Posted: September 14, 2016
In an opinion released yesterday, the Sixth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals reversed the District Court on most of the plaintiffs\' claims in an Ohio voting rights case. The Sixth Circuit determined that Ohio laws did not create an undue burden on the right to vote nor did they disparately impact minority voters in violation of the Voting Rights Act. The case is NEOCH v. Husted.
Professor Dan Tokaji was quoted in USA Today about the prevalence of missing election ballots.
"Most of the time, it just goes unreported because it doesn't affect the result," Tokaji said.
In a 5-4 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court issued an opinion on Thursday determining that claims of partisan gerrymandering are political questions beyond the reach of the federal courts. The opinion resolved disputes originating in North Carolina and Maryland, in the cases of Rucho v. Common Cause and Lamone v. Benisek.
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