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Ohio Supreme Court Rules to Allow Challengers
The Ohio Supreme Court ^

Posted on 11/01/2004 5:14:14 PM PST by RightFighter

This cause originated upon the filing of a complaint for a writ of mandamus. Upon consideration of relators’ motion for an emergency peremptory writ of mandamus,

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that relators’ motion be, and hereby is, granted, and that a writ of mandamus be, and hereby is, granted to compel respondent Secretary of State J. Kenneth Blackwell to reissue and enforce his October 26, 2004 Directive 2004-45 to all eighty-eight counties insofar as it permits, in accordance with R.C. 3505.21 and 3506.13, one duly designated challenger per precinct and, after the polls close, one duly designated witness per precinct, no matter how many precincts vote at a single location.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that a writ of mandamus be, and hereby is, granted to compel respondent Franklin County Board of Elections and the remaining eighty-seven county boards of elections to comply with this directive. This order is based solely on this court’s interpretation of state statutes.

PFEIFER, LUNDBERG STRATTON, O'CONNOR and O'DONNELL, JJ., concur.

RESNICK, ACTING C.J., and F.E. SWEENEY, J., dissent. GORMAN, J, dissents.

ROBERT H. GORMAN, J., of the First Appellate District, sitting for MOYER, C.J.

(Excerpt) Read more at sconet.state.oh.us ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Ohio
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To: RightFighter

If Micheal Moore can put his cameras there to watch people, why can't we?

$20 says that this leads to calls of voter "disenfranchisement" and Jesse Jackson pays a visit to Ohio if Kerry loses.


101 posted on 11/01/2004 5:39:32 PM PST by Quick1
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To: mwl1

We have the 6th Circuit, not the 5th.


102 posted on 11/01/2004 5:39:44 PM PST by mabelkitty (Why isn't outsourcing bad when Hollywood does it for low-cost Toronto?)
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To: 12 Gauge Mossberg

The U.S.District Court can overturn any state court decision. This isn't over.


103 posted on 11/01/2004 5:41:06 PM PST by rdl6989
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To: RightFighter

Fox just said the Appeals court ruled for the Republicans.....


104 posted on 11/01/2004 5:41:06 PM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach (A Proud member of Free Republic ~~The New Face of the Fourth Estate since 1996.)
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To: BCrago66

Admittedly, my fed courts jurisdiction might be a bit rusty, but my perception was that this was a matter of state law before a federal district court. If the above statement is correct, then the federal court is bound to interpret the state law as it perceives a state court would do. Thus, a state supreme court can issue a contrary ruling and be the controlling authority. If I'm wrong on my presuppositions then I defer.


105 posted on 11/01/2004 5:41:21 PM PST by pabtahian
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To: Revel

That's great...a double whammy on the snakes.


106 posted on 11/01/2004 5:41:34 PM PST by cwb (Only a Democrat could think that "truth" is partisan.)
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To: Revel

Here's another little nugget.
If they go for equal protection clause, Ohio is the only state in the union that never bothered to ratify it.
Talk about yer quagmire.


107 posted on 11/01/2004 5:41:45 PM PST by mabelkitty (Why isn't outsourcing bad when Hollywood does it for low-cost Toronto?)
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To: RightFighter
FREEPERS, make sure you hit this poll immediately. Bump it to the top of the news page. More Americans need to hear about it! A Kerry endorsement (Bin Laden)
108 posted on 11/01/2004 5:41:50 PM PST by Capitalism2003 (America is too great for small dreams. - Ronald Reagan, speech to Congress. January 1, 1984.)
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To: laconic

There have been three rulings: (1) Judge Dlott (Federal Court - Cinci) held no challengers; (2) Judge Adams (Federal Court -- Akron) no challengers for sole purpose of challenging; and, (3) Ohio Supreme Court, Blackwell and other Ohio officials must uphold Ohio law, and allow challengers.

Now the interesting parts: The case in the Ohio Supreme Court was filed by the editor of the Columbus Dispatch. The paper had registered its reporters as poll watchers (challengers) so that they could be present at the polls. They would be barred by Dlott's ruling, maybe not by Adams, and they would have access under the Ohio Supreme Court's decision. Of course, the Order is not limited to reporters.

The decision by Judge Adams was appealed to the Sixth Circuit (federal court of appeals). It was necessary to appeal that case first, since the appeals court panel that is already assigned to Judge Dlott's case cannot be viewed as favorable to the GOP (three judges: Clinton, Clinton, Carter appointees). Now, the Ohio Supreme Court's decision will ensure that Ohio Sec. of State Blackwell works in support of the appeal. He went wobbly on this last week, trying to protect his own political interests rather than the GOP's.

Judge Dlott's decision will also be appealed, but (maybe) only after a new panel is assigned to the Judge Adams. Judge shopping is probably happening in a way that would be viewed as positive here.


109 posted on 11/01/2004 5:42:05 PM PST by Kaisersrsic
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To: RightFighter

Does this mean that Mary Poppins won't get to vote?


110 posted on 11/01/2004 5:42:15 PM PST by Ben Chad
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To: mwl1
Perhaps freepers in Ohio can explain that to friends and neighbors... RATS and their judicial agents want to sanction cheating.

That is exactly right. We are in perilous times. I used to live in Cleveland. I know a few pro-Bush union folks up there, so all is not lost.

111 posted on 11/01/2004 5:42:27 PM PST by meyer (Our greatest opponent is a candidate called Complacency.)
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To: Teslas Pigeon

Yeah...I couldn't open up the PDF, but it appears they ruled the same. Democrats gotta be p*ssed.


112 posted on 11/01/2004 5:42:30 PM PST by cwb (Only a Democrat could think that "truth" is partisan.)
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To: Spook86
Blackwell already did the US Rep trip and came back and started up the state party ladder. If this guy gets Gov in 2006 look for him to be sniffing for a different national office in 2008 and have a good chance to boot. He has IOU's everywhere.
113 posted on 11/01/2004 5:42:46 PM PST by dalight
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To: Centurion2000

I like your choice of words. :-))


114 posted on 11/01/2004 5:42:53 PM PST by pctech
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To: rdl6989

Fox said Federal appeals court ruled for the Republicans....


115 posted on 11/01/2004 5:43:21 PM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach (A Proud member of Free Republic ~~The New Face of the Fourth Estate since 1996.)
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To: LoudRepublicangirl

time to dance around the aluminum pole!

Tommorrow we have the feats of strength!


116 posted on 11/01/2004 5:43:39 PM PST by flashbunny (Every thought that enters my head requires its own vanity thread.)
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To: Kaisersrsic

Your post is already outdated. The appeals court has overturned both federal court rulings. Challengers WILL BE ALLOWED!


117 posted on 11/01/2004 5:43:51 PM PST by RightFighter
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To: Petronski


Tell me... this is really GOOD news.


118 posted on 11/01/2004 5:43:57 PM PST by onyx (John "F" Kerry deserves to be the final casualty of the Vietnam War - Re-elect Bush/Cheney)
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To: Kaisersrsic

But now, Fox is apparently reporting that the Sixth Circuit panel has overturned the Adams and Dlott decisions. What a tangled web, but it sounds like we won this issue hands down.


119 posted on 11/01/2004 5:44:32 PM PST by laconic
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To: RightFighter

This is a decision of the OSC, but the latest dcsision actually came down from the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals saying that Observers ARE allowed to be inside the Precinct.

RamS


120 posted on 11/01/2004 5:44:37 PM PST by RamingtonStall (Ride Hard and far! ..... and with GPS, Know where you are!)
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