STATE EX REL. MORRIS v. STARK

No. 2015-1277.

143 Ohio St.3d 507 (2015)

2015-Ohio-3659

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

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided September 9, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Tzangas Plakas Mannos, Ltd., and Lee E. Plakas ; and Center for Constitutional Litigation, P.C., and Robert S. Peck , for relators Frank Morris, Chris Smith, Thomas E. West, Kevin Fisher, David R. Dougherty, John Mariol II, and Edmond J. Mack.

The Ohio Democratic Party and N. Zachary West , for relator Ohio Democratic Party.

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 Sarah E. Pierce , Zachery P. Keller , and Nicole M. Koppitch , Assistant Attorneys General, for respondent Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted.

Vasvari & Zimmerman, Raymond V. Vasvari Jr. , and K. Ann Zimmerman , for intervening respondent Thomas M. Bernabei.


{¶ 1} This is an expedited election case in which relators seek a writ of prohibition to prevent respondents, Secretary of State Jon Husted and the Stark County Board of Elections, from placing the name of intervening respondent, Thomas M. Bernabei, on the November 2015 ballot as an independent candidate for mayor of Canton...

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