On November 13, U.S. District Court Judge Michael H. Watson enjoined Ohio’s law that makes it illegal for out-of-state circulators to work in Ohio. The decision is 27 pages. The case is Citizens in Charge v Husted, southern district, 2:13cv-953.

The Ohio law had been struck down before in a case brought by Ralph Nader. In response, the legislature this year passed the restriction again, with an exemption for independent presidential candidate petitioners. Today’s decision says that there is no good reason to treat some petitions differently than others. UPDATE: here is a news story about the decision.