Entry 8

Ohio Appealing to Supreme Court on Early Voting

Fox News, October 09, 2012

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/10/09/ohio-appealing-to-supreme-court-on-early-voting/

Summary

In Ohio, state and Democratic Party are in controversies over setting state election law that limited early vote of residents for Friday evening before Tuesday's election while only excepting military personnel and oversee residents. Secretary of State Jon Husted appealed to the Supreme Court that it is state's rights and authority to settle exceptional election laws that offers various options for Ohio voters and insist state legislature is in charge of setting state election laws, while Democratic Party claim that state law giving unequal voting rights to the people is unconstitutional and outweighs state's authority. While this controversial election law is becoming the issue in election this year, it is the Supreme Court's decision to make an acceptable decision.

My thought

Even though it is state's authority to set election laws for the state, it is not proper to make laws that differentiate the voting rights of people. In fact, there are about 93,000 people who voted before election day 2008, a statistic that shows many people cast vote during that period. However, limiting votes of vast majority of Ohio resident during such an imperative period is unconstitutional and beyond the authority of state. For the most part, Supreme Court would also decide the law as unconstitutional and prevent Ohio to implement such a improper laws.