U.S. Supreme Court Won’t Reinstate Ohio’s Voting ‘Golden Week’

By Greg Stohr, Bloomberg News

Rejecting calls from Ohio Democrats, the U.S. Supreme Court refused to reinstate a voting period known as “Golden Week,” when people could register and cast ballots at the same time.

With no published dissents, the justices said they wouldn’t block an appeals court decision that allowed the elimination of Golden Week under a Republican-backed law.

The Ohio Democratic Party argued that the law disproportionately affected black voters, violating both the Constitution and the Voting Rights Act. The party sought to revive the early-voting period for the November election.

“Tens of thousands of Ohio voters have ...