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Federal court orders on voting
in Ohio

A daily list of published federal court opinions and orders whose case title or text matched election terms, linked to the official GovInfo record. It is a place to start reading, not a finding about what any court decided.

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Published federal court opinion/order found by keyword search; VoteFiles has not determined its effect unless marked reviewed.

This list covers published opinions and orders that courts send to GovInfo. It is not every docket entry: many filings, minute orders, and emergency orders are never published there, and state courts are not included. Before relying on an order, read it and confirm the current rule with your election office.

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Published opinions and orders · Ohio

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Red Wine & Blue et al. v. LaRose et al.U.S. District Court · Ohio Northern DistrictMatched by keyword search: text names the VRA, NVRA, or HAVA

Not reviewed. VoteFiles has not determined what this document decided or whether it affects voters.

Official GovInfo record ↗ · PDF ↗

Ohio Democratic Party v. Ohio Secretary of State et alU.S. District Court · Ohio Southern DistrictMatched by keyword search: election term in case title

Not reviewed. VoteFiles has not determined what this document decided or whether it affects voters.

Official GovInfo record ↗ · PDF ↗

Prather v. Hamilton County Board of Elections et alU.S. District Court · Ohio Southern DistrictMatched by keyword search: election term in case title

Not reviewed. VoteFiles has not determined what this document decided or whether it affects voters.

Official GovInfo record ↗ · PDF ↗

Red Wine & Blue et al. v. LaRose et al.U.S. District Court · Ohio Northern DistrictMatched by keyword search: text names the VRA, NVRA, or HAVA

Not reviewed. VoteFiles has not determined what this document decided or whether it affects voters.

Official GovInfo record ↗ · PDF ↗

Lindsay Dyda v. Michigan Secretary of State, et alU.S. Court of Appeals · Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals · circuit-wide court covering 4 jurisdictions; this document may concern another oneMatched by keyword search: election term in case title

Not reviewed. VoteFiles has not determined what this document decided or whether it affects voters.

Official GovInfo record ↗ · PDF ↗

USA v. Jocelyn Benson, et alU.S. Court of Appeals · Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals · circuit-wide court covering 4 jurisdictions; this document may concern another oneMatched by keyword search: text names the VRA, NVRA, or HAVA

Not reviewed. VoteFiles has not determined what this document decided or whether it affects voters.

Official GovInfo record ↗ · PDF ↗

Kareem v. Cuyahoga County Board of Elections, et al.U.S. District Court · Ohio Northern DistrictMatched by keyword search: election term in case title

Not reviewed. VoteFiles has not determined what this document decided or whether it affects voters.

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Brunner v. Ohio Secretary of State et al.U.S. District Court · Ohio Northern DistrictMatched by keyword search: election term in case title

Not reviewed. VoteFiles has not determined what this document decided or whether it affects voters.

Official GovInfo record ↗ · PDF ↗

League of Women Voters of Ohio et al v. LaRoseU.S. District Court · Ohio Southern DistrictMatched by keyword search: election term in case title

Not reviewed. VoteFiles has not determined what this document decided or whether it affects voters.

Official GovInfo record ↗ · PDF ↗

Ballard v. Ohio Secretary of State et alU.S. District Court · Ohio Southern DistrictMatched by keyword search: election term in case title

Not reviewed. VoteFiles has not determined what this document decided or whether it affects voters.

Official GovInfo record ↗ · PDF ↗

Young v. United States of America/Republican Party et alU.S. District Court · Ohio Southern DistrictMatched by keyword search: election term in case title

Not reviewed. VoteFiles has not determined what this document decided or whether it affects voters.

Official GovInfo record ↗ · PDF ↗

Prather v. Hamilton County Board of Elections et alU.S. District Court · Ohio Southern DistrictMatched by keyword search: election term in case title

Not reviewed. VoteFiles has not determined what this document decided or whether it affects voters.

Official GovInfo record ↗ · PDF ↗

Method

Source: the GovInfo United States Courts Opinions collection (U.S. Government Publishing Office and the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts), searched daily through the official GovInfo API for documents published since Jan 1, 2026. This view shows the U.S. district courts in Ohio and the court of appeals whose circuit includes it. Court codes were checked against GovInfo on Sep 25, 2026. The Supreme Court and the Federal Circuit are not in this list.

An entry appears when either search matches: election words in the case title (for example election, ballot, voter, redistricting, board of elections, secretary of state, or a national party committee), or the full text naming the Voting Rights Act, the National Voter Registration Act, or the Help America Vote Act. Keyword matches include cases that are not about voting rules, and miss orders that use other words. Each published document is listed separately, so one case can appear more than once. VoteFiles does not summarize holdings automatically; an entry says “Reviewed” only after a person at VoteFiles read it and wrote the note shown.

For verified, dated findings about rules in effect, see the midterm legal watch. For federal cases tied to public officials, see the Courts desk.