State ex rel. Abrams v. Bachrach

The dispositive question in this case is whether the failure to include the statement that the signers of an initiative petition “signed such petition with knowledge of the contents thereof,” in the affidavit of the circulator of the petition, as provided for in Section 731.31, Revised Code, invalidates the petition.

Inasmuch as the city of Cincinnati has provided in its charter that the powers of initiative and referendum shall be exercised in the manner provided by the laws of the state of Ohio, we are concerned in the present case with an interpretation of such general laws and not a…