STATE EX REL. COLVIN v. BRUNNER

No. 2008-1813.

120 Ohio St.3d 110 (2008)

2008-Ohio-5041

THE STATE EX REL. COLVIN et al. v. BRUNNER, SECY. OF STATE.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided September 29, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Chester, Willcox & Saxbe, L.L.P., Donald C. Brey, Elizabeth J. Watters, and Deborah A. Scott, for relators.

Nancy Hardin Rogers, Attorney General, and Richard N. Coglianese, Damian W. Sikora, Aaron Epstein, Michael J. Schuler, and Dennis P. Smith Jr., Assistant Attorneys General, for respondent.

Benesch, Friedlander, Coplan & Aronoff, L.L.P., and William M. Todd, urging granting of the writ for amicus curiae State Representative Larry Wolpert.

Thomas C. Drabick Jr., urging denial of the writ for amicus curiae Ohio American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations.

Hunter, Carnahan, Shoub & Byard and Michael J. Hunter, urging denial of the writ for amicus curiae District 1199, Health Care and Social Service Union, Service Employees International Union.

Altshuler Berzon L.L.P., Stephen P. Berzon, Stacey M. Leyton, Barbara J. Chisholm, and Peter E. Leckman, urging denial of the writ for amicus curiae Ohio American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations and District 1199, Health Care and Social Service Union, Service Employees International Union.

Meredith Bell-Platts, Neil Bradley, Carrie L. Davis, Jeffrey M. Gamso, Daniel P. Tokaji, Paul Moke, Teresa James, Richard Saphire, Brenda Wright, Jon Greenbaum, Bob Kengle, Jennifer R. Scullion, and Matthew Morris, urging denial of the writ for amici curiae Matters; American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio; American Civil Liberties Union Foundation, Inc., Voting Rights Project; Demos; Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law; League of Women Voters of Ohio; Project Vote; Northeast Ohio Coalition for the Homeless; and United States Hispanic Leadership Institute, Inc.


Per Curiam.

{¶ 1} This is an expedited election action for a writ of mandamus to, among other things, compel the secretary of state to issue a directive to the county boards of elections that they must void any applications for absentee ballots accepted by election officials after the registration of persons but before the 30-day registration period has passed and to advise the boards of elections that 30 days must elapse following registration...

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