Election Law Complaint Filed Against Bob McEwen —
UPDATE: Probable Cause Hearing

The Ohio Elections Commission’s Executive Director and four commissioners attended the probable cause hearing today.

There were three cases under consideration: Blumer v. McEwen was third. This was nice, as it gave me a chance to see what others were doing so I could know better what to do and not do.

The probable cause hearing panel found that sufficient probable cause exists that Bob McEwen violated ORC 3517.21, and moved to recommend (i.e., hold) a hearing with the full commission.

This hearing will take place on February 9 at the latest, but it appears that there is motivation in the circumstances on the part of the commissioners to have it heard earlier, perhaps much earlier.

Obviously, I’ll keep you posted. I will not blog on political matters as they relate to local or state elections in Ohio at least until the full commission hearing.

Because I am in the midst of an ongoing legal matter, I won’t accept any comments or trackbacks at this post (I’ve decided that accepting a trackback could be construed in an adversarial situation as an endorsement of the trackback’s comments, even though in reality it isn’t, and asserting such is absurd), but I will look around at sites that I believe might register their thoughts and will list them in a “neither endorse nor oppose” update when I begin to see them.
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QUICK NOTE: Mike Meckler of Red-State.com and Matt Naugle of the Blackwell Blog were in attendance and managed to stay awake (I think).

ANOTHER THING: If you’re curious, Bob McEwen did not attend. McEwen was represented by attorney Charles Saxbe.
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Case Progression Posts:
- Dec. 29 — Probable Cause Hearing Held
- Jan. 3 — Probable Cause Hearing Scheduled
- Jan. 17 — Probable Cause Finding Letter
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• (Jan. 12) OH02 — “Ohio Elections Commission Finds Probable Cause”
• (Jan. 12) Red-State.com — Michael Meckler’s Daily Entry
• (Jan. 13) I guess I need to check The Enquirer Blog more often — here’s their entry from the afternoon of Jan. 12.