US Supreme Court declines to restore early voting in Ohio
Move upholds lower court decision
UPDATED 11:27 AM EDT Sep 13, 2016
The state's Democratic Party had asked the high court to suspend a ruling that allowed for the cut while Democrats and other plaintiffs appealed the issue.
A lower court decision from last month upheld a law eliminating days in which people could register and vote at the same time, a period known as golden week.
Democrats had claimed the reduction, along with other voting changes, disproportionately burdened black voters and those who lean Democratic.
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