Want to get this out right away, but here's the essence of the story:
A federal judge in Ohio on Friday restored early voting rights in the three days before the election, ruling in favor of the Obama campaign.
http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/...
From what I can tell, the federal judge couldn't figure out how excluding all voters other than active military during the 3 days before the election was detrimental to the voting rights of the active military. He apparently thought Ohio's arguments had no validity.
I assume this will be appealed and I don't know whether that will be a lengthy process or not -- or whether this decision stands for the election. But I'm hoping.
UPDATE:
Just want to add this from Think Progress:
The Judge relied on the reasoning in Bush v Gore. The judge wrote:
This Court must determine whether preliminary injunctive relief should be granted to Plaintiffs on their claim that Ohio’s restriction of in-person early voting deprives them of their fundamental right to vote. Following Supreme Court precedent, this Court concludes that Plaintiffs have stated a constitutional claim that is likely to succeed on the merits. As a result—and as explained below—this Court grants Plaintiffs’ motion for preliminary injunction.
Think Progress adds that this is based on the Bush v Gore decision regarding the 2000 election:
the court’s opinion relies on the Supreme Court’s infamous decision in Bush v. Gore to reach this holding, citing Bush‘s statement that “[h]aving once granted the right to vote on equal terms, the State may not, by later arbitrary and disparate treatment, value one person’s vote over that of another.”