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Ohio Democratic Party v. Blackwell

(page last updated November 12, 2007 at 2:18 PM)

Case Information

All Courts: Court of Common Pleas, Cuyahoga County, Ohio (Case CV-06-606270)
Topic(s): Polling Place Observers
State: Ohio
Date Filed: November 3, 2006

Issue: Whether Ohio Secretary of State Kenneth Blackwell violated Ohio law by allowing the deadline for appointing election observers to pass, then creating allegedly "retroactive" rules that in contradiction to past practice prohibited the Democratic Party from appointing additional observers beyond those identified by the original appointment forms.

Status: All Discovery shall be complete by 1/31/07. Parties may file supplements to pending motion and reply by 2/12/07. Hearing set for 03/15/2007.

Court of Common Pleas Documents

• Link to Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas' on-line docket
• Complaint and Motion for Temporary Restraining Order (filed 11/3/06)
• Declaratory Judgment for Plaintiffs (entered 11/6/06)
• ANSWER to Plaintiff's Verified Complaint (filed 11/21/06)
• ORDER [non-document] PRE TRIAL CONFERENCE SET FOR 12/11/2006 (entered 11/22/06)
• ORDER [non-document] All Discovery shall be complete by 1/31/07. Parties may file supplements to pending motion and reply by 2/12/07. Hearing set for 03/15/2007. (entered 12/14/06)

Related Links

• October 26, 2006 Memorandum of Secretary of State re: Observers (issued 10/26/06)
• Advisory 2006-08 re: Observer Appointments (issued 11/1/06)
• Advisory 2006-09 re: Clarification of Advisory 2006-08 (issued 11/3/06)
• Ohio Democrats sue to add election-day observers Contra Costa Times (11/3/06) [no longer available online]
• Directive 2006-87 (issued 11/6/06)

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