The State Ex Rel. Jones Et Al. v. Husted

{¶ 1} This mandamus action is the refiled companion case to Ohio Manufacturers’ Assn. v. Ohioans for Drug Price Relief Act, 149 Ohio St.3d 250, 2016-Ohio-5377, 74 N.E.3d 399 (“Ohio Manufacturers’ Assn.”). Relators, Tracy L. Jones, William S. Booth, Daniel L. Darland, and Latonya D. Thurman (hereafter, “the committee”), seek a writ of mandamus to compel Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted to count more than 21,000 previously invalidated signatures in support of the “Ohio Drug Price Relief Act.”

{¶ 2} For the reasons explained below, we grant the writ in part.

Background

{¶ 3} On December 22, 2015,…