Sat Oct 13, 2012, 08:39 PM

kpete (38,905 posts)

Obama Campaign Asks Court To Allow Early Voting

Source: Huffington Post

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- President Barack Obama's campaign is urging the U.S. Supreme Court not to consider an appeal in a dispute over early voting in the presidential battleground state of Ohio.

A lower court had reinstated early voting on the three days before Election Day and returned discretion to local boards of elections.

Secretary of State Jon Husted (HYOO'-sted), a Republican, has appealed that ruling. He's also asked the Supreme Court to delay the lower court ruling while it decides whether to take the case.

Attorneys say the Obama campaign submitted a court filing Friday asking that the lower court's ruling stand.

Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/13/obama-early-voting_n_1963821.html?utm_hp_ref=politics

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12 replies	Author	Time	Post
Obama Campaign Asks Court To Allow Early Voting (Original post)	kpete	Oct 2012	OP
What a fricking mess that would be!	mucifer	Oct 2012	#1
Mess, you betcha!	Iliyah	Oct 2012	#2
Sick people, they will keep people from exercising their right to vote	SaveAmerica	Oct 2012	#3
The GOP cannot win fair and square. cannot win on their ideas. They have to cheat. nt	progressivebydesign	Oct 2012	#4
The GOP are anti American bastards.	go west young man	Oct 2012	#5
Which justice is assigned to Ohio?	davidpdx	Oct 2012	#6
Kagan. For the 6th Circuit seated out of Cincinnati.	BumRushDaShow	Oct 2012	#7
Well we know what the result will be	davidpdx	Oct 2012	#8
I expect they would	BumRushDaShow	Oct 2012	#9
I'm not sure what more they could do if they lost on rehearing	davidpdx	Oct 2012	#11
The Republican Party: fixing elections and suppressing votes	DavidL	Oct 2012	#10
So it may fall on Roberts again	LiberalLovinLug	Oct 2012	#12

Response to kpete (Original post)

Sat Oct 13, 2012, 08:47 PM

mucifer (8,505 posts)

1. What a fricking mess that would be!

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Sat Oct 13, 2012, 09:58 PM

Iliyah (2,360 posts)

2. Mess, you betcha!

That exactly what the GOPpers want. GOPpers don't give a shit about "freedom" "Patriotic" or "Democracy".

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Sat Oct 13, 2012, 11:42 PM

SaveAmerica (4,982 posts)

3. Sick people, they will keep people from exercising their right to vote

and smile while doing it.

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Sun Oct 14, 2012, 12:26 AM

progressivebydesign (19,363 posts)

4. The GOP cannot win fair and square. cannot win on their ideas. They have to cheat. nt

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Sun Oct 14, 2012, 02:27 AM

go west young man (2,926 posts)

5. The GOP are anti American bastards.

Always against the right to vote.

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Sun Oct 14, 2012, 04:21 AM

davidpdx (8,827 posts)

6. Which justice is assigned to Ohio?

My recollect is if they deny, the petitioner can ask for a decision by the entire court. It would really suck if the Supreme Court became embroiled in an election mess again.

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Response to davidpdx (Reply #6)

Sun Oct 14, 2012, 07:28 AM

BumRushDaShow (11,958 posts)

7. Kagan. For the 6th Circuit seated out of Cincinnati.

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Sun Oct 14, 2012, 07:54 AM

davidpdx (8,827 posts)

8. Well we know what the result will be

It will be interesting if they ask for a rehearing of the full court whether or not it will be granted.

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Response to davidpdx (Reply #8)

Sun Oct 14, 2012, 07:59 AM

BumRushDaShow (11,958 posts)

9. I expect they would

and I anticipate they will fight this all the way to election day if given the opportunity. They certainly have enough Koch $$$ to blow through allowing them to hurl endless roadblocks at the voting process and cost the rest of us alot of money to reassert our right to vote unencumbered.

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Sun Oct 14, 2012, 08:12 AM

davidpdx (8,827 posts)

11. I'm not sure what more they could do if they lost on rehearing

I suppose they could refile on another issue.

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Sun Oct 14, 2012, 08:04 AM

DavidL (384 posts)

10. The Republican Party: fixing elections and suppressing votes

since 2000.

That party will never stop trying to steal elections.

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Sun Oct 14, 2012, 03:44 PM

LiberalLovinLug (2,027 posts)

12. So it may fall on Roberts again

We all know which side the regular fascists on the SC will vote for.

But will Roberts have the balls to stand up to his GOP masters or will he feel he has to make something up to them because of his Obamacare ruling?

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