State ex rel. Conrath v. LaRose

Citations

• 210 N.E.3d 504
• 170 Ohio St. 3d 222
• 2022 Ohio 3594

Syllabus

Elections—Mandamus—R.C. 3513.31(B)—If a person nominated in a primary election as a party candidate withdraws as that candidate, the vacancy in the party nomination may be filled by a district committee of the major political party that made the nomination—Democratic Party's sole candidate in the 2022 primary election for state representative of a House district gave notice of his withdrawal after the primary election but before he was certified as the winner and party nominee for the general election—Withdrawing candidate's anticipated withdrawal as the certified party candidate permitted the district committee's nomination process to occur before certification of the primary-election result—Relator, the replacement nominee, had a clear legal right to have her name placed on the November 8, 2022 general-election ballot, and respondents, the Ohio secretary of state and boards of elections, had a clear legal duty to place her name on the ballot—Writ granted.