Case Name: The State, ex rel. Williams, v. Sulligan et al., Board of Elections of Mahoning County
Court: Supreme Court of Ohio
Jurisdiction: Ohio
Decision Date: 1969-10-08
Citations: 20 Ohio St. 2d 8
Docket Number: No. 69-617
Parties: The State, ex rel. Williams, v. Sulligan et al., Board of Elections of Mahoning County.
Judges: Taet, C. J., Matthias, O’Neill, Schneider, Herbert, Duncan and Corrigan, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Ohio State Reports, Second Series
Volume: 20
Pages: 8–8

Head Matter:
The State, ex rel. Williams, v. Sulligan et al., Board of Elections of Mahoning County.
[Cite as State, ex rel. Williams, v. Sulligan, 20 Ohio St. 2d 8.]
(No. 69-617
Decided October 8, 1969.)
Mr. Nathaniel R. J ones, for relator.
Mr. Vincent E. Gilmartin, prosecuting attorney, and Mr. John A. Kies, for respondents.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
This is an action in mandamus to compel the respondent board of elections to place relator's name on the November 4, 1969, ballot as a candidate for the Youngstown board of education. A demurrer has been filed to the petition.
The petition shows on its face that on some of the part-petitions filed by relator the circulators' affidavits were notarized by the candidate. This rendered those part-petitions invalid. State, ex rel. Reed, v. Malrick, 165 Ohio St. 483; State, ex rel. Allen, v. Board of Elections, 370 Ohio St. 19. With these part-petitions invalidated relator lacked the required number of signatures and the board has no duty to place his name on the ballot.
The demurrer to the petition is sustained and a writ of mandamus is denied.
Writ denied.
Taet, C. J., Matthias, O'Neill, Schneider, Herbert, Duncan and Corrigan, JJ., concur.