State ex rel. Polcyn v. Burkhart

Appellants’ main contention is that the Toledo City Council is not required to submit to the electorate a proposed amendment to the Charter of the city of Toledo if, in Council’s opinion, the substantive content of the proposed amendment is “invalid on its face,” even though there are a sufficient number of valid signatures on the petition proposing such an amendment.

Section 9, Article XVIII of the Ohio Constitution, provides, in part:

“Amendments to any charter framed and adopted as herein provided may be submitted to the electors of a municipality by a two-thirds vote of the legislative…