Columbus City Attorney Zach Klein announced the agreement Friday, stating that it will prohibit the pickup and drop-off of passengers at the Wilson Road facility.
Voting rights advocates say many voters with disabilities are unable to travel to their polling place and many are unable to access their mailbox or ballot dropbox.The motion for summary judgment came in a lawsuit filed in December under the Americans with Disabilities Act by the League of Women Voters of Ohio and voter Jennifer Kucera, who was born with a form of muscular dystrophy, against Republican Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose.
“These arbitrary restrictions that burden the right to vote of Ohioans with disabilities are undemocratic, cruel, and in violation of several federal laws including the Voting Rights Act and the Americans with Disabilities Act," Freda Levenson, legal director for the ACLU of Ohio, said in a statement."Yet the state insists, and has been fighting hard, to maintain this unlawful burden. We’re hopeful that the federal court will soon rule to remedy this disgrace.
Republicans who advanced the law argued that its provisions were designed to protect election integrity and restore voter confidence at a Kucera said Ohio's absentee, or mail-in, voting program is not designed for people with mobility disabilities like hers.
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