The 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati on Thursday rejected Secretary of State Ruth Johnson's request that the full court immediately review a panel's 3-0 decision that kept intact a preliminary injunction blocking a new straight-party voting ban.
A majority of 15 active judges did not favor an initial "en banc" hearing before ballots are printed this month.
U.S. District Judge Gershwin Drain halted the Republican-backed law in July, saying an increase in long lines would have disproportionately burdened blacks in the November election..."
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