State ex rel. Pike County Republican Executive Committee v. Brown

R.C. 3501.07 requires that in the event the Secretary of State declines to accept the recommendation of the county party executive committee filling a vacancy upon the board of elections, the Secretary of State must respond in writing, setting forth his reasons for such rejection. Here, the Secretary of State in his rejection letter to the Republican Executive Committee relating to Thomas C. Brower, the executive committee’s first recommended replacement, appropriately set forth the reasons for rejection as provided by this section.

The Pike County Republican Executive Committee thereafter…