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Compliance with the Help America Vote Act for Provisional Ballots

Robert Timothy Reagan, Margaret S. Williams, Marie Leary, Catherine R. Borden, Jessica L. Snowden, Patricia D. Breen, Jason A. Cantone
October 26, 2023

Sandusky County Democratic Party v. Blackwell (3:04-cv-7582) and League of Women Voters of Ohio v. Blackwell (3:04-cv-7622) (James G. Carr, N.D. Ohio)
Five weeks before the 2004 general election, Ohio’s Democratic Party challenged directives by Ohio’s secretary of state on provisional ballots as in violation of the Help America Vote Act (HAVA). The court of appeals agreed with the district court that the state was out of compliance, but the court of appeals agreed with the secretary that provisional ballots should be cast in the correct precincts.
Subject: Provisional ballots. Topics: Help America Vote Act (HAVA); provisional ballots; voter identification; 42 U.S.C. § 1983; intervention; enforcing orders; presiding remotely; attorney fees.

One of many Case Studies in Emergency Election Litigation.

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Tags:
Attorney Fees | Election Litigation | Enforcing Orders | Help America Vote Act (HAVA) | Intervention | Presiding Remotely | Provisional Ballots | Voter Identification | Emergency Proceedings | Section 1983 Litigation | U.S. District Courts | N.D. Ohio