Stewart v. Trumbull County Board of Elections

Appellants cite two propositions of law to this court. In the first, appellants argue that the terms “residence district,” as used in R. C. 4301.32, and “residential district,” as used in R. C. 4305.14, limit the local option privilege to districts comprised of two or more contiguous precincts which are primarily residential in character. They argue that more than 50 percent of the land area in each precinct comprising the district must be devoted to residential purposes.

In the second, appellants argue that R.. 0. 4301.32(B), and paragraphs one and two of R. C. 4305.14 “* * * are…