Ball v. Brown

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER WITH FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW

LAMBROS, District Judge.

Plaintiff has brought this action alleging that Ohio Revised Code (ORC) § 3503.18, 1 both as written and as applied, unconstitutionally infringes upon her right to vote on the basis of her sex. Plaintiff seeks declaratory and injunctive relief pursuant to the fourteenth amendment, the nineteenth amendment and 42 U.S.C. § 1971. 2

I. JURISDICTION

Actions pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1971 are generally instituted by the Attorney General of the United States. However the right to bring a private action for…