Early voting in Ohio blocked

[babsbunny]

http://www.scotusblog.com/2014/09/early-voting-in-ohio-blocked/

Lyle Denniston Reporter
Posted Mon, September 29th, 2014 4:01 pm

Early voting in Ohio blocked
With just sixteen hours before polling stations were to open in Ohio, the Supreme Court on Monday afternoon blocked voters from beginning tomorrow to cast their ballots in this year’s general election. By a vote of five to four, the Justices put on hold a federal judge’s order providing new opportunities for voting before election day, beyond what state leaders wanted.

The order will remain in effect until the Court acts on an appeal by state officials. If that is denied, then the order lapses. It is unclear when that scenario will unfold. The state’s petition has not yet been filed formally.

[SickOfTheOnePct]

1. While I'm not in favor of same-day registration

I'm a huge advocate of early voting...I can't understand why anyone would oppose giving people more time to vote.

[Cali_Democrat]

2. It's because they don't want as many people voting, especially black people.

Voter suppression has been happening all over the country, especially in red states. This is because higher turnout favors Dems.

[peace13]

3. Ohio..the home of the stolen election.

Cast early or late but you will never be certain if it is counted. Diebold will walk you through it!

These folks have no shame.

[santamargarita]

4. That's right, 2004 Bush.

[louis-t]

5. Headline is misleading.

It should say "earlier voting". They already get 28 days. I'm in favor of the 35 they were trying to get, but this is not a huge loss. Need to focus on states where they've really pulled back on early voting.