Impeding the military vote in Ohio?

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Some on the right claim that a lawsuit filed by the Obama administration in Ohio is designed to eliminate the rights of military members to vote in the three days before the actual election date.

However, this is false. The lawsuit does not seek to invalidate the military voting rights. Rather it seeks to allow all Ohio residents to vote during the three day period since the polls will be open in any event. They seek equal early voting access for all.

Here is the brief filed in the case:

WHEREFORE, Plaintiffs request of this Court the following equitable relief:…

B. A preliminary and permanent order prohibiting the Defendants, their respective agents, servants, employees, attorneys, successors, and all persons acting in concert with each or any of them, from implementing or enforcing lines 863 and 864 of Sec. 3509.03 (I) in HB 224, and/or the SB 295 enactment of Ohio Revised Code § 3509.03 with the HB 224 amendments, thereby restoring in-person early voting on the three days immediately preceding Election Day for all eligible Ohio voters;

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  1. Brant, I read the lawsuit as well, something that most, it seems, have neglected to do! Ohio HB 194, and subsequently HB 224 and SB 295 passed by the Republican dominated legislature shortened the time period on early voting by 3 days. That is 3 days that all Ohio voters had available to vote, for the last 5 years that they do not have now. That is restricting voting. 93,000 Ohio voters voted during that 3 day period last election, now that 3 days is gone. Read the lawsuit. What the lawsuit is seeking is very easy to understand even for a non-lawyer like me. The Ohio military voting rights have been and will remain unaffected by any of this.This lawsuit,as I read it, does not restrict Military voting in any way. I have read the entire lawsuit and it is not about the Military, it is about giving back the 3 days of early voting that was afforded to all Ohio voters, utilized by 93,000 voters in the last election, that was taken away…

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