Legal Opinion
Northeast Ohio Coalition for the Homeless v. Husted
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided October 11, 2012No. 12-3916, 12-4069PublishedCited by 95 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
2Per curiam
These consolidated election law appeals present constitutional challenges to Ohio’s strict application of its disqualification rules for nonconforming provisional ballots to those caused by poll-worker error, as well as issues involving the validity of a federal court’s consent decree that abrogates state law without finding violations of federal law. At issue are Ohio’s requirements that provisional ballots be cast in the correct precinct and with a completed voter affirmation, making no exception for wrong-precinct and deficient-affirmation ballots caused by poll-worker error. See…
3Cases cited46 opinions
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4Cited by95 opinions
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