State ex rel. Coover v. Husted (Slip Opinion)

{¶ 1} This is an expedited election case in which relators seek a writ of mandamus requiring respondents, Secretary of State Jon Husted and the boards of elections of Athens, Meigs, and Portage Counties (“the boards of elections”),1 *333to place proposed charters for those counties on the ballot at the November 8, 2016 general election. We hold that relators are not entitled to the writ.

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{¶ 2} Relators are members of the committees that filed petitions under Article X, Section 3 of the Ohio Constitution and R.C. 307.94 proposing the adoption of county charters in…