Several voting rights' group have asked a federal judge to force Ohio to expand the number of ballot drop boxes in the upcoming presidential election, the latest legal clash in the partisan war over mail ballots.
NEW YORK - Several voting rights’ group have asked a federal judge to force Ohio to expand the number of ballot drop boxes in the upcoming presidential election, the latest legal clash in the partisan war over mail ballots.
Drop boxes, which allow voters to submit mail ballots and bypass the U.S. Postal Service, have become the latest partisan battleground in the election wars. Democrats are seeking to expand the number of drop boxes, particularly in battleground states like Ohio and Pennsylvania, while Republicans are seeking to limit or exclude them altogether.
“It is time for Ohio’s highest election official to stop using voter suppression tactics, and focus his efforts on making sure all Ohio voters can safely cast their ballot during this unprecedented pandemic,” said Kristen Clarke, president and executive director of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, which is helping represent the plaintiffs that include the League of Women Voters of Ohio and the Ohio State Conference of the NAACP.
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