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garybeck

(9,942 posts)
Tue Nov 6, 2012, 02:06 AM Nov 2012

Motion for Restraining Order Filed Against OH Sec. of State John Husted re: voting machines

http://moritzlaw.osu.edu/electionlaw/litigation/documents/TROmotion.pdf

Motion for Temporary Restraining Order

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prohibiting the defendants from using hardware or software that ES&S provided to John Husted in his official capacity as Secretary of State in order to record and tabulate votes cast by Ohio voters in the general election on November 6th 2012.

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the whole thing is at the link above.

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Motion for Restraining Order Filed Against OH Sec. of State John Husted re: voting machines (Original Post) garybeck Nov 2012 OP
throw him and his flunkies in prison until after the election Angry Dragon Nov 2012 #1
That's not a restraining order, that's a motion for a restraining order. SunSeeker Nov 2012 #2
Okey, i'm not a lawyer, I'll change the title, but garybeck Nov 2012 #4
Thanks. Hope this gets granted tomorrow! nt SunSeeker Nov 2012 #9
for more info go to bradblog.com flamingdem Nov 2012 #10
Even if granted first thing in the morning, he'll ignore it n/m Rosco T. Nov 2012 #3
you think he would defy a restraining order from a federal judge? garybeck Nov 2012 #5
Brad Blog with more on this story flamingdem Nov 2012 #6
At least Robert J Fitrakis is trying something! Someone Cha Nov 2012 #7
K&R. Yes please! Overseas Nov 2012 #8
Daylight is a good thing. Thank you Bob Fitrakis. n/t pa28 Nov 2012 #11

SunSeeker

(51,571 posts)
2. That's not a restraining order, that's a motion for a restraining order.
Tue Nov 6, 2012, 02:11 AM
Nov 2012

You should correct your title. I was kind of disappointed to see it was only the motion. But thanks for the link anyway.

Any idea when this motion will be heard?

garybeck

(9,942 posts)
4. Okey, i'm not a lawyer, I'll change the title, but
Tue Nov 6, 2012, 02:16 AM
Nov 2012

to me, being the non-lawyer that I am, when I hear "restraining order filed" I take that as someone asking for a restraining order.

to answer your question, it looks like there's a hearing set for tomorrow (actually today if it's in Ohio).

all the official docs are here:
http://moritzlaw.osu.edu/electionlaw/litigation/Fitrakis.v.Husted.1.php

flamingdem

(39,313 posts)
6. Brad Blog with more on this story
Tue Nov 6, 2012, 02:19 AM
Nov 2012

http://www.bradblog.com/?p=9703&utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

Earlier today, Brad Friedman reported in detail on the uncertified, "experimental" software patches that Ohio's Secretary of State Jon Husted (R) had secretly contracted [PDF] with Election Systems & Software, Inc. (ES&S) to create and install at the very last minute onto electronic central vote tabulation systems in 39 Ohio counties, encompassing more than 4 million Buckeye State voters.

We noted that Bob Fitrakis, one of the Ohio journalists at the Columbus Free Press who had initially broken the story late last week, was planning to file a legal complaint and temporary restraining order in hopes of blocking the use of the mysterious, untested software on the ES&S central tabulation systems in those counties.

Late tonight, just hours from the official opening of Election Day polls in the Buckeye State tomorrow, we obtained copies of both the complaint [PDF] and the motion for a temporary restraining order [PDF] which have now been filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio, Eastern Division and where oral argument has been scheduled for tomorrow morning, Election Day, at 9am local time before Judge Gregory L. Forst, a George W. Bush appointee...

At tomorrow's hearing in Columbus, Judge Frost will be asked to rule on the motion for a TRO, as filed by Fitrakis, who, aside from being a long-time investigative journalist in the Buckeye State, is also an attorney, political science professor and a Green Party Congressional candidate. In both the TRO motion and in his full complaint, Fitrakis v. Husted, Fitrakis alleges that the Ohio Secretary of State violated the state Elections Code on Sept. 18, 2012 when he entered a contract with ES&S to provide "hardware and software designed to record and tabulate the votes cast by Ohio voters in the General Election on November 6, 2012...without...public bidding, without public review, and without approval of the technology review board."

In the complaint, Fitrakis alleges that the persons who are not under the supervision or control of the Secretary of State or the Ohio Boards of Elections, using private facilities, have "access" to "recording tabulation of votes" and that, by utilizing a "back door" installed by ES&S, those persons pose an imminent risk of irreparable harm to the rights of Ohio voters. They could, he charges, use that access to "alter the recording and tabulation of votes cast."

more at link

Cha

(297,290 posts)
7. At least Robert J Fitrakis is trying something! Someone
Tue Nov 6, 2012, 02:20 AM
Nov 2012

asked why he waited so long in another OP but wasn't this software just announced that it was going on the Voting Machines? And, why is it going on the Machines, anyway?

It's not like Jon Husted hasn't shown his ass consistently throughout as trying to Suppress Voters.

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