Category Archives: provisional ballots
Oral Argument in Ohio Provisional Ballot Case Set for Nov. 7, After the Election
This will be a hearing with a tremendous amount of relevance, or very little to those outside the election law world.
“This Morning’s Ohio Provisional Ballot Counting Motions”
The latest from Ohio.
VIDEO: “Top Ohio Elections Official Accuses Critics Of ‘Trying To Introduce Chaos'”
Don Lemon CNN interview, via BuzzFeed.
“In Ohio Vote, A Form-Checking Nightmare”
“New Dispute over Ohio’s Provisional Voting Procedures”
Ned Foley [corrected link]: “For all three of these reasons, it seems problematic for the federal court to grant the relief the plaintiffs now request, even if it were appropriate for the court to reach the merits of plaintiffs’ new… Continue reading
“Eleventh-Hour GOP Voter Suppression Could Swing Ohio”
Ari Berman writes for The Nation.
“Ohio’s Provisional Ballot Order: The Biggest Legal Story of the Weekend”
Andrew Cohen writes at The Atlantic.
“Ohio provisional ballot voting order criticized”
AP: “Voter advocates on Saturday criticized an order by Ohio’s elections chief dealing with the casting of provisional ballots, saying it increases the likelihood that votes could be wrongly rejected…They want the matter clarified by federal judge Algenon Marbley,… Continue reading
“Ohio Voting Count ‘Nightmare’ Looms”
Newsmax: “With the presidential election expected to hinge on Ohio, the state’s former secretary of state, GOP stalwart Kenneth Blackwell, is warning that a little-known change in the Buckeye State’s absentee-ballot process could lead to a ‘nightmare scenario.'”
Breaking News: 6th Circuit Stays Latest District Court Order on Provisional Ballots
You can find the latest order in SEIU v. Husted here. As I explained in this post,a federal district court, in the SEIU case on remand from the Sixth Circuit, has expanded the number of provisional ballots which… Continue reading