Posted: November 14, 2008
Brunner wants to consolidate latest lawsuit by Stivers supporters with NEOCH v. Blackwell
Ohio Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner today (11/14) removed Skaggs v. Brunner, filed yesterday (11/13) in the Ohio Supreme Court, to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio. Having removed the case to federal court, Secretary Brunner has filed a motion to consolidate the case with two existing federal court cases, NEOCH v. Blackwell and Ohio Republican Party v. Brunner (NEOCH and Ohio Republican Party were themselves consolidated on 11/6). She claims that the Skaggs case, brought by two voters who are supporters of Steve Stivers in the OH-15 race, is based upon legal and factual issues that are "identical" to the issues presented in the other pending federal cases. See the EL@M case page for additional information and court documents.
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Silence of the Lambs
Dale A. Oesterle
With the election of 2012 now well over and past the second inauguration of the incumbent President, the historical analysis of the events has begun and will last as long as written human history lasts. An interesting tidbit may already be lost to the majesty of the moment.
The voters of three very different states, Alaska, New Hampshire, and Ohio, all had an opportunity to call state constitutional conventions. In each state the voters turned the opportunity down by very similar votes, 68%, 64% and 68% respectively against.
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