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U.S. District Court in Ohio Refuses to Award Sanctions Against Attorney for Ohio Libertarian Party

Posted on January 9, 2015 by Richard Winger

On January 9, U.S. District Court Judge Michael H. Watson issued a procedural order in Libertarian Party of Ohio v Husted, s.d., 2:13-cv-953. This is the case in which the Libertarian Party is challenging the definition of “political party” passed by the Ohio legislature in November 2013. This is also the case in which the Libertarian Party tried to get its gubernatorial candidate on its own primary ballot in May 2014, but failed.

The new ruling refuses to award sanctions against the Libertarian Party’s attorney. The party’s attorney had used discovery to learn that the individual who challenged the Libertarian Party’s primary petition did not know who was paying his attorney. The party’s attorney further used discovery to find out who was paying the legal bills for the challenger. The attorney for the challenger then tried to persuade the court that the party’s attorney should be punished for his skillful work ferreting out the truth.

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U.S. District Court in Ohio Refuses to Award Sanctions Against Attorney for Ohio Libertarian Party — 4 Comments

Jim Riley on January 10, 2015 at 1:31 am said:

Isn’t the LPP harassing its own parry member Felsoci when its real grievance is with the State of Ohio?
Richard Winger on January 10, 2015 at 12:24 pm said:

Felsoci was deemed by Ohio election law to have been a member of the Libertarian Party in 2014 because he voted in its 2012 primary. Ohio does not have registration by party. If Ohio did have registration by party, I doubt Felsoci would voluntarily register “Libertarian” because he is hostile to the Ohio Libertarian Party. This example shows how inane a state is when it considers a voter to be a party member because the state has an open primary and the individual chose to vote in the party’s primary.
Demo Rep on January 10, 2015 at 3:55 pm said:

Ballot access has been a WAR event for many years.

ATTACK the political enemies.
Sue for $$$ damages to bankrupt such enemies.
Jim Riley on January 10, 2015 at 9:37 pm said:

Felsoci opposed certain actions of the LPO leadership. When the Green Party was completing its supplementary petition to get ballot access in Texas, some members objected to the use of corporate funds, and some candidates withdrew. That doesn’t mean that they were hostile to the Green Party.

What is inane is the high barriers to party “qualification”. This is a direct consequence of the use of segregated partisan primaries to nominate candidates.

Eliminate partisan primaries, and you eliminate the need for party qualification (see Washington).