State ex rel. Maras v. LaRose

Citations

• 170 Ohio St. 3d 374
• 213 N.E.3d 672
• 2022 Ohio 3852

Syllabus

Mandamus—Elections—R.C. 3505.21—Equal Protection Clauses of the United States and Ohio Constitutions—Rational-basis review—R.C. 3505.21, which governs the process of appointing election observers, does not treat candidates who are not affiliated with a political party differently from party-affiliated candidates, and the statute serves a legitimate government interest by obviating the potential for boards of elections to become overwhelmed with too many election observers—R.C. 3505.21 does not provide election observers with permission to inspect the software, source codes, or hardware installed on automatic vote-tabulating machines, nor does it require poll workers to tabulate votes by hand—Writ denied.