Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org and VoteTrustUSA.Org
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has released their written opinion explaining the seven justices’ March ruling that allowed electronic voting statewide last spring despite a local group’s contention that voters should have decided for themselves. / Meanwhile in Ohio the 6th Appeals Court has given approval, at the request of the state, for rehearing a case that found that voters who used punch-card did not have the same rights as voters who used other voting systems. …
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Dr. Robert Fitrakis was the first person to investigate the stolen 2004 election in Ohio. He is a attorney, professor at Columbus, State University and a national award investigated reporter, eleven time. All the information coming out on the stolen election was reported in his books and on his website, http://www.freepress.org.You can review his investigation all the way back to Nov. 2004.Now people are acting like it was there discovery. Wake up America, give credit where is belongs.
John, the 6th circuit case you mention is a case that will now be heard en banc, meaning before all the judges of the court.
It is not just a rehearing. Decisions of an en banc court can often be given greater weight than a panel decision.
This means they consider the issue to be important, and, they question the panel decision to some degree. In most cases I think the en banc court of an appellate court changes the decision when they grant a hearing. But not always.
This is why I have been waiting before proceeding in the 5th circuit. Before a case gets to the Supreme Court, it is good to have circuits in disagreement.
We must wait beyond the November election, now, to see how the equal protection of laws principle applies to election machines in the 6th circuit.
It can be considered a setback until the court rules en banc, which would be a big win if they uphold the panel decision.
Remember that it was Ohio Attorney General Jim Petro, who is a problem, who asked for the rehearing en banc.
J Powell: Please relax a bit. Nobody here is denigrating the work of Dr. Fitrakis. And nobody here is claiming credit for the work that he has done.
We were fortunate to have Dr. Fitrakis here as a guest-blogger last summer, and he would be welcome here again anytime.
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Ginny Ross
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