State ex rel. Choices for South-Western City Schools v. Anthony

{¶ 1} This is an expedited election case in which relators seek either a writ of mandamus or a writ of prohibition to compel a board of elections and its members to submit a purported levy-decrease question to the electorate at the November 8, 2005 general election.

{¶2} The South-Western City School District is located in the southwestern quadrant of Franklin County, Ohio. It is the sixth largest school district in Ohio, with approximately 21,000 students enrolled in 34 schools within the district.'

{¶ 3} In August 1994, district voters approved an operating levy of 8.9 mills, which the school…