Westover v. Clark

Citations

• 35 Ohio C.C. Dec. 783
• 32 Ohio C.C. (n.s.) 417

Syllabus

<p>ELECTIONS</p> <p>1. Discretion of Election Officials not Reviewable by Courts.</p> <p>In the absence of fraud or mistake committed or objection made by election officers in arranging and determining the form of ballot or in furnishing said ballots for use at an election as provided by law, their action in that behalf is not reviewable by the courts.</p> <p>2. Designation of Candidates by Placing Circles at Head' of Ballot not Applicable to Independent Tickets.</p> <p>Candidates for office who Rave not been put forward by any organized party and are running as independent candidates as distinguished from party candidates are not entitled to Rave a circle tRree-fourtRs of an inch in diameter, surrounded by the words printed in heavy nonpariel type “For a straight ticket mark within circle,” placed at the head of the column containing their names, and failure to place such a circle and lettering over the names of independent candidates does not render the ballot constructively fraudulent or give a court jurisdiction in the matter.</p>