Last Updated: September 10, 2010 at 1:40 PM
In the Matter of Philip Ragusa
Case Information
Date Filed / Ended: November 4, 2008 / December 19, 2008
State: New York
Issue: Recount Resources
Courts that Heard this Case: Supreme Court, Queens County (Case ); Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Second Judicial Department (Case 2008-11181)
Issue:
Whether the parties had been given an opportunity pursuant to Election Law section 9-209(2)(d) to make objections to the casting or refusal to cast approximately 1,700 ballots found by Board of Elections personnel to be preliminarily invalid.
Status:
Decision and Order entered by the Supreme Court of New York, Appellate Division, Second Judicial Department on 12/19/08.
Supreme Court, Appellate Division Documents
- DECISION & ORDER
(entered 12/19/08)
Commentary
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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