 Judge Marbley, in an order filed on September 7, 2006, ordered County Board of Elections to save all ballots from the 2004 presidential election.Additionally, in the 7th filing to the case, Judge Marbley and the court found that "Blackwell does have the authority to issue a directive to Ohio's 88 county boards of elections to preserve the presidential election ballots", that because the case was filed prior to the expiration of the twenty-two month preservation period (set forth in previous Ohio legislation), Blackwell must preserve said ballots.Judge Marbley finally stated in an order signed April 6, 2007 in an agreed order that  the Secretary of State in 2007, Jennifer Brunner, should "prepare a directive pursuant to R.C.