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Ohio Supreme Court votes for judicial election rule changes
August 12, 2010
Ohio: In the wake of the July ruling from the U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals, the Ohio Supreme Court voted 5-0 to amend the state's judicial election laws. At all levels of Ohio's judiciary, candidates for office can now identify with a political party in campaign materials. Prior to the rule change, candidates were able to align with a party only before and during the partisan primary election.[1]
The court also voted on rules regarding soliciting campaign donations. Now, a candidate is allowed to request a general donation to a crowd of twenty or more people, and:
"...may sign letters soliciting campaign contributions if the letters are for distribution by the judicial candidate's campaign committee and the letters direct contributions to be sent to the campaign committee and not to the judicial candidate."
The 5-0 vote came after Justices Eric Brown and Maureen O'Connor, both running for chief justice of the court in November, abstained from voting. The rules are effective as of today.[1]
See also
- Federal court strikes down nonpartisan judicial races
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