Vote Suppression
The League of Women Voters of Ohio sued Secretary of State Frank LaRose, claiming the state’s Ohio’s emergency actions to eliminate in-person voting violates the National Voter Registration Act.
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Abortions During the Pandemic
Federal judges in Alabama and Ohio blocked coronavirus-related orders banning nonessential medical procedures from restricting abortion access. U.S. District Judge Myron Thompson found that such an order is likely to “fully prevent women from exercising their righ to obtain an abortion,” given Alabama’s time limits on when women can undergo the procedure.
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Ru-El Sailor sued Ohio in Cuyahoga County Court, two days after he was released from prison after doing 15 years for a murder he did not commit.
Read moreOhio Cancels In-Person Voting but Extends Mail-In Balloting
The Ohio Legislature voted today to cancel in-person voting for the 2020 primary election, instead choosing to extend mail-in balloting until April 28.
Read moreOhio Democratic Party Fights Primary Date Change
The Ohio Democratic Party filed a lawsuit in the state’s Supreme Court seeking to invalidate the delay of a primary election after concerns about the coronavirus led state officials to declare a public health emergency and close the polls Tuesday.
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Ohio Supreme Court Approves Delay of Primary Voting
The Ohio Supreme Court denied a mandamus request early Tuesday morning and confirmed that polls will be closed over coronavirus concerns, following an 11th-hour decision by Governor Mike DeWine to declare a health emergency and delay primary voting.
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Ohio Health Director Declares Emergency, Orders Polls Closed
An Ohio judge on Monday denied a bid by a class of elderly Ohio voters to postpone in-person voting in the state’s primary, scheduled for Tuesday, until June 2 because of the coronavirus.
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Ohio Governor Moves to Push Primary Voting to June
Ohio Governor Mike DeWine said Monday he will file a lawsuit to postpone in-person voting in the state’s primary, scheduled for Tuesday, until June 2 because of the coronavirus.
Read moreHealth Chief Says Ohio May Have 100,000 Coronavirus Cases
Ohio likely has more than 100,000 people carrying the new coronavirus, the state health department director said Thursday.
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Full Sixth Circuit Takes Up Ohio Ban on Selective Abortions
The en banc Sixth Circuit heard arguments Wednesday over Ohio’s ban on abortions involving fetuses with Down syndrome, with abortion providers again fighting to prevent the law from taking effect.
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Open Primary in Ohio Could Seal Nomination for Biden
Despite a significant narrowing of the field following Super Tuesday, Ohio’s March 17 primary has retained its importance as a vital step to the Democratic presidential nomination.
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Ohio High Court Takes Up Fight Over Island Vehicle Tax
The Ohio Supreme Court heard arguments Tuesday over the constitutionality of a Lake Erie island village’s tax on for-hire vehicles, in a dispute centered on municipal home-rule authority.
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Sixth Circuit Pulls Class Status for Jailed Ohio Voters
A Sixth Circuit panel on Tuesday decertified a class of Ohio voters incarcerated shortly before Election Day and ruled the state is allowed to handle their absentee ballots differently than those received from hospital-bound voters.
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Judge Shoots Down Lake Erie Bill of Rights
A city in northwest Ohio does not have the power to enforce a sweeping law allowing officials and residents to take action against Lake Erie polluters, a federal judge ruled.
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Ohio Fights Ruling in Favor of Jailed Voters at Sixth Circuit
The State of Ohio argued Thursday before a Sixth Circuit panel that incarcerated voters are not entitled to the same absentee voting deadline as those confined to hospitals.
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Panel Refuses to Toss Suit Over Crash Caused by Heart Attack
The Sixth Circuit on Friday granted additional discovery to a driver injured in a collision with a tractor trailer whose operator suffered a heart attack, refusing to dismiss the case under Ohio’s medical emergency doctrine.
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Panel Finds Discovery Dispute Moot in Gerrymandering Case
Republican Party officials cannot compel the identification of people who accessed sensitive documents during last year’s Ohio gerrymandering trial, the Sixth Circuit ruled Wednesday.
Read more19 Years
Dewey Amos Jones sued Ohio, claiming it falsely imprisoned him for 19 years on a charge of murder, for which he has been exculpated, in Summit County Court.
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Republicans Challenge Discovery Order in Ohio Gerrymandering Case
Republican lawmakers argued before the Sixth Circuit on Wednesday that a trial court’s decision to compel production of sensitive documents during a challenge to Ohio’s electoral map violated their First Amendment rights.
Read moreClean Air Act
Dynegy Zimmer’s giant coal-fired power plant near Moscow, Ohio has violated the Clean Air Act since 2010, the United States claims in federal court.
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