State Ex Rel. Orange Township Board of Trustees v. Delaware County Board of Elections

{¶ 32} Respectfully, I dissent.

{¶ 33} There is no rationale for this court’s adoption of a standard to permit email filing with the board of elections merely because the Delaware County Board of Elections has no rule in place precluding filing by electronic means. Here, the majority has elected to follow the principle that because no rule is in place precluding electronic filing, it is permitted, and it holds that the e-mail sent to Karla Herron, director of the Delaware County Board of Elections, constitutes substantial compliance with the statutory requirement to certify to the board of…