On February 11, the Sixth Circuit upheld Ohio’s ballot labels policy for judicial races. Ohio says political parties nominate judicial candidates, yet in the general election, the ballot does not show any party labels. The Democratic Party of Ohio sued … Continue reading
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On February 5, the U.S. District Court that is handling Libertarian Party of Ohio v Husted, s.d., 2:13cv-953, got closer to a final decision on the last issue to be decided. That last issue is whether Ohio applied a campaign … Continue reading
An Ohio state court will hear Libertarian Party of Ohio v Husted on April 5, 2016. The issue is whether the ballot access bill passed in late 2013 violates the Ohio Constitution. The Ohio Constitution, Article V, sec. 7, says … Continue reading
On January 19, the Libertarian Party of Ohio filed a lawsuit in state court, alleging that the 2013 law on how newly-qualifying parties get on the ballot violates the Ohio Constitution. The party has been trying for months to persuade … Continue reading
On January 14, 2016, proponents of an Ohio initiative sued Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted over his actions involving the validity of the initiative. Ohio law says that if proponents of an initiative submit a petition signed by 3% … Continue reading