In a U.S. District Court in Cleveland today, Judge Kathleen M. O'Malley ruled on a request for Preliminary Injunction challenging portions of the recently enacted provisions of Ohio law (HB 3) regulating voter registration activities.

Plaintiffs asking for the injunction included Common Cause/Ohio along with Project Vote, and other community, faith groups and individuals.  The plaintiffs claimed that these onerous new laws and regulations have seriously harmed their traditional registration drives by imposing a variety of unreasonable restrictions on individuals and groups involved in voter registration activity.