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To: onyx

I don't know, but it's been fixed now.

The Ohio Supreme Court issued a writ of mandamus (forcing the OhioSecState to permit the observers, as I read it). I don't know who brought that action.

The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals overturned that Clintonite appointee who had tried to bar the observers from polling places.

The second ruling is more important because Federal law will trump, under the supremacy clause. But they're both important because they represent a dual, contemporaneous repudiation of the Democrat party's attack on the plain language of the statute.

That is all.


162 posted on 11/01/2004 6:18:23 PM PST by Petronski (A Monday morning quarterback has never led any team to victory.)
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To: Petronski
Please forgive a dumb (newbie) question -- Could someone briefly explain:

I must be missing some of the significance of this ruling. Obviously this is GREAT news for Ohio and the integrity of its electoral votes -- which of course contributes to the election since Ohio is a major swing state. But aren't there similar issues in the other states (including battleground states)? Do they somehow benefit from this ruling (by setting legal precedent or whatever)? Or are we just celebrating Ohio?

179 posted on 11/01/2004 7:03:08 PM PST by Murph
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