State ex rel. Yiamouyiannis v. Taft

Relator, John Yiamouyiannis, seeks a writ of mandamus to order respondent Secretary of State Bob Taft to place relator’s name on the November 3, 1992 general election ballot as a candidate for President of the United States.

On August 14, 1992, relator filed with the Secretary of State a petition that consisted of seven hundred seventy-one part-petitions from eighty-two counties and contained 7,978 signatures. The parties agree that five thousand valid signatures are required for relator’s presidential candidacy to appear on the ballot. On September 21, 1992, relator learned that his petition…