Gwinn v. Ohio Elections Commission

Peggy L. Bryant, Judge.

{¶ 1} Appellants, Susan Gwinn and the Committee to Elect Susan Gwinn, appeal from a Franklin County Court of Common Pleas judgment that dismissed their administrative appeal from proceedings of the Ohio Elections Commission conducted on allegations that appellants had violated a campaign-finance statute. Because the common pleas court erred in dismissing appellants’ appeal for lack of a final, appealable order without a certified record and transcript of the administrative proceedings ever having been filed with the court, we reverse the court’s judgment.

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