Appeals court keeps three off ballot

WARREN — Three men who sought help from the 11th District Court of Appeals in their fight to get on the ballot this year have been turned away.

They had sought to run as independent candidates for mayor of Girard, Hubbard and a Niles Council seat.

Myron Esposito of Girard, Timothy O’Hara of Hubbard and David Wilkerson of Niles filed a writ of mandamus action in early August challenging the decision of the Trumbull County Board of Elections. The board had disqualified the three.

The elections board said the three could not run as independents because they had voted in the partisan primary in May.

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