Homeless advocates, Democrats ask full appellate court to review Ohio voter disenfranchisement case
CINCINNATI, Ohio – Advocates for the homeless who challenged the fairness of how Ohio counts some votes have asked the full 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to hear their case in the wake of a three-judge panel's decision that reversed their lower-court victory.
In a court filing Tuesday, lawyers for the Northeast Ohio Coalition for the Homeless, the Columbus Coalition for the Homeless and the Ohio Democratic Party argue that panel's decision conflicts with previous Supreme Court and 6th Circuit rulings.
That decision Sept. 13 overturned a lower court's ruling that said Ohio was disenfranchising otherwise undisputedly eligible voters solely because of technical errors and omissions on voter ballot forms for absentee and provisional ballots.
Lawyers for the homeless coalitions asked for a review of the panel's ruling by the full 6th Circuit bench, which has more than a dozen active judges.
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