Faison says he’s eligible to be Mahoning sheriff

June 13, 2008 at 5:09p.m.

YOUNGSTOWN — Howard L. Faison Jr. is asking the Mahoning County Common Pleas Court to require the county elections board to place him on the November ballot as an independent candidate for sheriff.

In a suit filed today — and not yet assigned to a judge — Faison contends he’s eligible to be sheriff and should be allowed to run.

The elections board disqualified Faison of Youngstown, a sheriff’s department captain who retired on disability in 2003, on May 6.

The board determined Faison wasn’t eligible because he doesn’t have state peace officer training required of sheriff candidates.

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