STATE, EX REL. BD. OF TWP. TRUSTEES OF NILE TWP. v. BROWN

No. 85-1478.

19 Ohio St. 3d 153 (1985)

THE STATE, EX REL. BOARD OF TOWNSHIP TRUSTEES OF NILE TOWNSHIP, v. BROWN, SECRETARY OF STATE.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided October 9, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lynn Alan Grimshaw, prosecuting attorney, and Harry T. Herdman, for relator.

Anthony J. Celebrezze, Jr., attorney general, Andrew I. Sutter and Cherry L. Poteet, for respondent.


Per Curiam.

R.C. 3501.05(J) imposes upon respondent the duty to "[a]pprove ballot language for any local question or issue * * *."

R.C. 5705.25 sets forth the form of the ballot to be used in the submission of a proposed levy to the voters and provides in relevant part:

"The form of the ballots cast at such election shall be:

"`An additional tax for the benefit of (name of subdivision) * * * for the purpose of (purpose stated in the...

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