In Ohio On October 4, a federal judge in Cleveland blocked part of a new Ohio state law that would require naturalized citizens to provide a certificate of naturalization upon trying to vote if a poll worker challenged their eligibility. Fortunately this clear form of discrimination, where naturalized citizens are meant to be treated differently from native-born citizens at the polling place, will be blocked. Absent proof of citizenship, the person would be allowed to cast a provisional ballot but would have to provide proof of citizenship within 10 days for the vote to count. A group of foreign-born citizens, many from Greater Cleveland, filed a lawsuit in August, saying the new law could lead to ethnic and racial profiling. The morning the case was being considered, The Cleveland Plain Dealer had this editoral, and this article covering the story the next day. Arizona The 2004 Arizona state law that requires voters to present identification when casting ballots and proof of citizenship when registering to vote will not be enforced in the upcoming November election, as decided by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on October, 5. Yet, the voter identification law was implemented in the state's primary last month. The Secretary of State shortly after called for an immediate reversal. Ever since it passed in 2004, Arizona's voter ID law has been challenged in federal court by numerous groups including the Inter Tribal Council of Arizona, the League of Women Voters, the Navajo Nation, the Arizona Civil Liberties Union, the Arizona Advocacy Network and the Mexican-American Legal and Educational Fund. The Arizona Daily Star News Story can be read here.