A federal judge on Wednesday dismissed a lawsuit filed by the state of Ohio that tried to get the U.S. Census Bureau to provide data used for drawing congressional and legislative districts ahead of its planned release.
U.S. District Judge Thomas Rose in Dayton, Ohio, rejected the state's request for a preliminary injunction that would have forced the Census Bureau to release the redistricting data by March 31.
Ohio filed its lawsuit last month after the Census Bureau said the redistricting data wouldn't be available until September, months after the redistricting deadlines for many states. Po...
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