The Ohio Supreme Court in a 6-1 ruling Monday said that state law requires the Stark County commissioners to fund the purchase of Dominion voting machines.
The court granted the Stark County Board of Elections its request in April for a court order mandating the commissioners appropriate county funds, about $1.5 million, for the purchase.
The court s opinion stated that contrary to what the commissioners argued, a state provision requiring payment of expenses to come from money appropriated by the commissioners did not apply to the purchase of the voting machines. I m very pleased and happy that they saw the law the same way we did, said Samuel Ferruccio, the chairman of the Stark County Board of Elections. I think it’s now in the county commissioners lap for them to pay for the voting machines.