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Breaking news: Court suspends Ohio ID for absentee voters; Hearing set for Nov 1
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 10/27/2006 - 1:31pm.
Last night a federal court issued a temporary restraining order (TRO) suspending enforcement of Ohio's voter ID law as it applies to absentee voters. The order is valid until Wednesday, November 1, when the court will hear arguments on whether to block application of the law to all voters.
Full text of the court's three orders are available at http://moritzlaw.osu.edu/electionlaw/litigation/documents/
http://tinyurl.com/yl3m3u;
http://tinyurl.com/ykm2md; and
http://tinyurl.com/yls9z3.
As always, we will keep you apprised of developments as they occur. Media coverage and reaction will be available at http://electionline.org; more detailed legal analysis and an Ohio perspective are available at http://moritzlaw.osu.edu/electionlaw.
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