SER RHOADS v. HAMILTON CTY. BD.

No. 2021-1123.

180 N.E.3d 1109 (2021)

165 Ohio St.3d 562

2021-Ohio-3209

The STATE EX REL. RHOADS et al. v. HAMILTON COUNTY BOARD OF ELECTIONS et al.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided September 16, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Markovits, Stock & DeMarco, L.L.C., and Paul M. DeMarco , for relators.

Joseph T. Deters , Hamilton County Prosecuting Attorney, and David T. Stevenson and Jesse K. Daley , Assistant Prosecuting Attorneys, for respondents Hamilton County Board of Elections, Gwen L. McFarlin, Alex M. Triantafilou, Joseph L. Mallory, and Charles H. Gerhardt III.

The Law Firm of Curt C. Hartman, and Curt C. Hartman , for respondent CincyReform.

Andrew W. Garth , Cincinnati City Solicitor, Emily Smart Woerner , Deputy City Solicitor, and Erica Faaborg , Assistant City Solicitor, for amicus curiae, city of Cincinnati, in support of relators.


{¶ 1} In this expedited election case, four city of Cincinnati electors—relators, Brewster Rhoads, Jane Anderson, Cecil Thomas, and Jane Simon—seek a writ of mandamus to compel changes to ballot language for a proposed amendment to the Cincinnati City Charter. We grant the writ in part and deny it in part.

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