The Ohio Supreme Court ruled on January 20, 2017 that the Gary Johnson vote in 2016 did not create a new ballot-qualified party, but the sponsors of the Johnson petition asked for reconsideration on January 24, and that request is still pending. On January 30, an amicus urging the court to reconsider was filed by Ohio Citizens for Honesty, Integrity and Openness in Government. The group has existed since 2001.
The government has not yet responded to the amicus brief. If the government decides to file something new, that response is due February 13.
Do proofreading errors undercut the credibility of a brief in the eyes of judges? (Underscores added for highlighting purposes.)
Page 2: “It is the duty of the court to _construed_ and interpret a statute as written.”
Page 4: “In determining legislative intent of a _stature_”
Page 5: “group of _votes_”
Page 9: “…at the present [political parties] have become so
potent in determining the measures and administering of the affairs of government that they are now regarded as _an_ inseparable _form_, if not essential to, a republican form of government…”
Page 11: “Both uses the phrase subsequent, and presupposes a prior election failure by a minor political party…”
Page 11: “Both conditions must be _meet_…”