Tuesday, November 02, 2004
Fed court of appeals and OH Supremes reinstates challengers
Combined, the action by these two separate courts is the worst of possible outcomes if fairness and voting rights means anything. From OSU's Moritz Law School site (emphasis added):
In a 2-1 decision, applying to both the Summit County and Spencer cases, the Sixth Court federal court of appeals has stayed the orders issued by both Judge Adams and Judge Dlott. Unless this stay is vacated by the U.S. Supreme Court, the effect of this stay is to permit challenges at polling places by challengers designated by the political parties. In addition, on Monday, the Ohio Supreme Court ruled that political parties are permitted one challenger per precinct, even if there is more than one precinct at the same polling place.The school provides an anlysis of the decision here.
