Judge Blocks Ohio Rule Tying Voter Registration To License Approval
Solomon Oliver Jr. ruled in Red Wine & Blue v. LaRose that House Bill 54's sequencing broke what Congress intended.
- Red Wine & Blue and the Ohio Alliance for Retired Americans brought the lawsuit.
- HB 54 required documentary proof of citizenship at the BMV before registration.
- Ohio's registration deadline falls October 5, four weeks before the November 3 election.
Why it matters: Making one bureaucratic approval a gate to a constitutional right rations that right without ever repealing it.
Elias Law Group press release on Red Wine & Blue v. LaRose preliminary injunction (quoting Judge Solomon Oliver Jr.'s order) ↗ · Sep 1, 20269/1/26