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October 10, 2012

Ohio Asks Supreme Court to Curb Early Weekend Voting 
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Ohio is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn a federal appeals
court ruling that struck down the state's effort to prevent early voting
the weekend before the election. Ohio’s Republican-controlled
legislature had barred early weekend voting, claiming state officials
need the time to prepare for Election Day. But last month a U.S.
district court ruled the state had failed to provide a convincing
argument, and must extend early weekend voting to all, not just members
of the military. Democrats have accused Republicans of seeking to block
early voting in a bid to disenfranchise those likely to cast their
ballots for President Obama. Asking the Supreme Court to intervene, Ohio
Secretary of State Jon Husted, called the ruling ordering early voting
"an unprecedented intrusion."

 

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