State ex rel. Citizens for Responsible Taxation v. Scioto County Board of Elections

In State ex rel. Citizens for Responsible Taxation v. Scioto Cty. Bd. of Elections (1992), 65 Ohio St.3d 167, 602 N.E.2d 615, we denied a writ of mandamus to compel respondents, the Scioto County Board of Elections and its individual members, to submit a proposed levy decrease to voters at the 1992 general election. We held that relators, Citizens for Responsible Taxation and member Virginia Froman, had not filed an initiative petition containing a sufficient number of valid signatures.

The parties in Citizens for Responsible Taxation stipulated that 2,403 valid signatures were required to…