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Hearing in Progress on the Ohio Litigation

Following up this post from earlier today on the Election Day maneuvering that could become post-election litigation in Ohio, there's a hearing taking place this evening Judge Marbley in the NEOCH v. Brunner case Pending before him is a motion to consolidate Ohio Republican Party v. Brunner (pending before Judge Smith and amended today) with NEOCH. I'm informed that Judge Marbley has decided to grant the Ohio Democratic Party's motion to intervene and is considering whether to consolidate the two cases, both of which partly concern the state's handling of provisional ballots. I'd expect that, at the very least, Judge Marbley will take control of the ORP's challenge to Directive 2008-101, which was issued to resolve some of the issues in NEOCH. What's less clear is whether the other issues raised in the ORP's amended complaint today can neatly be severed from the ones that are already before Judge Marbley. More to come, no doubt, both here and on our front page.

Full post as published by Election Law - Equal Vote on November 04, 2008 (boomark / email).