# State ex rel. Wellington v. Mahoning County Board of Elections

> Ohio Supreme Court · October 24, 2008 · 120 Ohio St. 3d 198

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/6793333

## Case

- **Full name:** The State ex rel. Wellington v. Mahoning County Board of Elections
- **Court:** Ohio Supreme Court
- **Decided:** October 24, 2008
- **Citations:** 120 Ohio St. 3d 198; 897 N.E.2d 641
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Dissent by Pfeifer
- **Judges:** Connor, Cupp, Donnell, Lanzinger, Moyer, Ninth, Pfeifer, Slaby, Stratton
- **Cited by:** 7 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

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## Opinion text

Pfeifer, J.,
dissenting.
{¶ 33} I concur in Justice Cupp’s dissenting opinion. David Aey met R.C. 311.01(B)(9)(b)’s postsecondary-education requirement and should be eligible to be a write-in candidate for sheriff. Wellington’s beef is with the institution that awarded postsecondary-education credit to Aey.
{¶34} The majority reads additional requirements into a statute already designed to thwart competition. “Stifled competition does not yield better sheriffs.” State ex rel. Wolfe v. Delaware Cty. Bd. of Elections (2000), 88 Ohio St.3d 182, 187 , 724 N.E.2d 771 (Pfeifer, J., dissenting).

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