State ex rel. Perry Twp. Bd. of Trustees v. Husted (Slip Opinion)

*175 I. INTRODUCTION

{¶ 1} This expedited elections case involves a township property-tax levy. Relator, the Board of Trustees of Perry *891 Township, in Stark County (the "trustees"), resolved to renew and increase an existing tax levy for road construction and repair. Respondent Stark County Board of Elections (the "board") disqualified the proposed levy and refused to place it on the November 2018 ballot because the trustees' resolution and the proposed ballot language state that the renewal and increase would commence in 2018, which is the last year of the existing levy. The trustees seek a writ…