An Ohio judge granted a second preliminary injunction blocking the enforcement of Senate Bill 157, a law that would allow the Department of Health to revoke ambulatory surgical licenses and threatens to shut down procedural abortion services in Southwest Ohio.
This motion was filed on behalf of the League of Women Voters of Ohio, the Ohio A. Philip Randolph Institute, and a number of individual Ohio voters.
Voting rights groups filed a motion asking the federal court in Michael Gonidakis v Ohio Redistricting Commission to modify its order setting May 28 as the "drop-dead" date to order a new map for the Ohio legislative primary.
The City of Lebanon declined to defend in federal court its ordinance banning abortion, signing a stipulation not to enforce the ordinance against those challenging the ban, signaling that it seeks to amend the vague and potentially sweeping law.
The ACLU of Ohio issued a statement criticizing Republican efforts to enshrine cash bail in the Ohio Constitution
We responded to HJR 4 and SJR 6, resolutions which clarify only a United States citizen is permitted to vote in Ohio elections, an effort entirely unneeded as existing Ohio law currently contains multiple provisions regarding who may legally vote in our state, including citizenship requirements.