According to this story, on August 10, former Ohio Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner predicted on August 10 that the Ohio Libertarian Party will win its new ballot access lawsuit, which had been filed August 9. Brunner was Secretary of State between 2006 and 2010. She said if the party wins the lawsuit, the Secretary of State will then be forced to pay attorneys’ fees, which will come out of the Secretary of State’s budget.
The author of the story, Bob Fitrakis, was the Green Party candidate for Governor of Ohio in 2006. He polled 40,965 votes, even though the state would not print a party label on the ballot next to his name, because he used the independent candidate procedure. He qualified for the 2006 ballot before the Ohio law was declared unconstitutional in September 2006.
Who reports on the actual results of predictions by the robot party hacks ???
At least somebody has their head screwed on right in Ohio; it’s waaay obvious that the current Ohio SOS doesn’t. Go libertarians!
The editorial that you linked to includes the following quotation with no attribution.
“The law forbids pollworkers from directing voters to the correct precinct among other anti-democratic measures.”
The orignal op-ed which appeared in The Free Press does not include this quote. And it is wrong in any case. There was some language that was changed that when a voter was not on roll and did not live in precinct. Under the old version the poll worker was required (shall) direct the voter to the correct polling place. Under the revised version this is permissive (may). The poll worker is still required to give them the phone number of the board of election, which is probably the easiest and most accurate way to get the voter to the correct location.
The article also claims that Williams v Rhodes said that a February deadline was “unreasonably early”. It did not.
Jennifer Brunner is a partisan hack. The current SOS is of a different party. The new law requires the legislature to be informed of any law suit, and to object to a consent decree. Brunner appears to think that the SOS should be able to make the law. It will be interesting to see how the Libertarian’s lawyer handles that issue. In the past, he has argued that a State’s SOS could not close at the regular closing hour on a deadline date.
Jennifer Brunner IS NOT a partisan hack. She commissioned the independent study of their electronic ES&S voting systems called Project E.V.E.R.E.S.T. which exposed massive vulnerabilities in election integrity. Read the report at http://www.sos.state.oh.us/sos/upload/everest/00-SecretarysEVERESTExecutiveReport.pdf
She also held a number of public forums for input. She also held a two day Board of Elections conference in 2009. The Libertarian Party of Ohio was asked to participate and sit in on a panel discussion. It is the GOP that is blocking free-market competition in the political arena in Ohio.