State ex rel. Shannon v. Ogg

Citations

• 2026 Ohio 1599

Syllabus

Elections—Mandamus—Writ sought to compel clerk of city council to determine that petitions for recall election do not meet city charter's signature requirements and to certify the particulars in which the petitions are defective to the person who filed them—City-charter provision requires that a recall petition must include a number of signatures equal to at least 15 percent of electors who voted at last regular municipal election at which mayor's office was on ballot, not simply 15 percent of the electors who cast a vote for mayor—Writ granted.