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At the heart of this case is a simple but vital principle: eligible citizens should not lose their right to vote because of government error, outdated records, or discriminatory systems. SB 293 relies on flawed and incomplete citizenship data from the Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles and the federal SAVE database鈥攕ystems that are widely known to misclassify naturalized citizens as noncitizens long after they lawfully become eligible to vote.

Rather than fixing these known inaccuracies, the law mandates frequent, large-scale voter removals based on database flags alone, often without advance notice or a meaningful opportunity for voters to correct mistakes. These removals can occur even in the critical weeks before federal elections, when eligible voters may have no realistic way to restore their registration in time to cast a ballot.

The plaintiffs鈥攖he League of Women Voters of Ohio and the Council on American-Islamic Relations of Northern Ohio鈥攂rought this case to stop a voter purge system that violates federal voting protections and constitutional due process, disproportionately targets naturalized citizens, and threatens to disenfranchise eligible voters across Ohio. They are represented by the ACLU, the ACLU of Ohio, and Campaign Legal Center. Plaintiffs ask the court to block enforcement of SB 293 and reaffirm that election administration must be accurate, fair, nondiscriminatory, and consistent with the fundamental right to vote.