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STATE, EX REL. BENJAMIN v. BROWN

No. 34516.

164 Ohio St. 189 (1955)

THE STATE, EX REL. BENJAMIN, A TAXPAYER, v. BROWN, SECY. OF STATE, ET AL.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided October 13, 1955.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Murray Seasongood, Mr. Reuven J. Katz and Mr. Leonard S. Meranus, for relator.

Mr. C. William O'Neill, attorney general, and Mr. Joseph S. Gill, for respondent Ted W. Brown, Secretary of State.

Mr. C. Watson Hover, prosecuting attorney, Mr. William J. Schmid and Mr. Carl B. Rubin, for respondents Board of Elections of Hamilton County and others.

WEYGANDT, C. J.

Under favor of Sections 3 and 7 of Article XVIII of the Constitution of Ohio, the city of Cincinnati has adopted "a charter for its government."

In this charter it is provided that the councilmen of the municipality shall be elected under a method of voting known as proportional representation.

The relator contends that voting machines are mechanically unsuited for use in elections held under that system and that it is impossible to...

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