Stevens seeks a writ of mandamus to compel the submission of question B on his local option petition to the electorate. "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 or pertinent law." State ex rel. Valore v. Summit Cty. Bd. of Elections (1999),
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