State ex rel. Summit County Republican Party Executive Committee v. Brunner

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{¶ 1} This is an original action for various extraordinary writs to (1) compel respondent, Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner (“Secretary”), to appoint Brian K. Daley to the Summit County Board of Elections as recommended by relator, Summit County Republican Party Executive Committee (“Committee”), (2) reject the Secretary’s appointment of Donald Varían to serve on the board of elections, and (3) vacate all three-to-one board decisions in which Varían voted with the majority of the board.

{¶ 2} The statutory framework establishes a bipartisan composition of the state’s boards of elections,…