State ex rel. Markulin v. Ashtabula County Board of Elections

We deny the writ for the reasons that follow.

Relator raises five issues:(1) that the rejection of her petition violated the open meetings law, R.C. 121.22;(2) that respondent erred by finding that she was a “non-qualified circulator elector”;(3) that respondent erred by finding her a “non-qualified elector”;(4) that the proceedings surrounding the rejection of her petition were tainted by corruption; and(5) that to the extent that R.C. 3513.261 imposes a durational residency requirement for independent candidates, it violates the First and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States…