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County Differences in Providing Absentee Ballots

Robert Timothy Reagan, Margaret S. Williams, Marie Leary, Catherine R. Borden, Jessica L. Snowden, Patricia D. Breen, Jason A. Cantone
November 1, 2023

Vanzant v. Brunner (Susan J. Dlott, S.D. Ohio 1:10-cv-596)
A federal complaint filed two months before the 2010 general election alleged an equal-protection violation because some counties were more generous than others in facilitating absentee voting. The district judge denied relief.
Subject: Absentee and early voting. Topics: Absentee ballots; equal protection.

One of many Case Studies in Emergency Election Litigation.

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Equal Protection | Election Litigation | Absentee Ballots | Early Voting | Equal Protection | Emergency Proceedings | U.S. District Courts | S.D. Ohio