State Ex Rel. Committee for Charter Amendment Petition to Limit Use of Photo-Monitoring Devices v. City of Maple Heights

{¶ 1} This is an expedited election action by relators, the Committee for Charter Amendment Petition to Limit the Use of Photo-Monitoring Devices in the City of Maple Heights, Ohio, and Celestine Wilburn, a member of the committee, for a writ of mandamus to compel the city of Maple Heights and its city council to pass an ordinance placing a charter-amendment initiative on the November 4, 2014 ballot. For the reasons set forth below, we grant the writ.

{¶ 2} Also pending is a motion filed by relators asking the court to establish the amount of security for costs. We grant the motion.

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