State ex rel. Summit County Republican Party Executive Committee v. Brunner

{¶ 51} I write separately to explain why I believe that the correct construction of R.C. 3501.07, in light of its evident purpose of ensuring bipartisan composition and control of the county boards of election, supports granting the requested writ of mandamus.

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{¶ 52} The other concurring opinion expresses a view strikingly different from the dissenters’ view regarding R.C. 3501.07 and how it operates when a county executive party committee chooses not to challenge the secretary’s rejection of the committee’s first recommended appointee but, instead, recommends a second appointee. The other…