Ames v. LaRose

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF OHIO EASTERN DIVISION BRIAN AMES, : Plaintiff, Case No. 2:22-cv-2085 Judge Sarah D. Morrison v. Magistrate Judge Chelsey M. Vascura FRANK LAROSE, : Defendant. OPINION AND ORDER Brian Ames is a member of the Ohio Republican Party (“ORP”); he has run for ORP’s State Central Committee and plans to run again.1 He brought this suit against Frank Larose, the Ohio Secretary of State, in LaRose’s official capacity to challenge the constitutionality of Ohio Rev. Code § 3517.03. According to Ames, the mandate that a political party’s controlling…