File #: 685-2020    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Emergency Resolution Status: Passed
File created: 8/22/2020 In control: City Council
On agenda: 8/26/2020 Final action: 8/26/2020
Passage/adoption date: 8/26/2020
Effective date: 8/26/2020    
Title: AN EMERGENCY RESOLUTION Urging Secretary LaRose to immediately reverse his premature and unwarranted order banning off-site secure drop boxes for absentee ballots; and urging the City of Cleveland Law Department to explore whether a legal action to vindicate voting rights could be brought pursuant to the federal Voting Rights Act, the Help America Vote Act, the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, and the Ohio Constitution and relevant statutes, guaranteeing all citizens their precious right to vote.
Sponsors: Kevin J. Kelley, Kevin L. Bishop, Anthony Brancatelli, Phyllis E. Cleveland, Kevin Conwell, Blaine A. Griffin, Anthony T. Hairston, Kenneth Johnson, Basheer S. Jones, Joseph T. Jones, Brian Kazy, Kerry McCormack, Brian Mooney, Michael Polensek, Jasmin Santana, Charles Slife, Matt Zone
Attachments: 1. Res. No. 685-2020

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AN EMERGENCY RESOLUTION Urging Secretary LaRose to immediately reverse his premature and unwarranted order banning off-site secure drop boxes for absentee ballots; and urging the City of Cleveland Law Department to explore whether a legal action to vindicate voting rights could be brought pursuant to the federal Voting Rights Act, the Help America Vote Act, the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, and the Ohio Constitution and relevant statutes, guaranteeing all citizens their precious right to vote.