STATE EX REL. LYNCH v. CUYAHOGA CTY. BD. OF ELECTIONS

No. 97-2102.

80 Ohio St.3d 341 (1997)

THE STATE EX REL. LYNCH v. CUYAHOGA COUNTY BOARD OF ELECTIONS ET AL.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided November 3, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cassidy, Reiman & Harbarger and David R. Harbarger, for relator.

Stephanie Tubbs Jones, Cuyahoga County Prosecuting Attorney, Michael P. Butler and Patrick J. Murphy, Assistant Prosecuting Attorneys, for respondents Cuyahoga County Board of Elections and its members.

John D. Ryan, for intervening respondent, Carol A. Corpus.


Per Curiam.

Lynch essentially asserts in his various propositions of law that the board of elections abused its discretion and acted in clear disregard of the Westlake Charter by refusing his request to prevent Corpus's write-in candidacy for mayor. In extraordinary actions challenging the decision of a board of elections, the applicable standard is whether the board engaged in fraud, corruption, abuse of discretion, or clear disregard of statutes...

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