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NEOCH v. Blackwell

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Case Information

Current Court: U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio (Case 2:06-cv-00896-ALM-TPK)
All Courts: U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio (Case 2:06-cv-00896-ALM-TPK); U.S. Court of Appeals, 6th Circuit (Case 06-4412)
Topic(s): Voter ID
State: Ohio
Date Filed: October 24, 2006

Issue:

(1) Whether Ohio's voter ID laws are unconstitutional as "confusing, vague, and impossible to apply" in violation of the right to vote; whether the laws are unconstitutional because they apply only to in-person voters and not to absentee voters; whether they are unconstitutional because they may bar voters who do not have required identification from voting on Election Day; whether they are unconstitutional because only some forms of ID must have current address; whether they are unconstitutional as a poll tax. (2) Whether Ohio's provisional-ballot laws are unconstitutionally vague and therefore violate Equal Protection and Due Process.

Status:

Complaint filed 10/ 24/06; Temporary Restraining Order issued 10/26/06; Court of Appeals granted stay of TRO 10/31/06; Pretrial Order issued 12/14/06 - State of Ohio's motion to intervene granted - Motion to Dismiss for lack of Jurisdictio is pending.

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