State ex rel. Svete v. Board of Elections of Geauga County

In this action, relator makes three contentions.

The first is that the board abused its discretion in deciding, contrary to the holding in State, ex rel. Leslie, v. Duffy et al., Board of Elections of Cuyahoga County, 164 Ohio St. 178, that *17the failure to sign the jurat on the declaration of candidacy prior to the affixing of the signatures of the electors thereon did not invalidate the petition. However, since the decision in the Leslie case, Section 3513.261, Eevised Code, has been amended to provide that where the petition consists of more than one separate petition paper, “the statement of…