The Ohio legislature is about to go on recess, probably for several months. The legislature still hasn’t passed any bill to replace the old, unconstitutional ballot access law. The decision striking down the old law was in September 2006, so … Continue reading
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Ever since 1983, the Ohio petition deadline for independent presidential candidates has been 75 days before the general election. However, Ohio has just changed that deadline to 90 days before the general election. The change effectively moves the deadline from … Continue reading
On May 13, the lawsuit Friedlander v Brunner, 2:10cv-378, was settled out of court. The lawsuit had been filed April 27, 2010, to challenge an Ohio ban on out-of-state circulators for initiative and referendum petitions, and also to challenge a … Continue reading
Both houses of the Ohio legislature passed comprehensive election law bills last year. The bills are SB 8 and HB 260. Both bills are extremely long and deal with many election law issues. The Columbus Dispatch has this story, explaining … Continue reading
The Ohio Secretary of State’s web page has this link to preliminary, unofficial primary election returns. Ohio held primaries for the Constitution, Green, Libertarian and Socialist Parties, as well as the Democratic and Republican Parties, on May 4. The Secretary … Continue reading