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“Court revives voter-ID measure
Attorney for plaintiffs might take their case to U.S. Supreme Court
Monday, October 30, 2006
Mark Niquette
THE COLUMBUS DISPATCHThe requirement that voters provide proof of identification to cast an early absentee ballot is back on again. But stay tuned.
The 6 th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals issued an order last night staying a lowercourt ruling from last week that had put the ID provision on hold.
That means county boards of elections, which had been telling voters late last week that they didn’t need ID to cast an absentee ballot, must start requiring an ID again today.
More details about what happens are expected when the three-judge panel of the 6 th Circuit issues its opinion.
But Subodh Chandra, a Cleveland lawyer representing one of the groups that sued to challenge the ID requirement, has said he plans to appeal the 6 th Circuit ruling to the U.S. Supreme Court.”
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