Case Name: The State, ex rel John F. Nolan, v. Thad. H. Brown as State Supervisor of Elections
Court: Supreme Court of Ohio
Jurisdiction: Ohio
Decision Date: 1925
Citations: 3 Ohio Law Abs. 675
Docket Number: No. 19330
Parties: The State, ex rel John F. Nolan, v. Thad. H. Brown as State Supervisor of Elections.
Judges: 
Reporter: The Ohio Law Abstract
Volume: 3
Pages: 675–679

Head Matter:
No. 907
No. 19330
The State, ex rel John F. Nolan, v. Thad. H. Brown as State Supervisor of Elections.
In Mandamus.
158. ELECTIONS—1. State supervisor of, not required to appoint deputy in compliance with the recommendation of political executive committee, unless such person is certified to qualify.
2. State supervisor must establish, by clear and convincing evidence, that party recommended is disqualified to hold office, otherwise he is hound to make the appointment.

Opinion:
KINKADE, J.'
1. The" state supervisor of elections is not required to comply with the recommendation of a political executive committee for the appointment of a deputy state supervisor of elections, unless such recommendation certifies that the person so named is a qualified elector of the county, and further, that he is qualified in all other respects to fill the office.
2. The truth of any statement in such recommendation may he judicially determined in court at the instance of either the state supervisor of elections or of the committee making the recommendation.
3. Unless the state supervisor of elections establishes in court, by clear and convincing evidence, that the party recommended by the committee is disqualified to hold the office, it is his duty to make the appointment recommended by the committee.
Motion overruled.