State ex rel. Spadafora v. Toledo City Council

In the case at bar, certain circulators (including William Baker) signed an oath on petitions that they received no compensation for their services as petition circulators. William Baker himself, the Lucas County Board of Elections and the Toledo City Council all now agree that Baker was paid to circulate the petitions and the oath of the circulators was false. In fact, it was decided by the board of elections not to refer Baker for criminal prosecution only because Baker requested TDR not to file the part-petitions in question. The petitions were, however, filed.

*549R.C. 3519.06(D) provides that…