SER DEMOCRATIC PARTY v. LAROSE

No. 2020-0388.

150 N.E.3d 99 (2020)

159 Ohio St.3d 277

2020-Ohio-1253

The STATE EX REL. OHIO DEMOCRATIC PARTY et al. v. LAROSE, Secy.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided March 31, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark R. Brown for intervening relator.

Dave Yost , Attorney General, and Bridget C. Coontz , Columbus, and Julie M. Pfeiffer , Assistant Attorneys General, for respondent.

Sarah A. Hill , Julie Keys , and Kevin J. Truitt , Columbus, for amicus curiae Disability Rights Ohio.

Mayle, L.L.C., Andrew R. Mayle , and Ronald J. Mayle , Fremont, for amici curiae Corey Speweik, Tracy Overmyer, Gary Click, Cynthia Welty, Tim Saltzman, and Liamer Media, L.L.C.

American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio Foundation, Freda Levenson , and David J. Carey ; and Demos and Naila S. Awan , for amici curiae the League of Women Voters of Ohio and the Ohio A. Philip Randolph Institute.

Phillips & Co., L.P.A., and Gerald W. Phillips , Avon Lake, in support of respondent for amici curiae Gerald W. Phillips and the Ohio Citizens for Honesty, Integrity, and Openness in Government, Ltd.

Isaac, Wiles, Burkholder & Teetor, L.L.C., Donald C. Brey , and Matthew R. Aumann , Columbus, for amicus curiae State Representative Jason Stephens.


{¶ 1} Just after 10:00 p.m. on Monday, March 16, 2020, the director of the Ohio Department of Health issued an order closing polling places in Ohio "to avoid the imminent threat * * * of widespread exposure to COVID-19," a contagious respiratory disease that can result in serious illness or death. The same night that order...

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