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
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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
On January 14, the U.S. Supreme Court refused to intervene in the Ohio Libertarian Party’s ballot access case. The part of the case put in front of the U.S. Supreme Court concerned whether the 2013 ballot access law violates the … Continue reading
On January 12, the Ohio Libertarian Party asked the U.S. Supreme Court to intervene in its ballot access case, which was filed in September 2013. The case is still in the U.S. District Court, although the U.S. District Court has … Continue reading