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There is a saying in politics that three-quarters of what you do in a campaign doesn't matter -- you just don't know which three quarters until after the campaign is over. That's because there are so many variables that can make a difference once the voting starts, so candidates, campaigns, and political parties do all they can to gain every marginal advantage.
The Sixth Circuit has asked proponents of a straight-ticket device to file a brief by Monday, August 15, in the lawsuit over whether the U.S. Constitution requires Michigan to have a straight-ticket device. The U.S. District Court had ruled that Michigan cannot repeal the device because removing the device injures black voters.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 8, 2016 / Christian Newswire / -- Judicial Watch announced today that it joined with the Allied Educational Foundation in filing an amici curiae with the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit arguing that the appeals court should reverse the decision of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio that struck down an Ohio law shortening the state's absentee voting period from 35 to 29 days . This reduction had the effect of eliminating "Golden Week," a period of early voting in which Ohioans could also register to vote.
Damon Keith, who recently turned 94, is a judge at the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. He was promoted 40 years ago after serving as a U.S. District Court judge in Detroit.
George Rafidi, 62, is serving a 94 month sentence for assault on a federal officer and possessing a firearm following a confrontation with law enforcement officials who wanted to search his Lordstown home as part of a food stamp fraud investigation. Investigators say that when Rafidi answered the door of his Pleasant Valley Drive home in October 2014, he made threatening remarks and was carrying a gun.
A federal appeals court Wednesday refused to grant a new trial in a civil lawsuit brought by the family of a Fremont-area man who was shot and killed by Sandusky County sheriff's deputies six years ago. A three-judge panel of the U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati rejected arguments that evidence had been withheld from the jury, including the fact that the shotgun that Bryan Jones, 26, held wasn't loaded.