September 4, 2014
In a victory for voting rights, a federal judge in Ohio overturned Republican plans to cut back on the state’s early, evening and weekend voting and eliminate same-day registration and voting. The Ohio League of Women Voters, the state NAACP and the American Civil Liberties Union filed the legal challenge to the cutbacks adopted by the state’s Republican-controlled legislature. The U.S. Justice Department also intervened in the case, arguing that reducing early voting disproportionately affects African Americans, who use early voting more than white voters.Please click here to read the full article.