Ohio Court Orders Statewide Permanent Injunction Barring Multiple Challengers at Polling Places.CLEVELAND -- Ohio State Court Judge John P. O'Donnell entered a permanent statewide injunction today barring multiple challengers from polling places on Election Day. The Court ordered Ohio Secretary of State The Ohio Secretary of State is responsible for overseeing the elections in the state of Ohio. The secretary of state also is responsible for registering business entities (corporations, etc. J. Kenneth Blackwell to rescind an earlier directive, which would have allowed each party from a precinct to send a challenger to the polling place. The Court's order is permanent and applies to all counties in Ohio. At this time, it is not known whether the Secretary of State will appeal the Court's Order. The suit was brought by voters in Cuyahoga County, who were concerned that the placement of large numbers of challengers in heavily minority precincts would be used to discourage voters from casting their ballots, particularly African Americans. The Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights of the San Francisco Bay Area “Bay Area” redirects here. For other uses, see Bay Area (disambiguation). The San Francisco Bay Area, colloquially known as the Bay Area or The Bay and Bingham McCutchen LLP are lead counsel on the suit. Other counsel for the plaintiffs include Avery Friedman and Sarah Jane Moore of Cleveland, Ohio, People For the American Way Foundation People For the American Way Foundation is the charitable arm of People For the American Way (PFAW), a progressive advocacy organization in the United States. Unlike its parent organization, the Foundation restricts itself to activities that are permitted to organizations registered , Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law The Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights under Law, often simply The Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights or Lawyers' Committee is a civil rights organization that was founded in 1963 at the request of President John F. Kennedy. , and the National Voting Rights Institute The National Voting Rights Institute (NVRI) [1] is a non-partisan, non-profit advocacy organization based in Boston, which describes itself as committed to making real the promise of American democracy that meaningful political participation and power should be . Copies of the Complaint and Order are located at http://www.lccr.com/news.html. |
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