Supreme Court Will Hear Ohio Voter Purge Case

WASHINGTON —(ENEWSPF)–May 30, 2017.  The Supreme Court granted Ohio’s petition to hear Husted v. Ohio A. Philip Randolph Institute (APRI). The case addresses Ohio’s supplemental process, a practice of targeting voters who fail to vote in a 2-year-period for eventual cancellation of their registrations — even if they have not moved and are still fully eligible to vote.

In early 2016, the ACLU of Ohio and Dēmos filed a lawsuit on behalf of APRI, the…