U.S. Supreme Court Won’t Reinstate Ohio’s Voting ‘Golden Week’
- State had let voters register and cast ballots at same time
- Top court rejects Ohio Democrats with no published dissents
Voters go to the polls for the primary election on March 15, 2016, in Kent, Ohio.
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Rejecting calls from Ohio Democrats, the U.S. Supreme Court refused to reinstate a voting period known as “Golden Week,” when people could register and cast ballots at the same time.
With no published dissents, the justices said they wouldn’t block an appeals court decision that allowed the elimination of Golden Week under a Republican-backed law.