State ex rel. Burech v. Belmont County Board of Elections

R.C. 5739.022 authorizes an election, upon referendum petition, to repeal an emergency permissive sales tax levied by a county in accordance with R.C. 5739.021. The form of such a petition is prescribed by R.C. 305.32 as follows2:

“Any referendum petition may be presented in separate petition papers, but each petition paper shall contain a full and correct copy of the title and text of the resolution or rule sought to be referred. Referendum petitions shall be governed by the rules of section 3501.38 of the Revised Code. * * *” (Emphasis added.)

It is undisputed that the petition papers at…