State ex rel. Citizens for Responsible Green Govt. v. Green (Slip Opinion)

*28{¶ 1} In this expedited election case, relator, Citizens for Responsible Green Government ("the committee"), seeks a writ of mandamus to compel respondents, city of Green, Green Finance Director Steven Schmidt, and the Summit County Board of Elections, to place a referendum on the November 6, 2018 general-election ballot. For the reasons set forth below, we dismiss the complaint based on laches and deny the committee's motion for leave to supplement the evidence.

The evidence in the record

{¶ 2} The present case arises from the efforts of Nexus Gas Transmission, L.L.C. ("Nexus"), to construct…