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Overly Burdensome Voter-Registration Rules

Robert Timothy Reagan, Margaret S. Williams, Marie Leary, Catherine R. Borden, Jessica L. Snowden, Patricia D. Breen, Jason A. Cantone
June 24, 2023

Project Vote v. Blackwell (Kathleen M. O’Malley, N.D. Ohio 1:06-cv-1628)
In July 2006, public-interest organizations challenged new voter-registration laws as overly burdensome, and the court enjoined the new laws. The court awarded the plaintiffs $321,485.28 in attorney fees and costs.
Subject: Registration procedures. Topics: Registration procedures; attorney fees.

One of many Case Studies in Emergency Election Litigation.

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Attorney Fees | Election Litigation | Registration Procedures | Emergency Proceedings | U.S. District Courts | N.D. Ohio