State ex rel. Clinard v. Greene County

In Count I of his complaint, relator alleges that the director of the respondent Greene County Board of Elections misled him so that he placed the wrong date for the common pleas judgeship, civil and criminal division, on the declaration of candidacy. In State, ex rel. Senn, v. Bd. of Elections (1977), 51 Ohio St. 2d 173, 175, 5 O.O. 3d 381, 382, 367 N.E. 2d 879, 880, we stated that a board of election’s decisions on matters of sufficiency and validity of petitions are subject to review for allegations of fraud, corruption, abuse of discretion, or a clear disregard of statutes or applicable…