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Case No. 09-1294 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF OHIO STATE EX REL. SCIOTO DOWNS, INC., ET AL., Relators, V. JENNIFER L. BRUNNER, ET AL., Responden Original Action In Mandamus and Under CLERK OF COURT Section Ig, Article II, of the Ohio Constitutio „ SUPREME COURT OF 0110 I EVIDENCE TO INTERVENORS' MERIT BRIEF LUTHER L. LIGGETT, JR. (0004683) RICHARD CORDRAY (0055501) ANNE MARIE SFERRA (0030855) OHIO ATTORNEY GENERAL VLADIMIR P. BELO (0071334) 30 East Broad Street, 17th Floor BRICKER & ECKLER LLP Columbus, Ohio 43215 100 S. Third Street Tel: (614) 644-7520 Columbus, Ohio 43215 Fax: (614) 728-7592 Tel: (614) 227-2300 Fax: (614) 227-2390 ELEANOR SPEELMAN (00 13590) [email protected] GENERAL COUNSEL OHIO SECRETARY OF STATE Attorneys for Relators 180 East Broad Street, 16th Floor Columbus, Ohio 43215 D. MICHAEL HADDOX (0004913) Tel: (614) 767-6446 MUSKINGUM COUNTY PROSECUTOR Fax: (614) 644-0649 27 N. Fifth Street, P.O. Box 189 Zanesville, Ohio 43702 Attorneys for Respondent Jennifer L. Tel: (740) 455-7123 Brunner, Ohio Secretary of State Fax: (740) 455-7141 Attorneys for Respondent Muskingum County Board of Elections {H1594436.1 ) ALAN G. STARKOFF (0003286) DONALD J. MCTiGUE (0022849) COUNSEL OF RECORD MARK A. McGwNiS (0076275) MATTHEW L. FORNSHELL (0062101) J. COREY COLOMBO (0072398) MATTHEW T. GREEN (0075408) MCTiGUE & MCGuvNis LLC SCHOTTENSTEIN, ZOX & DUNN CO., L.P.A. 550 East Walnut Street 250 West Street Columbus, Ohio 43215 Columbus, Ohio 43215 Tel: (614) 263-7000 Tel: (614) 462-2700 Fax: (614) 263-7078 Fax: (614) 462-5135 [email protected] [email protected] Attorneys forlntervenors Ohio Jobs & Growth Committee, William J. Curlis, John T. Campbell, Matthew Hammond, and Charles J. Luken ;H1594436.1 ) Case No. 09-1294 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF OHIO STATE EX REL. SCIOTO DOWNS, INC., ET AL., Relators, V. JENNIFER L. BRUNNER, ET AL., Respondents. Original Action In Mandamus and Under Section ig, Article II, of the Ohio Constitution INDEX TO INTERVENORS' EVIDENCE Affidavit of Matthew T. Green ............................................................................................... Tab 1 Exhibit A: Secretary of State Directive 2009-10, June 29, 2009 Exhibit B: Secretary of State Advisory 2009-04, May 18, 2009 Exhibit C: Secretary of State Advisory 2009-06, July 8, 2009 Exhibit D: Secretary of State Advisory 2009-07, July 9, 2009 Exhibit E: Secretary of State Advisory 2009-08, July 20, 2009 Exhibit F: Secretary of State Press Release, July 20, 2009 Exhibit G: Secretary of State, Final County By County Tally of Part- Petitions and Signatures Miscellaneous Affidavits by part-petition circulators regarding pennanent address .............. Tab 2 Exhibit A: Victoria L. Byrd Affidavit Exhibit B: Sabrina L. Hartfield Affidavit Exhibit C: Matthew M. Hanis Affidavit Exhibit D: Heather Hennessey Affidavit {HI594436., ) 1 Exhibit E: Ronald King Affidavit Exhibit F: Robert Musito Affidavit Affidavit of Jamar Owens ........................................................................................................ Tab 3 Exhibit A: Copies of initiative part-petitions circulated by Jamar Owens Affidavit of Alison Stanley ...................................................................................................... Tab 4 Exhibit A: Copy of initiative part-petition circulated by Melissa Smith Affidavit of Corey Colombo .............................................................................. Tab 5 Exhibit A: Chart summarizing factual errors with evidence presented by Relators Exhibit B: Supporting part-petitions for Exhibit A Exhibit C: Chart summarizing part-petitions cited by Relators that were already rejected by boards of elections Exhibit D: Supporting part-petitions for Exhibit C Respectfully submitted, 7,_,^ Alan G. Starkoff (0003286) Counsel of Record Matthew L. Fomshell (0062101) Matthew T. Green (0075408) SCHOTTENSTEIN, ZOX & DUNN, CO., L.P.A. 250 West Street Columbus, Ohio 43215 Tel: (614) 462-2700 Fax: (614) 462-5135 [email protected] Donald J. McTYgue (0022849) Mark A. McGinnis (0076275) J. Corey Colombo (0072398) MCTIGUE & MCGINNIS LLC 550 East Walnut Street Columbus, OH 43215 {H1594436.1 ) 2 Tel: (614) 263-7000 Fax: (614) 263-7078 [email protected] Counsel for Intervenors Ohio Jobs & Growth Committee, William J. Curlis, John T. Campbell, Matthew Hammond, and Charles J. Luken CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that a copy of the foregoing was served, via electronic mail and/or facsimile, this 28th day of July, 2009, upon: Luther L. Liggett, Jr. BRICKER & ECKLER LLP 100 South Third Street Columbus, Ohio 43215 Attorney for Relators Richard Cordray ATTORNEY GENERAL OF OHIO 30 East Broad Street, 17th Floor Columbus, Ohio 43215 Attomey for Respondent Jennifer L. Brunner, Ohio Secretary of State D. MICHAEL HADDOX MUSKINGUM COUNTY PROSECUTOR 27 N. Fifth Street, P.O. Box 189 Zanesville, Ohio 43702 Attorney for Muskingum County Board of Elections Attorney at Law {H1394436.11 3 Case No. 09-1294 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF OHIO STATE EX REL. SCIOTO DOWNS, INC., ET AL., Relators, V. JENNIFER L. BRUNNER, ET AL., Respondents. Original Action In Mandamus and Under Section ig, Article II, of the Ohio Constitution AFFIDAVIT OF MATTHEW T. GREEN STATE OF OHIO ss: COUNTY OF FRANKLIN : I, Matthew T. Green, being first duly sworn and cautioned under oath, do hereby depose and state as follows: 1. I am an attorney with the law firm Schottenstein, Zox & Dunn Co., LPA, which is co-counsel for Intervenors Ohio Jobs & Growth Connnittee, William J. Curlis, John T. Campbell, Matthew Hammond, and Charles J. Luken in the above-captioned case. I make this affidavit based on my personal knowledge. 2. Attached hereto as Exhibit A is a true and accurate copy of Directive 2009-10, issued by the Secretary of State's Office on June 29, 2009. 3. Attached hereto as Exhibit B is a true and accurate of Advisory 2009-04, issued by the Secretary of State's Office on May 18, 2009. jH1593621.1 } 4. Attached hereto as Exhibit C is a tnie and accurate of Advisory 2009-06, issued by the Secretary of State's Office on July 8, 2009. 5. Attached hereto as Exhibit D is a true and accurate of Advisory 2009-07, issued by the Secretary of State's Office on July 9, 2009. 6. Attached hereto as Exhibit E is a true and accurate of Advisory 2009-08, issued by the Secretary of State's Office on July 20, 2009. 7. Attached hereto as Exhibit F is a true and accurate copy of a press release issued by the Secretary of State's Office on July 20, 2009, discussing Advisory 2009-08. 8. Attached hereto as Exhibit G is a true and accurate copy of the final county-by- county tally of part-petitions and signatures compiled by the Secretary of State's Office regarding the Ohio Jobs and Growth Plan (Multi-City Casinos) initiative. Affiant further sayeth naught. Matthew T. Green Sworn to before me and subscribed in my p,r-esence this _^/^day of July, 2009. Pawism aGhgtisbtl PJOTARYMm^ P0^8l.^^in ^^ 00 801 b0 oD 11 (H1593621.1 ) EXHIBIT I -A JENNIFER BRUNNER OHIO SECRETARY OF STATE 18O EAST BROAD ST'REET, 16TH FLOOR COLUMBUS, OHIo 43215 USA TEL: 1-877-767-6446 FAX: 1-61 4-644-0649 WWW. SOS.STATE.ON. US DIRECTIVE 2009-10 June 29, 2009 TO: COUNTY BOARDS OF ELECTIONS RE: State Issue Petition Proposing a Constitutional Ainendment - Ohio Jobs and Growth Plan An initiative petitiou was filed in the Secretary of State's office on June 25, 2009, to place on the statewide ballot a constitutional amendinent autliorizing the construction of a casino facility in each of the following four Ohio cities: Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus and Toledo. Enclosed for review and certiiication by your office are the part-petitions that were circulated in your county. You must examine each part-petition in accordance 4vdth the enclosed instructions. Please carefully read this directive and the accompanying instructions before you start your exaniination of the part petitions and signatures. Reminders • A federal court has ruled unconstitutional the provision of R.C. 35o3.o6(B)(1) that required a circulator of any initiative and referendum petition to be a resident of Ohio. Therefore, you shall not invalidate a part-petition for the reason that the circulator's address as set forth in the circulator's statement is outside Ohio. • Ohio law bars persons ivho have been comActed of any felony under the laivs of this state, another state or the United States from circulating initiative petitions. (see R.C. 2961.oi(B) and R.C. 2967.17(B)). You must invalidate any part-petition which was circulated by a person who has been convicted of a felony whose right to serve as a circulator has not been restored by a court of record. To verify whedier a circulator has been convicted of a felony, you may seelc the assistance of your county clerlc of courts. If you determine that a felon circulated any part-petition you are examining, please provide the felon's name and address to the Elections Division promptly, so that the Elections Di-vision niav share that inforn-iation tivith the other boards of elections examining parts of the petition. • Any part of a petition to amend the Oluo Constitution is invalid if the board deterniines that one individual has affixed the signature of another to the part petition, except wlien the individual who signed the name of another elector did so as that elector's duly- appointed attorney infact in accordance witli R.C. 3501.382. (R.C. 3601.38(D)). • Please note that if a circulator who is an Oliio elector signed, as an elector, any part- petition that he or she circulated, the board niust invalidate the circulator's signature as an elector. However, this is not a reason for invalidating the entire part-petition. • You must verify the validity of each part-petition in addition to verifying the validity of the individual signatures contained on the part-petition. Check each part-petition to determine that the circulator's statement on the last page of the part-petition has been properly completed; a part-petition is invalid if the circulator's statement is not completed as required by law.