US appeals court reinstates Ohio law requiring voters to prove citizenship
The stay affects voters registering through driver’s license applications, while other registration methods remain unchanged, and Judge Kevin Ritz dissented, saying the law hampers registration.
- On Wednesday, the Cincinnati-based 6th Circuit Court of Appeals reinstated an Ohio law requiring documentary proof of citizenship for voters registering at motor vehicle offices, pausing a lower court injunction ahead of the November 3 midterm elections.
- Ohio Republicans passed this motor vehicle registration restriction through a transportation spending bill last year, though District Judge Solomon Oliver Jr. blocked the law last month for likely violating the National Voter Registration Act.
- Circuit Judges Whitney Hermandorfer and John Nalbandian granted Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose's request for a stay, while Circuit Judge Kevin Ritz dissented, calling the law antithetical to the National Voter Registration Act.
- Voters registering through other means will not need documentary proof, only a signed attestation; lawyers for Red Wine & Blue and the Ohio Alliance for Retired Americans have not commented on the decision.
- This ruling affects a competitive Ohio Senate race crucial for Democrats' control of the Senate, as President Donald Trump and Republicans push nationwide for stricter registration rules citing unsubstantiated claims of illegal voting by noncitizens.
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BREAKING: 6th Circuit Hands Ohio a WIN — Proof-of-Citizenship Voter Law Can Take Effect Before Midterms
A divided federal appeals court has paused a lower-court injunction against Ohio's election integrity law, clearing the way for the Buckeye State to require proof of citizenship for voter registration ahead of the midterms.
The decision of 2-1 comes less than two weeks before the closing of the electoral roll for the November 3 elections in Ohio, whose deadline to register to vote in the elections is October 5.
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