State Ex Rel. Finkbeiner v. Lucas County Board of Elections

{¶ 1} This is an original action for a writ of prohibition to prevent a board of elections and its members from placing a mayoral recall issue on the November 3, 2009 general election ballot. Because the relator has established his entitlement to the requested extraordinary relief, we grant the writ.

Recall Petition

{¶ 2} In 2008, the group known as Take Back Toledo requested a recall petition from Gerald E. Dendinger, the clerk of the Toledo City Council. In November 2008, the clerk sent the group a form for a recall petition. The petition form included the statement “Whoever knowingly signed…