Federal Judge Restores Early Voting In Ohio After Obama Suit

[CatWoman]

YES!!!

A federal judge in Ohio on Friday restored early voting rights in the three days before the election, ruling in favor of the Obama campaign.

U.S. District judge Peter C. Economus ruled that "restoring in-person early voting to all Ohio voters through the Monday before Election Day does not deprive UOCAVA voters from early voting."

"Instead, and more importantly, it places all Ohio voters on equal standing," Economus ruled. He said the state "fails to articulate a precise, compelling interest in establishing the 6 p.m. Friday deadline as applied to non-UOCAVA voters and has failed to evidence any commitment to the 'exception' it rhetorically extended to UOCAVA voters."

http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entry/federal-judge-restores-early-voting-in-ohio-after

[BumRushDaShow]

1. K&R

Congrats to OH. Hope that PA can have some success getting our law put on hold.

[elleng]

2. Posted earlier,

and we're all enjoying it!

http://www.democraticunderground.com/125182385

[CatWoman]

3. THANKS Ellen

however, I'll leave it in this forum

[Rhiannon12866]

4. Hey! We can't hear good news too often!

[elleng]

5. Please do leave it, Cat!

After the past week, I/we need to see ALL the good things we can find.

[elleng]

6. Here's a full re-cast of the story:

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2012/08/31/us/ap-us-early-voting-dispute.html?hp=&adxnnl=1&adxnnlx=1346436303-HmXh0cr5ujpcMZJAbEGgvA

[spanone]

7. k&r...