State ex rel. Lippitt v. Cuyahoga County Board of Elections

E. C. 3513.05 establishes the statutory remedy for protesting a candidacy for party nomination. It provides, in pertinent part, that “* * * [p]rotests against the candidacy of any person filing a declaration of candidacy for party nomination or for election to an office or position, as provided in this section, may be filed by any qualified elector who is a member of the same political party as the candidate and who is eligible to vote at the primary election for the candidate whose declaration of candidacy he objects to, or by the controlling committee of such party. Such protest must he in…