State Ex Rel. Kroeger v. Leonard

A stipulation of facts having been entered into and submitted by the parties to this action, a legal question only is presented.

Section 4785-70, General Code, provides, inter alia, that if the election officials find that a candidate seeking a party nomination has not fully complied with the law relating to primary elections, his declaration of candidacy and petition shall be determined to be invalid and shall be rejected. Compare subdivision k of Section 4785-13, General Code.

Section 4785-71, General Code, recites:

“The form of declaration of candidacy and petition which a person desiring to…