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A U.S. judge in Ohio threw out a Republican-backed law that cut three days of early voting for most of the state’s citizens...
In a third setback for Republican-sponsored election law changes this week, U.S. District Judge Peter Economus in Columbus ruled that Ohio can’t give members of the military and citizens living abroad three days more than other voters to cast ballots.
He ordered the previous schedule restored that allowed anyone to vote until the day before an election.
“This court finds that plaintiffs have a constitutionally protected right to participate in the 2012 election, and all elections, on an equal basis with all Ohio voters.”
Today’s decision follows two rulings this week by federal judges in Washington rejecting laws passed by Texas’s Republican-dominated Legislature and approved by Republican Governor Rick Perry.
One stopped the state from requiring photographic identification to vote. The other blocked a redistricting plan that the court said would discriminate against black and Hispanic voters.
On Aug. 29, a federal judge in Florida said he will permanently block new regulations of voter-registration drives he previously found unconstitutional.
The rules, passed by the Republican-controlled Legislature and approved by Republican Governor Rick Scott, were “harsh and impractical,” U.S. District Judge Robert Hinkle said.
http://www.businessweek.com/news/2012-08-31/ohio-early-voting-days-must-be-equal-for-all-u-dot-s-dot-judge-rules
In a third setback for Republican-sponsored election law changes this week, U.S. District Judge Peter Economus in Columbus ruled that Ohio can’t give members of the military and citizens living abroad three days more than other voters to cast ballots.
He ordered the previous schedule restored that allowed anyone to vote until the day before an election.
“This court finds that plaintiffs have a constitutionally protected right to participate in the 2012 election, and all elections, on an equal basis with all Ohio voters.”
Today’s decision follows two rulings this week by federal judges in Washington rejecting laws passed by Texas’s Republican-dominated Legislature and approved by Republican Governor Rick Perry.
One stopped the state from requiring photographic identification to vote. The other blocked a redistricting plan that the court said would discriminate against black and Hispanic voters.
On Aug. 29, a federal judge in Florida said he will permanently block new regulations of voter-registration drives he previously found unconstitutional.
The rules, passed by the Republican-controlled Legislature and approved by Republican Governor Rick Scott, were “harsh and impractical,” U.S. District Judge Robert Hinkle said.
http://www.businessweek.com/news/2012-08-31/ohio-early-voting-days-must-be-equal-for-all-u-dot-s-dot-judge-rules
