STATE EX REL. SENN v. BD. OF ELECTIONS

No. 77-747.

51 Ohio St. 2d 173 (1977)

THE STATE, EX REL. SENN, APPELLEE, v. BOARD OF ELECTIONS OF CUYAHOGA COUNTY ET AL., APPELLANTS.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided September 29, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Speck, Wilbur & Senn Co., L. P. A., and Mr. Thomas Blair Wilbur, for appellee.

Mr. John T. Corrigan, prosecuting attorney, Mr. Thomas P. Gill and Mr. David A. Williamson, for appellants.


Per Curiam.

The general rule in Ohio is that election statutes are mandatory and must be strictly complied with. See, e.g., State, ex rel. Abrams, v. Bachrach (1963), 175 Ohio St. 257, 259.

R.C. 3513.05 provides, in pertinent part:

"The declaration of candidacy and all part-petitions shall be filed at the same time as one instrument."

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