State ex rel. Shumate v. Portage County Board of Elections

For the following reasons we grant a writ of prohibition and order respondent not to place Howe’s name on the Democratic primary ballot for the June 2, 1992 election. Respondent’s motion for summary judgment is granted as it pertains to Wilkins and, in part, as it pertains to Howe.

R.C. 3501.11 requires boards of . elections to review, examine and certify the sufficiency and validity of petitions and nominating papers. R.C. 3513.05 provides for protests of declarations of candidacy filed in primary elections and declares that the decision of a board of elections as to a protest is final. In…