The Ohio Supreme Court on Monday rejected new state legislative maps for a second time and ordered them to be redrawn after deeming them unconstitutional. According to a ruling (pdf), the court sided with the League of Women Voters of Ohio, which had filed an objection to the Ohio House and Senate maps adopted on Jan. 22 by the Ohio Redistricting Commission. In 2015, Ohioans overwhelmingly supported a constitutional amendment that mandated that the committee proportionally distribute districts to reflect Ohio’s 54 percent Republican, 46 percent Democratic split in nationwide elections in an effort to avoid partisan favoritism. The maps adopted in January would have given Republicans a 57–42 advantage in the House and a 20–13 advantage in the Senate, or 58 percent of overall seats, according to the ruling. In a 4–3 decision, Chief Justice Maureen O’Connor, Justice Michael Donnelly, Justice Melody Stewart, and Justice Jennifer Brunner ordered the Ohio Redistricting Commission to adopt a new plan and file it with the …