JURIST - Paper Chase: First punch-card voting trial delayed

The nation's first challenge to punch-card voting was suspended until November Wednesday after US District Judge David Dowd postponed the proceedings to allow the ACLU time to examine an expert report filed by Ohio. According to the ACLU, Ohio's punch-card voting system should be declared unconstitutional because the non-uniform system violates 14th Amendment guarantees of due process and equal protection. The suit also alleges that Ohio violates the voting rights of blacks, who live predominantly in punch-card counties. AP has more. The ACLU of Ohio has background on the case and JURIST's Paper Chase has more on the trial.

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