State ex rel. Esch v. Lake County Board of Elections

I must respectfully dissent despite my agreement with the result achieved by the majority. We have consistently held that mandamus will lie only where official action is to be ordered or compelled. Mandamus is inappropriate where one seeks to prevent such action. See State, ex rel. Assn, for the Defense of the Washington Local School Dist., v. Kiger (1989), 42 Ohio St.3d 116, 537 N.E.2d 1292; State, ex rel. Stamps, v. Automatic Data Processing Bd. of Montgomery Cty. (1989), 42 Ohio St.3d 164, 538 N.E.2d 105; State, ex rel. Kay, v. Brown (1970), 24 Ohio St.2d 105, 53 O.O.2d 284, 264 N.E.2d…