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AP: Voters Will Decide On Ohio’s Voter Suppression Law In November 2012 |
Civic rights advocates have secured a big victory in the battle to overturn Ohio’s sweeping voter suppression bill that “shortens the state’s early voting period, bans in-person early voting on Sundays, and prohibits boards of election from mailing absentee ballot requests to voters.” According to Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted (R), Ohio voters submitted enough signatures — about 231,000 — to suspend the law until Ohio voters can ratify or reject the law in the November 2012 election. The LA Times Mike Memoli reports:
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