Harmon v. Baldwin

{¶ 1} This is an appeal from a judgment denying an election contest.

{¶ 2} A general election was held on November 2, 2004, in Licking County, Ohio, to elect a candidate to the office of judge of the Licking County Court of Common Pleas, Domestic Relations Division, for the term commencing on January 1, 2005. The candidates included appellant, Paul D. Harmon, appellee Craig Baldwin, and three other persons.

{¶ 3} On November 22, 2004, appellee Licking County Board of Elections certified that Baldwin had received the highest number of votes among the five candidates — 14,409—and that Harmon had…