State ex rel. Gutierrez v. Trumbull County Board of Elections

We affirm the judgment of the court of appeals. Appellant’s propositions of law are moot, improper, or both. He cites Hill v. Cuyahoga Cty. Bd. of Elections (1981), 68 Ohio St.2d 39, 22 O.O.3d 179, 428 N.E.2d 402, as authority that this court may place on the general election ballot a *177candidate who has applied only for the primary. Hill involved Cleveland municipal elections for members of city council. The Cleveland City Charter provided that if not more than two persons filed petitions for an office at the primary, the primary should not be held. The relator was one of two persons to file a…