# State ex rel. Williams v. Sulligan

> Ohio Supreme Court · October 8, 1969 · 20 Ohio St. 2d 8

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## Case

- **Full name:** The State, ex rel. Williams v. Sulligan, Board of Elections of Mahoning County
- **Court:** Ohio Supreme Court
- **Decided:** October 8, 1969
- **Citations:** 20 Ohio St. 2d 8; 49 Ohio Op. 2d 54; 251 N.E.2d 606; 1969 Ohio LEXIS 291
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Opinion of the court
- **Judges:** Corrigan, Duncan, Herbert, Matthias, Neill, Schneider, Taet
- **Cited by:** 0 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

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## Opinion text

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.

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