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OHIO DEMOCRATIC PARTY STATEMENT ON U.S. SUPREME COURT
DECLINING TO REVIEW VOTING RIGHTS CASE
Ohio Democratic Party Statement on U.S. Supreme Court
Declining to Review Voting Rights Case
Special to The Truth
The Ohio Democratic Party released the following statement
from Chairman David Pepper on the
U.S. Supreme Court declining to resolve the question of
whether private citizens can file a voting rights lawsuit:
“Today’s decision by the Supreme Court is deeply
disappointing -- the highest court has failed to step in and
affirm a voter’s right to sue a state for infringing on his
or her ability to cast a ballot. The lower court ruled that
only the U.S. attorney general can enforce the Voting Rights
Act, and the Supreme Court’s decision allows that ruling to
stand. With Jeff Sessions at the helm of the Justice
Department, we expect Republican legislators across the
country will declare open season on the protections of the
Voting Rights Act and continue to chip away at Americans’
constitutional right to vote.
“Ohioans can expect no help from Jon Husted or Mike DeWine
in protecting their right to vote. They are the very
politicians who have been found to have violated the
Constitution and federal law repeatedly in making it harder
to vote. That’s why we need to elect new officials who will
fight to defend every eligible Ohioan’s right to register,
cast a ballot and have that ballot be counted.”
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