March 2011

The outcome on the test case on petitions for Independents

Last June, I reported on a lawsuit you didn’t hear about in the Dayton Daily News.  Unfortunately- I didn’t follow up and post the outcome of the suit either, which I’m about to rectify. Here’s a bit of what I wrote then: C. Ralph Wilcoxson, II may be one of my new personal heroes. A Read More

Dayton needs to kidnap Hazel McCallion

When Gary Leitzell beat Rhine McLin- most would agree the bar was pretty low. When Mike Turner beat Clay Dixon- most would agree the bar was pretty low. For the most part- our choices for mayor come in the flavor boring. And there are still people who want to elect a strong mayor? I don’t Read More

The many legal opinions of the City of Dayton on petitions

Without doing the in-depth legal analysis of where the City is not only wrong- but dead wrong in its adherence to the Charter, I’m providing you with a PDF including 6 different opinions on the issues of ballot access. It’s funny- that somethings have to be filled out just right- somethings require “substantial compliance” and Read More

Dayton population falls while voter rolls skyrocket

According to the Board of Elections, we have 100,792 registered voters. According to the Census we have 141,527 residents. Simple math says 71% of our residents are registered to vote. But, wait- we have residents under 18, and therefore not eligible to vote- according to the census bureau, in Ohio, 23.5% are under 18. That Read More

The Legal Fund- to change the petition process

I’m on my way to the Board of Elections to pick up the documentation about which of you had your signatures thrown out by the graphologists they employ. We’re working on a legal solution- using the provisions of the petitioning process that are in the Ohio Constitution to allow for a ten-day amended petition window- Read More

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