State ex rel. Miller v. Cuyahoga County Board of Elections

{¶ 1} Appellant, Scott Miller, is a 37-year-old independent candidate for judge of the Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas, General Division. For the first 36 years of his life, Miller was known as “Scott Ronald Miller.”

{¶ 2} In 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, and 2001, Miller ran unsuccessfully for various elective offices under the names of either “Scott Ronald Miller” or “Scott R. Miller.” In November 2003, Miller ran unsuccessfully for Cleveland Municipal Court Judge under the name “Scott Miller.”

{¶ 3} In January 2004, shortly after his latest election defeat, Miller began publicly holding…