State ex rel. Voters First v. Ohio Ballot Bd.
Annotate this CaseThis was an original action pursuant to Ohio Const. art. XVI, 1 for a writ of mandamus compelling Respondent, the Ohio Ballot Board, including the secretary of state, to reconvene forthwith to replace ballot language previously adopted with ballot language that properly described the proposed redistricting amendment so that it may appear on ballot for the November 6, 2012 general election. The Supreme Court granted the writ, holding that Relators established that the ballot board's condensed ballot language for the proposed constitutional amendment was defective, and thus invalid, because it contained factual inaccuracies and material omissions that had the effect of misleading the voters.
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