State ex rel. Craig v. Scioto County Board of Elections

{¶ 1} This is an expedited election action for a writ of prohibition to prevent respondents, the Scioto County Board of Elections and its members, from placing Kenneth Ray Reed’s name on the ballot as a candidate for the office of Scioto County Sheriff in the March 4, 2008 Democratic Party primary election. Because the board of elections concedes that it abused its discretion by clearly disregarding R.C. 311.01(B) and relator lacks an adequate remedy in the ordinary course of law, we grant the writ.

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{¶ 2} Relator, Kenneth Ray Reed, seeks to be a candidate for Scioto County…