STATE EX REL. RICHARDS v. STARK CTY. BD. OF ELECTIONS

No. 2015-1297.

145 Ohio St.3d 211 (2015)

2015-Ohio-3658

THE STATE EX REL. RICHARDS ET AL., v. STARK COUNTY BOARD OF ELECTIONS ET AL.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided September 9, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

The Okey Law Firm, L.P.A., and Steven P. Okey , for relators.

John D. Ferrero , Stark County Prosecuting Attorney, and Deborah A. Dawson and Stephan P. Babik , Assistant Prosecuting Attorneys, for respondent Stark County Board of Elections.

Michael DeWine , Attorney General, and Tiffany L. Carwile and Nicole M. Koppitch , Assistant Attorneys General, for respondent Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted.

Craig T. Conley , for intervening respondent Francis H. Cicchinelli Jr.


Per Curiam.

{¶ 1} This is an expedited election case in which the relators seek a writ of prohibition to prevent respondents, Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted and the Stark County Board of Elections, from placing the name of intervening respondent, Francis H. Cicchinelli Jr., on the November 2015 ballot as an independent candidate for mayor of Massillon. We deny the writ.

Background

{¶ 2} Cicchinelli...

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