Rios v. Blackwell (3:04-cv-7724) and Delaware County Prosecuting Attorney v. National Voting Rights Institute (3:05-cv-7286) (James G. Carr, N.D. Ohio) and Ohio ex rel. Yost v. National Voting Rights Institute (Edmund A. Sargus, S.D. Ohio 2:04-cv-1139)
The Green and Libertarian candidates for President sought a complete recount of the 2004 presidential election in Ohio. After a teleconference, a federal district judge denied injunctive relief because neither candidate had a chance of prevailing in a recount. In Ohio’s other district, a county sought an injunction against a recount there, and supporters of the recount removed the action to federal court. The district judge was reluctant to reach a decision inconsistent with the decision reached first by the judge in the other district. The second judge transferred the action to the first judge.
Subject: Recounts. Topics: Recounts; presiding remotely; intervention; Electoral College.

One of many Case Studies in Emergency Election Litigation.