State ex rel. Summit County Republican Party Executive Committee v. Brunner

{¶ 24} I concur with the judgment of the majority that a writ of mandamus should issue to compel the Secretary of State to vacate the appointment of Donald Varían and to appoint Brian Daley to the Summit County Board of Elections.

{¶ 25} This case calls for the court to interpret R.C. 3501.07, which prescribes not only the statutory rights of the county executive committee of a major political party entitled to the appointment of a member of the board of elections, but also the statutory duties of the secretary of state in making that appointment.

{¶ 26} In construing statutes, “ ‘our paramount…