The safe harbor date in 2004 was the 5th. Arnebeck's lawsuit definitely went past that deadline.
As it applies to the quoted law above, since Ohio didn't resolve all challenges before the safe harbor date, it was eligible to be contested on January 6th 2005.
Yes. Here is one article discussing some of the challenges:. https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2004/dec/03/kerry-campaign-joins-recount-lawsuit-in-ohio/
The safe harbor date in 2004 was the 5th. Arnebeck's lawsuit definitely went past that deadline.
As it applies to the quoted law above, since Ohio didn't resolve all challenges before the safe harbor date, it was eligible to be contested on January 6th 2005.