A Franklin County judge on Monday issued a temporary injunction restoring around 175,000 Kentucky voters classified as "inactive."

An Oct. 10 lawsuit filed by the Kentucky Democratic Party argued that when the Kentucky Board of Elections put as many as 200,000 voters on an "inactive list," it "infringed on their right to vote," the Associated Press reported.

In the temporary injunction filed Monday in Franklin Circuit Court, it was decided all voters will be returned to one master list.

Background:Kentucky Democrats file lawsuit over voter ‘inactive list’

A star will be placed next to the names of voters who need to confirm their address, the decision states, as a way to maintain an official list of voters.

When the lawsuit was filed, the AP reported that none of the voters who'd been placed on the inactive list were taken out of the voter registration database and they'd still be able to vote in November.

In a document filed Sunday, Anna Whites, who is defending the Kentucky Democratic Party, called the State Board of Elections' initial act "unlawful" and an erection of "further barriers to voting, which are sure to chill the free exercise of the most fundamental right known to a democracy."

Whites also called the separation of voters by list a form of voter "segregation."

The Kentucky Democratic Party shared a statement from party chair Ben Self on Twitter following the decision.

"We're very pleased with Judge Wingate's quick ruling to restore all voters back to a singular master voter list and believe this decision was necessary to protect Kentucky voters and ensure the integrity of the 2019 election," the statement said.

The State Board of Elections hasn't returned a Courier Journal phone call request for comment.

A temporary injunction holds "the status quo or repair a problem so that the matter can move forward," Whites said. It could be appealed if it were converted to a permanent injunction, she said, in which case a court would say "this is what you have to do forever."

The temporary injunction, Whites said, "is essentially just to get us through the election.”

Election day is Tuesday, Nov. 5.

Whites said the next steps are for the SBE to file a response and for a hearing date to be set. There will be a public SBE meeting Tuesday at 10 a.m. at 140 Walnut in Frankfort, Whites said, and "hopefully there will be some public oversight into their discussion of the circuit court’s ruling and how best to quickly effectuate it."

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