[EL] Ohio SOS removes Libertarian candidates from statewide ballot

Sat Mar 8 09:17:05 PST 2014

I think this borderlines on an ad hominem attack.
In any case, if you think that Brad Smith would decide a legal question 
before him through crass partisan considerations, you don't know him 
very well. I have tangled with Brad for a long time, and I have never 
known him to be anything but intellectually honest and forthright, even 
when his decisions and opinions went against the interests of his party.
Rick

On 3/8/14, 9:02 AM, Sal Peralta wrote:
> Nice to see that the Ohio elections division hired a neutral party 
> like Brad Smith to rule on the question of whether Ohio Republicans 
> were trying to keep third parties off of the ballot.  Was Jim Bopp not 
> available?
>
>
>> Sent from my iPad
>>
>> On Mar 7, 2014, at 8:32 PM, Rick Hasen <rhasen at law.uci.edu 
>> <mailto:rhasen at law.uci.edu>> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>     “Republicans question Iowa’s key role in presidential balloting”
>>>     <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=59326>
>>>
>>> Posted on March 7, 2014 8:30 pm 
>>> <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=59326>by Rick Hasen 
>>> <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>>>
>>> LAT 
>>> <http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-iowa-caucuses-peril-20140308,0,5975331.story#axzz2vLHaG1tX>.
>>>
>>> <share_save_171_16.png> 
>>> <http://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http%3A%2F%2Felectionlawblog.org%2F%3Fp%3D59326&title=%E2%80%9CRepublicans%20question%20Iowa%E2%80%99s%20key%20role%20in%20presidential%20balloting%E2%80%9D&description=>
>>> Posted in campaigns <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=59>, primaries 
>>> <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=32>
>>>
>>>
>>>     “The Technology of Voting” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=59324>
>>>
>>> Posted on March 7, 2014 8:26 pm 
>>> <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=59324>by Rick Hasen 
>>> <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>>>
>>> NYT Bits Blog 
>>> <http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/03/07/the-technology-of-voting/?ref=politics>.
>>>
>>> <share_save_171_16.png> 
>>> <http://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http%3A%2F%2Felectionlawblog.org%2F%3Fp%3D59324&title=%E2%80%9CThe%20Technology%20of%20Voting%E2%80%9D&description=>
>>> Posted in voting technology <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=40>
>>>
>>>
>>>     “Author of elections report cited by Poilievre contradicts
>>>     minister on voter fraud” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=59322>
>>>
>>> Posted on March 7, 2014 5:07 pm 
>>> <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=59322>by Rick Hasen 
>>> <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>>>
>>> CBC News 
>>> <http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/author-of-elections-report-cited-by-poilievre-contradicts-minister-on-voter-fraud-1.2563659>:
>>>
>>>      The author of a report cited repeatedly to justify cracking
>>>     down on potential voter fraud says the Harper government is
>>>     misrepresenting his report and ignoring his recommendations.
>>>
>>>     Indeed, Harry Neufeld says there’s not a shred of evidence that
>>>     there have been more than “a handful” of cases of deliberate
>>>     voter fraud in either federal or provincial elections.
>>>
>>>     “I never said there was voter fraud,” Neufeld said in an
>>>     interview with The Canadian Press.
>>>
>>>     “Nor did the Supreme Court, who looked at this extremely carefully.”
>>>
>>> Looks like the voting wars are contagious, even crossing borders.
>>>
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>>> <http://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http%3A%2F%2Felectionlawblog.org%2F%3Fp%3D59322&title=%E2%80%9CAuthor%20of%20elections%20report%20cited%20by%20Poilievre%20contradicts%20minister%20on%20voter%20fraud%E2%80%9D&description=>
>>> Posted in Uncategorized <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=1>
>>>
>>>
>>>     New Casebook: The Law of Direct Democracy
>>>     <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=59320>
>>>
>>> Posted on March 7, 2014 2:42 pm 
>>> <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=59320>by Rick Hasen 
>>> <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>>>
>>> Henry Noyes has written anew casebook 
>>> <http://www.cap-press.com/books/isbn/9781611632767/The-Law-of-Direct-Democracy> 
>>> for Carolina Academic Press.
>>>
>>> I’ve seen the table of contents and it looks like great coverage.
>>>
>>> <share_save_171_16.png> 
>>> <http://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http%3A%2F%2Felectionlawblog.org%2F%3Fp%3D59320&title=New%20Casebook%3A%20The%20Law%20of%20Direct%20Democracy&description=>
>>> Posted in direct democracy <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=62>
>>>
>>>
>>>     Great Lineup at March 17 American University Conference on
>>>     Lobbying and Ethics Reform in US and eU
>>>     <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=59318>
>>>
>>> Posted on March 7, 2014 2:39 pm 
>>> <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=59318>by Rick Hasen 
>>> <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>>>
>>> Details 
>>> <http://www.american.edu/spa/ccps/upload/press-release-for-March-17-conference-2.pdf>.
>>>
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>>> <http://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http%3A%2F%2Felectionlawblog.org%2F%3Fp%3D59318&title=Great%20Lineup%20at%20March%2017%20American%20University%20Conference%20on%20Lobbying%20and%20Ethics%20Reform%20in%20US%20and%20eU&description=>
>>> Posted in lobbying <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=28>
>>>
>>>
>>>     “Ohio Secretary of State Removes Libertarian Party Statewide
>>>     Candidates from the Libertarian Primary Ballot”
>>>     <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=59316>
>>>
>>> Posted on March 7, 2014 2:34 pm 
>>> <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=59316>by Rick Hasen 
>>> <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>>>
>>> BAN reports 
>>> <http://www.ballot-access.org/2014/03/ohio-secretary-of-state-removes-libertarian-party-statewide-candidates-from-the-libertarian-primary-ballot/>.
>>>
>>> <share_save_171_16.png> 
>>> <http://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http%3A%2F%2Felectionlawblog.org%2F%3Fp%3D59316&title=%E2%80%9COhio%20Secretary%20of%20State%20Removes%20Libertarian%20Party%20Statewide%20Candidates%20from%20the%20Libertarian%20Primary%20Ballot%E2%80%9D&description=>
>>> Posted in ballot access <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=46>
>>>
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