The 6th circuit has had many constitutional election
law cases during the past two years, including Stewart
v Blackwell, which came out today and made Rick Hasen
even more famous than he already was!

Stewart v Blackwell was argued Dec. 6, 2005.  An even
older election law case is still pending in the 6th
circuit, Libertarian Party of Ohio v Blackwell.  It
was argued September 14, 2005, over 7 months ago.  It
challenges Secretary of State Blackwell's rule,
invalidating the Ohio Libertarian Party's petition for
party status for the 2004 election.  The petition,
containing 57,000 signatures, was rejected because the
state had slightly changed the wording on that
petition while the party was circulating it.  The
state knew the Ohio Libertarian Party was circulating
that petition, but did not inform the party that the
form had been revised.

The lawsuit also challenges the October 2005 deadline
for that petition.  Ohio is the only state in the
nation with a petition deadline (to create a new
party) that is in the year before the election.

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