Brown v. Wood County Board of Elections

This is an original action in mandamus. Relators seek to compel respondents, the Wood County Board of Elections (“board”) and its members, to certify and place upon the primary election ballot for the Fifth Congressional District of Ohio the name of relator Edmund G. Brown as a candidate for the Office of President of the United States. Respondents have answered relators’ complaint and, in so doing, the parties have admitted or stipulated to all the facts necessary for our decision.

The facts establish that relators are Edmund G. Brown, his campaign committee and candidátes for the positions…