State ex rel. Hanna v. Milburn

Two issues are presented by this case:

1. Whether the board of elections abused its discretion in finding that the nominating petitions in question were sufficient and valid in spite of the fact that the jurats of the circulators of such petitions failed to contain the statement that the circulator is a “qualified elector of the state of Ohio.”

2. Whether the designation by an independent candidate of a term of office in his nominating petition which does not comply with the term of office set forth in a city charter invalidates such nominating petition.

Our consideration of the first issue…