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Strict Voter-Registration Rules

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

Citizens Alliance for Secure Elections v. Vu (Paul R. Matia, N.D. Ohio 1:04-cv-2147)
In a challenge to a county’s voter-registration procedures, claiming that they were so strict as to disfranchise voters, the court determined, on the case’s third day, that provisional-ballot procedures were sufficient to protect voters from disfranchisement.
Subject: Registration procedures. Topics: Registration procedures; provisional ballots.

One of many Case Studies in Emergency Election Litigation.

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Tags:
Election Litigation | Provisional Ballots | Registration Procedures | Emergency Proceedings | U.S. District Courts | N.D. Ohio