Last Updated: September 10, 2010 at 1:39 PM
In re Mondello
Case Information
Date Filed / Ended: March 31, 2009 / April 15, 2009
State: New York
Issue: Election Contest
Courts that Heard this Case: New York Supreme Court (Dutchess County) (Case 002254/2009)
Issue:
Whether irregularities and close margin for the special election requires oversight by the court for counting and recounting votes, including those cast by absentee ballots.
Status:
Verified Petition and Order to Show Cause filed 3/31. Order requiring counting of absentee ballots to begin April 8 entered 4/6. Decision and order entered 4/15.
Court Documents
- Order to Show Cause and Verified Petition
(entered 3/31/09) - Order Requiring Counting of Absentee Ballots to Begin April 8 (entered 4/6/09)
- Decision and Order (entered 4/15/09)
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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