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IN RE ELECTION CONTEST OF DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY HELD MAY 4, 1999 FOR CLERK, YOUNGSTOWN MUN. COURT

No. 99-1941.

88 Ohio St.3d 258 (2000)

IN RE ELECTION CONTEST OF DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY ELECTION HELD MAY 4, 1999 FOR NOMINATION TO THE OFFICE OF CLERK, YOUNGSTOWN MUNICIPAL COURT.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided March 29, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Don L. Hanni and J. Gerald Ingram, for appellant.

Donald J. McTigue, for appellee.

Patrick J. Williams; Carr Goodson Warner, A Professional Corporation, M. Miller Baker, William J. Carter and Richard B. Rogers, urging reversal for amici curiae, The Voting Integrity Project and Common Cause.

Per Curiam.

Election Contest: Applicable Standards

Durkin challenges the May 4, 1999 primary election for the office of Clerk of the Youngstown Municipal Court. In evaluating Durkin's election contest, we are guided by several, well-established precepts.

Initially, "courts should be very reluctant to interfere with elections, except to enforce rights or mandatory or ministerial duties as required by law." State ex rel. Taft...

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