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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsBreaking: Federal Court Orders Ohio to Restore Weekend of Early Voting
http://progressohio.org/2014/06/breaking-federal-court-orders-ohio-to-restore-weekend-of-early-voting/?utm_content=bufferf67cd&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=bufferposted on: http://electionlawblog.org/?p=62265
Federal district court judge Peter Economus just issued this order in Obama for America v. Husted.(I covered the earlier machinations in this case before the 2012 elections, and wrote about the case extensively in The 2012 Voting Wars, Judicial Backstops, and the Resurrection of Bush v. Gore, 81George Washington Law Review 1865 (2013).)
The background is complicated but here are the basics at this stage. Following all the fights over early voting in 2012, the Ohio legislature passed a new set of more restrictive voting laws for 2014 and beyond, including cutting back on early voting the weekend before the election (leading to a separate Voting Rights Act section 2 lawsuit claiming this discriminates against African-American voters in part because of the Souls to the Polls voting done on the Sunday before election day). However, when Ohio did its cutback on early voting this time, it did not repeal the earlier law (which was the focus of the earlier dispute in this case) giving overseas and military voters (UOCAVA voters) who happen to be in Ohio just before Election Day the option to vote on those three days before election day.
Gothmog
(144,876 posts)The courts are blocking these voter suppression efforts. The Souls to the Polls program is a good one
reflection
(6,286 posts)spanone
(135,776 posts)GoCubsGo
(32,073 posts)AngryDem001
(684 posts)Uncle Joe
(58,264 posts)Thanks for the thread, babsbunny.
Marthe48
(16,891 posts)after many steps back. I hope that Ohio voters, like me, will vote Republicans right out, so we can start moving ahead instead of floundering. The last bill passed in the Ohio State Legislature was to Make March Maple Syrup Month. We have a whole lot of nothing thanks to the politicians who take our money and vote on fluff like this.
CTyankee
(63,882 posts)AAO
(3,300 posts)bwahahahahahha!
xchrom
(108,903 posts)Cha
(296,730 posts)AllyCat
(16,135 posts)NCarolinawoman
(2,825 posts)mopinko
(69,981 posts)fuckers.
smallcat88
(426 posts)Now for the rest of the states battling these voter restrictions . . .
We need more news like this.
santamargarita
(3,170 posts)rhett o rick
(55,981 posts)riqster
(13,986 posts)Husted finally waved the white flag.
saidsimplesimon
(7,888 posts)press Congress to pass voter legislation to correct the SCOTUS rulings allowing corporations to dictate policy by injecting money and greed into politics. It's a non-violent fight to the finish. I'm in it to win it. imho
greatlaurel
(2,004 posts)That is an unexpected bit of really good news for our state. Our state supreme court is fully owned by the monied interests and is a danger to every Ohioan.
Thank you, Judge Economus!