Legal Opinion
Phyllis Griffin v. Elaine Roupas
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided October 15, 2004No. 03-3770PublishedCited by 53 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
The plaintiffs, who appeal from the grant of a motion by the defendants (the members of the Illinois State Board of Elections) to dismiss the complaint for failure to state a claim, are working mothers who contend that because it is a hardship for them to vote in person on election day, the U.S. Constitution requires Illinois to allow them to vote by absentee ballot. Illinois allows voting by absentee ballot only if the voter either “expects to be absent [on election day] from the county in which he is a qualified elector” or is unable to vote in person because of…
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