CLC Wins Victory for Late-Jailed Voters in Ohio  

People who are in jail before their trial have the right to vote. A person’s ability to cast a ballot should not be determined by the date of their arrest or their ability to pay bail. 
 
On Nov. 6, 2019, a federal judge ruled in a lawsuit brought by CLC and partners in Ohio, ordering the state to discontinue its practice of disenfranchising eligible voters arrested and held in pre-trial detention in the final days preceding an election. The system was denying eligible voters their First Amendment and Fourteenth Amendment rights.