Delaware
Delaware Attorney General vows to appeal Superior Court's ruling on voting – 47abc
WILMINGTON, Del. – The Delaware Department of Justice (DOJ) announced Tuesday that it intends to aggressively appeal the Superior Court’s recent ruling that no-excuse-absentee voting and early voting is unconstitutional.
The Delaware Superior Court handed down the decision Friday finding that the early voting law and no-excuse-absentee voting was in violation of the state’s constitution.
The court’s ruling sent shockwaves across the First State with elected officials on both sides of the aisle weighing in on the issue.
Delaware’s Attorney General Kathy Jennings added her voice to the chorus of those against the decision at a press conference in Wilmington on Tuesday afternoon where she condemned the court’s decision and vowed to appeal it.
“I have directed the Department of Justice to take all necessary steps to appeal the Superior Court’s ruling,” Attorney General Jennings explained. “We will file our appeal quickly and intend to request a decision from the Delaware Supreme Court.”
Attorney General Jennings also urged lawmakers to support efforts to expand voting rights through constitutional amendments, beginning with Senate Bill 3, legislation that would do just that.
“We respectfully but fundamentally disagree with this ruling and will appeal,” Attorney General Jennings said. “No idea that requires silence to survive has any place in a democracy. But that is precisely the fight we’re having: in statehouses and courthouses alike, extremists are trying to empower losing ideas by eroding the right to vote itself.”
In the last election, 56,000 Delawareans used early voting and roughly 21,000 — including veterans, the disabled, and caregivers — used permanent absentee ballots. If it withstands appeal, Friday’s ruling would impact all of them in the November general election, according to the DOJ. The ruling does not impact the April 2 presidential primary.
The ruling applies only to Delaware’s general elections and not to primary elections or any special elections due to the language of the state’s constitution. Still, Attorney General Jennings vowed to fight aggressively to have the ruling reversed.
“Regardless of your party, where you live, or how you vote, you deserve every chance to exercise that right,” Attorney General Jennings said. “Whether you voted for me or not, this is your right and I will never stop fighting for it.”
DELAWARE COUNTY, Ohio — People in Delaware County said it feels like new housing developments are popping up on every corner.
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“What haven’t you noticed, right? The whole area just exploded,” said Scott Shonebarger.
Scott Sanders, the executive director of the Regional Planning Commission, said companies like Intel and other industries are a main driver for thousands of people moving to Delaware County.
With the big boom comes an urgent need for more housing.
John Wicks is the developer at Real Property Design and Development.
He has spent over a decade building homes for families in Delaware County.
Wicks said the Olentangy School District is one of the hottest spots for new homes.
“I started with one high school up until the 90s, then now we’re up to four up to five different high schools so it’s just a big draw,” said Wicks. “It’s a beautiful community.”
The district has grown into the fourth largest in Ohio with a new elementary school opening next year, and a fifth high school in 2028.
Wicks said the growth has presented some challenges over the years like labor shortage and some opposition.
“It’s become a big issue for a lot of people that live in and around these areas. They tend to oppose new growth and new development, so restrictions have gotten a little bit harder. Costs have obviously gone up over the last 20 years,” said Wicks.
The planning commission says between 275,000 and 350,000 people could call Delaware County home by 2040.
That’s up from 214,000 in 2020.
Scott Shonebarger said he supports growth but wonders when is enough.
“I mean to a certain extent I think you know at some point right you have to have some sort of boundaries I think, getting into the fact that now you have five high schools,” said Shonebarger. “What’s the limit?”
Police in Wilmington, Delaware, shot and killed a 19-year-old man Wednesday night.
The incident happened in a residential area near 24th and Jessup streets just after 11 p.m., Wilmington police said in a news release. The person who was shot has not been publicly identified.
Officers were monitoring a large crowd gathered outside when they saw a man exit a home with a handgun and point it toward the crowd, police say.
When officers approached the man, he ran away and a foot pursuit began, police say.
At some point in the chase, an officer fired their weapon and hit the 19-year-old. The man was taken to a local hospital, where he later died.
Police say they recovered a loaded gun from the man and that the officer was not injured.
Video filmed at the scene shows a crowd of residents gathered outside after the shooting.
Police are asking anyone with more information to come forward. The shooting is under investigation by the Delaware Department of Justice and Wilmington police.
Delaware Supreme Court Justice Karen L. Valihura announced Wednesday that she will lead a new corporate law institute at the Wilmington University Farnan School of Law.
She will step down from the bench of Delaware’s highest court in late July, after choosing not to seek reappointment at the end of her 12-year term. She revealed her plans for the next phase of her legal career in a special session of the court in Wilmington.
As well as joining the Wilmington University law school faculty, Valihura will be the founding director of the school’s new Corporate Law, Governance and Practice Institute. …
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