15 states stand with Ohio on state election laws

Attorneys general from 15 different states have joined Secretary of State Jon Husted in urging the U.S. Supreme Court to step in and preserve the authority of the states to run state elections. 

The attorneys general filed a joint amicus brief with the U.S. Supreme Court this evening in support of Secretary Husted’s recent appeal of a Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals’ decision in Obama v. Husted.

States signing on include: Alabama, Arizona, Colorado, Georgia, Idaho, Kansas, Maine, Michigan, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Texas, Utah, Virginia and Wisconsin. 

“If allowed to stand, the precedent set by this decision in the state of Ohio will have far reaching consequences for all 50, whether they are ‘red,’ ‘blue,’ or ‘swing’ states,” Secretary Husted said.

“Each of these 15 states has different voting rules and elections systems, but the one principle we all stand on is that state legislatures and not the federal courts should run elections.” 

In addition to the attorneys general, a group of military advocacy organizations joined Ohio in the appeal this evening. They continue to argue that when states adopt special accommodations to help military voters participate in elections, it does not constitute an equal protection violation as the Obama plaintiffs have argued. 

 

[[In-content Ad]]Military intervenors include the National Guard Association of the United States, Association of the U.S. Army, Association of the U.S. Navy, the Marine Corps League, the Military Officers Association of America, the Reserve Officers Association, the National Association for Uniformed Services, the Non Commissioned Officers Association of the USA, the Army Reserve Association, the Fleet Reserve Association, the Special Forces Association, U.S.  Army Ranger Association, Inc., AMVETS, the National Defense Committee and the Military Order of the World Wars.