On April 12, Ohio Senator Mark Wagoner introduced SB 148, with the backing of the Secretary of State. It is an omnibus election law bill, and includes a provision for a new procedure for minor parties to get on the … Continue reading
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On April 20, the U.S. Supreme Court refused to grant a stay in the Hamilton County, Ohio election lawsuit over provisional ballots from the November 2, 2010 election. See this order. This means the two candidates for Juvenile County Judge, … Continue reading
On April 9, the Hamilton County, Ohio Board of Elections asked the U.S. Supreme Court to stay the order of the 6th circuit in the lawsuit over whether certain provisional ballots should be counted, in a November 2010 partisan local … Continue reading
According to this story, many Ohio Democratic state legislators will introduce a proposed constitutional amendment next week, to set up procedures for recall of elected state officials (except judges). As the story notes, the bill is extremely unlikely to pass, … Continue reading
On April 4, the Hamilton County, Ohio, Board of Elections voted to appeal the lawsuit over provisional votes to the U.S. Supreme Court. See this story. Thanks to Rick Hasen’s ElectionLawBlog for the link. As Rick says, if the U.S. … Continue reading