Appeals court says Ohio elections officials don’t have to help thousands of inmates vote from jails

Appeals court says Ohio elections officials don’t have to help thousands of inmates vote from jails. The inmates were represented by the Campaign Legal Center, Demos and the Roderick and Solange MacArthur Justice Center. Campaign Legal Center trial litigation Director Mark Gaber said in a statement that “the appeals court has downplayed the significance of the problem, which disproportionately hurts voters of color and low-income voters. “By looking down on voters that have been arrested – even though they haven’t been convicted of a crime – this court has created a second class of citizens,” Gaber continued.

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