proposed bills updating how Ohio draws its political maps in a rush to finish business overnight Thursday.

GOP State Sen. Jon Husted (HYOO'-sted), the top proponent of redistricting, pledges to keep working on an agreement before an August deadline for placing the issue on the November ballot.

Husted's bill would take the power of drawing legislative districts away from whichever party controls the state Apportionment Board and give it to a seven-member bipartisan panel.

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