State ex rel. Esch v. Lake Cty. Bd. of Elections

The parties have submitted an agreed statement of facts as follows:

Relator is a taxpayer, resident and elector of the City of painesville, Ohio. The relator requested the respondent, Lake County Board of Elections, to reject an initiative petition to sub*501mit an ordinance to the electors of the City of Painesville, at the November 6, 1990 election. Respondent denied the request on September 21, 1990.

As a result, relator filed with this court on September 21, 1990, an application for alternative writ of mandamus and a complaint for writ of mandamus ordering the board to reject the initiative…