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Supreme Court of Ohio Clerk of Court - Filed January 06, 2017 - Case No. 2016-1863 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF OHIO State ex rel., JOHN FOCKLER, et al., : : Relators, : : Case No. 2016-1863 v. : : Original Action in Mandamus JON HUSTED, OHIO SECRETARY OF STATE, : : Original Action Respondent. : Under S. Ct. Prac. R. 12.04 RESPONDENT OHIO SECRETARY OF STATE JON HUSTED’S EVIDENCE VOLUME 2 MIKE DEWINE (0009181) Ohio Attorney General Mark R. Brown (0081941) HALLI BROWNFIELD WATSON (082466) 303 East Broad Street *Counsel of Record Columbus, Ohio JORDAN S. BERMAN (0093075) Tel: 614-236-6590 | Fax: 614-236-6956 Assistant Attorneys General [email protected] Constitutional Offices Section 30 East Broad Street, 16th Floor Counsel for Relators Columbus, Ohio 43215 Tel: 614-466-2872 | Fax: 614-728-7592 [email protected] [email protected] Counsel for Respondent Ohio Secretary of State IN THE SUPREME COURT OF OHIO State ex rel., JOHN FOCKLER, et al., : : Relators, : : Case No. 2016-1863 v. : : Original Action in Mandamus JON HUSTED, OHIO SECRETARY OF STATE, : : Original Action Respondent. : Under S. Ct. Prac. R. 12.04 RESPONDENT OHIO SECRETARY OF STATE JON HUSTED’S EVIDENCE VOLUME 2 Respondent Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted submits the following evidence in this original action. VOLUME 1 Exhibit Document 1 Affidavit of Matthew Walsh, Exhibits A-G 2 S. B. 193 3 LSC Fiscal Analysis of S.B. 193 Libertarian Party of Ohio v. Husted, Application for Stay and Emergency 4 Injunction 5 Libertarian Party of Ohio v. Husted, Husted Opposition to Application 6 Libertarian Party of Ohio v. Husted, R. 27 Appellee-Defendant Brief [Husted] VOLUME 2 Exhibit Document 7 Libertarian Party of Ohio v. Husted, R. 18 Opinion and Preliminary Injunction Libertarian Party of Ohio v. Husted, R. 47 Opinion and Order and Preliminary 8 Injunction Exhibit Document Libertarian Party of Ohio v. Husted, R. 185 Intervenor State’s Memo in 9 Opposition to Motion for Summary Judgment 10 Libertarian Party of Ohio v. Husted, R. 336 Opinion and Order 11 Libertarian Party of Ohio v. Husted, R. 369 Opinion and Order Respectfully submitted, MIKE DEWINE (0009181) Ohio Attorney General s/ Halli Brownfield Watson HALLI BROWNFIELD WATSON (082466)* *Counsel of Record JORDAN S. BERMAN (0093075) Assistant Attorneys General Constitutional Offices Section 30 East Broad Street, 16th Floor Columbus, Ohio 43215 Tel: 614-466-2872 | Fax: 614-728-7592 [email protected] [email protected] Counsel for Respondent Ohio Secretary of State CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that a true copy of the foregoing Respondent Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted’s Evidence was served by regular U.S. mail, postage prepaid, on January 6, 2017 and via email, upon the following: Mark R. Brown (0081941) 303 East Broad Street Columbus, Ohio [email protected] Counsel for Relators s/ Halli Brownfield Watson HALLI BROWNFIELD WATSON (082466) Assistant Attorney General EXHIBIT 7 EXHIBIT 8 Exhibit 9 Case: 2:13-cv-00953-MHW-TPK Doc #: 185 Filed: 09/08/14 Page: 1 of 31 PAGEID #: 3602 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF OHIO EASTERN DIVISION LIBERTARIAN PARTY OF OHIO, et al., : : Case No. 2:13-cv-00953 Plaintiffs, : : Judge Watson v. : : Magistrate Judge Kemp JON HUSTED, : : Defendant. : INTERVENOR-DEFENDANT THE STATE OF OHIO’S MEMORANDUM CONTRA INTERVENOR-PLAINTIFFS’ MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT ON THEIR FACIAL FEDERAL CONSTITUTIONAL CHALLENGE TO S.B. 193 [Doc. No. 165], AND CROSS-MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT ON INTERVENOR- PLAINTIFFS’ FACIAL FEDERAL CONSTITUTIONAL CHALLENGE TO S.B. 193 Respectfully submitted, MICHAEL DEWINE Ohio Attorney General /s/ Kristopher J. Armstrong KRISTOPHER J. ARMSTRONG (0077799) Trial Attorney SARAH E. PIERCE (0087799) Assistant Attorneys General Constitutional Offices Section 30 East Broad Street, 16th Floor Columbus, Ohio 43215 (614) 466-2872 (614) 728-7592 (fax) [email protected] [email protected] Counsel for Intervenor-Defendant State of Ohio Exh. 9, p | 1 Case: 2:13-cv-00953-MHW-TPK Doc #: 185 Filed: 09/08/14 Page: 2 of 31 PAGEID #: 3603 TABLE OF CONTENTS TABLE OF AUTHORITIES ......................................................................................................... iii I. INTRODUCTION ...............................................................................................................1 II. FACTS .................................................................................................................................1 A. The Green Party of Ohio and Constitutional Party of Ohio Intervene as Plaintiffs. .............................................................................................1 B. Ohio’s Ballot Access Law at the Time of the Blackwell Decision. .........................2 C. Ballot Access Uncertainty Post-Blackwell. .............................................................3 D. H.B. 194: Ohio’s First Attempt at Statutory Ballot Access. ...................................4 E. S.B. 193 significantly reforms Ohio’s ballot access system. ...................................4 F. Ohio’s Choice to give general ballot access to a newly-formed political party’s candidate. .......................................................................................6 III. LAW AND ARGUMENT ...................................................................................................7 A. The challenged provisions of S.B. 193 are non-discriminatory in their application and are fully constitutional under the Anderson/Burdick framework. ................................................................................7 1. S.B. 193 does not severely burden Intervenor-Plaintiffs’ rights. .........................................................................................................10 2. Even assuming that the burden imposed is “severe”— which it is not—the challenged provisions of S.B. 193 are appropriately tailored to meet a compelling state interest as a matter of law. ..........................................................................................23 IV. CONCLUSION ..................................................................................................................24 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE ......................................................................................................25 ii Exh. 9, p | 2 Case: 2:13-cv-00953-MHW-TPK Doc #: 185 Filed: 09/08/14 Page: 3 of 31 PAGEID #: 3604 TABLE OF AUTHORITIES Cases Page(s) American Party of Texas v. White, 415 U.S. 767 (1974) ...........................................................................................................14, 15 Anderson v. Celebrezze, 460 U.S. 780 (1983) ...................................................................................................................7 Barr v. Galvin, 626 F.3d 99, 109 (1st Cir. 2010) ............................................................................................8, 9 Burdick v. Takushi, 112 S.Ct. 2059 (1992) ......................................................................................................7, 8, 23 Constitution Party of Ohio v. Brunner, Case No. 2:08-cv-666 (S.D. Ohio 2008) ...................................................................................1 Eu v. San Francisco County Democratic Central Committee, 109 S.Ct. 1013 (1989) ..............................................................................................................23 Green Party of Arkansas v. Martin, 649 F.3d 675 (8th Cir. 2011) .........................................................................................8, 11, 13 Green Party of Tennessee v. Hargett, Case No. 3:110-cv-00692, 2013 WL 3010697 (M.D. Tenn. June 18, 2013) ....................16, 17 Jeneness v. Fortson, 403 U.S. 431 (1971) .................................................................................................................10 Libertarian Party of Ohio v. Blackwell. 462 F. 3d 579 (6th Cir. 2006) .......................................................................................... passim Libertarian Party of Ohio v. Brunner, 567 F.Supp2d 1006 (S.D. Ohio 2008) .......................................................................................1 Monro v. Socialist Workers Party, 479 U.S. 189 193-95 (1986) ......................................................................................1, 9, 13, 23 Moore v. Brunner, Case No. 2:08-cv-224 (S.D. Ohio 2008) ...................................................................................1 Rainbow Coalition of Oklahoma v. Oklahoma State Election Board, 844 F.2d 740 (10th Cir. 1988) .................................................................................................12 iii Exh. 9, p | 3 Case: 2:13-cv-00953-MHW-TPK Doc #: 185 Filed: 09/08/14 Page: 4 of 31 PAGEID #: 3605 Cases Page(s) Rogers v. Corbett, 468 F.3d 188 (3rd Cir. 2006) ...............................................................................................8, 12 Rosario v. Rockefeller, 93 S. Ct. 1245 (1973) ...............................................................................................................23 Swanson v. Worley, 490 F.3d 894 (11th Cir. 2007) ...........................................................................................11, 12 Timmons v. Twin Cities Area New Party, 520 U.S. 351 (1997) .................................................................................................................10