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Litigation

Constitutional Party of Ohio v. Delaware Cty Bd of Elections

Case Information

Date Filed / Ended: October 31, 2008 / November 3, 2008
State: Ohio
Issue: Polling Place Observers
Courts that Heard this Case: Delaware County Common Pleas Court (Case 08 CV H 10 1462 )

Issue:

Whether the Delaware County Board of Elections may prohibit vote observers from the Constitution Party of Ohio

Status:

Complaint filed 10/31/08.  Judgment entered for defendants on 11/3/08.

Common Pleas Court Documents

Commentary

Edward B. Foley

Gerrymandering as Viewpoint Discrimination: A "Functional Equivalence" Test

Edward B. Foley

A First Amendment test for identifying when a map is functionally equivalent to a facially discriminatory statute.

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In the News

Daniel P. Tokaji

This is why US election ballots routinely go missing

Professor Dan Tokaji was quoted in USA Today about the prevalence of missing election ballots.

 

"Most of the time, it just goes unreported because it doesn't affect the result," Tokaji said. 


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Info & Analysis

Supreme Court Finds Partisan Gerrymandering Claims to be Non-Justiciable Political Questions

In a 5-4 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court issued an opinion on Thursday determining that claims of partisan gerrymandering are political questions beyond the reach of the federal courts. The opinion resolved disputes originating in North Carolina and Maryland, in the cases of Rucho v. Common Cause and Lamone v. Benisek.

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