BREAKING: Major Court Ruling Restores Early Voting Days In Ohio

[DonRedwood]

Source: ThinkProgress

The U.S. District Court of Southern Ohio ruled Tuesday that the deep cuts to Ohio’s early voting days signed into law by Gov. John Kasich (R) are “unconstitutional and…accordingly unenforceable.”
Judge Michael Watson sided with the Ohio Democratic Party, which had sued the state for sharply curtailing the number of early voting days. Since President Obama won reelection in 2012, Ohio’s Republican lawmakers and Secretary of State have voted to eliminate the days and times of early voting that were most convenient for those working full time: the weekend before election day, weekday evenings, and what’s known as “Golden Week,” the time about a month before election day when the registration period and the early voting period overlap.
These cuts, the judge wrote, “results in less opportunity for African Americans to participate in the political process than other voters.”
The court ordered the Republican governor and Secretary of State to once again allow voters to begin casting ballots 35 days before November’s presidential election. Republicans may appeal Tuesday’s ruling to the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals.

Read more: http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2016/05/24/3781436/ohio-early-voting-restored/

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Ohio just got a heck of a lot closer to going blue...