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Northeast Ohio Coalition for the Homeless v. Blackwell

467 F.3d 999 (2004)

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Northeast Ohio Coalition for the Homeless v. Blackwell

United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
467 F.3d 999 (2004)

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Facts

Ohio law requires absentee voters to provide the voter’s driver’s license number, the last four digits of their Social Security number, or a copy of one of several different types of enumerated identification documents. Ohio driver’s licenses contain two numbers; however, only one is considered the official driver’s license number. The Northeast Coalition for the Homeless (the coalition) (plaintiff) brought suit against Ohio Secretary of State J. Kenneth Blackwell (defendant), challenging the absentee-ballot identification requirements as unconstitutional and requesting a temporary restraining order (TRO) to block the implementation of the identification requirements. After a hearing on October 26, 2006, the district court granted the TRO and ordered Blackwell to direct Ohio’s boards of election that the boards (1) must not enforce the enjoined provision, (2) must preserve absentee ballots in the present form, and (3) inform absentee voters that compliance with the enjoined provision was not required. Blackwell appealed the TRO, asking the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit to stay or vacate the TRO.

Rule of Law

Issue

Holding and Reasoning (Gibbons, J.)

Dissent (Tarnow, J.)

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