State ex rel. White v. Franklin County Board of Elections

Relators argue that the Secretary of State and board of elections abused their discretion and disregarded the law, such that writs of prohibition and mandamus should issue to overturn their decisions, which are otherwise final. State ex rel. Higgins v. Brown (1960), 170 Ohio St. 511, 11 O.O.2d 322, 166 N.E.2d 759, paragraph two of the syllabus; State ex rel. Senn v. Cuyahoga Cty. Bd. of Elections (1977), 51 Ohio St.2d 173, 175, 5 O.O.3d 381, 382, 367 N.E.2d 879, 880; State ex rel. Shumate v. Portage Cty. Bd. of Elections (1992), 64 Ohio St.3d 12, 14, 591 N.E.2d 1194, 1196. With *47respect to…