 In his response to the amended complaint of the plaintiffs, Blackwell answered by denying allegations that he violated the securities of the Civil Rights Act as enumerated in Paragraph 1 of the amended complaint, that he operated with other parties in Paragraph 2, that he participated in "election fraud, vote dilution, vote suppression, recount fraud and other violations...", that he "arranged for the use of tens of thousands of ballots in high-performance Democratic precincts that were prepunches for a third-party presidential candidate so as to create an overvote and disqualification of such a vote when cast for Kerry" and that he participated in these in an "ongoing conspiracy" 

Several motions were filed during the proceedings of the case.Ohio Attorney General Jim Petro filed a motion on behalf of the State of Ohio to "defend the constitutionality...[of] Ohio's Voter Identification Statutes" which was granted.The plaintiffs also filed a motion to expedite the hearing on the plaintiff's previous request for a preliminary injunction.