CURE-Ohio v. Blackwell (Sandra S. Beckwith, S.D. Ohio 1:04-cv-543) and Racial Fairness Project v. Summit County Board of Elections (John R. Adams, N.D. Ohio 5:04-cv-1948)
A federal complaint against the state’s secretary of state and twenty-one county boards of elections challenged false representations by election officials that persons convicted of felonies cannot be registered to vote even if they are on parole or have been released from confinement. Following an agreement to provide former prisoners with notices of the right to reregister to vote, the action was dismissed voluntarily. A subsequent action in the state’s other district challenged another county’s election officials' not including in notices of registration cancelations to felons notices that felons can reregister following confinement. The district judge in the second case held that notices of registration cancelations were not required, but if they are provided they must not be misleading, which they would be if they failed to provide notice of the right to reregister following confinement.
Subject: Registration procedures. Topics: Registration procedures; prisoner voters; class action; case assignment.

One of many Case Studies in Emergency Election Litigation.