On June 24, the Ohio Supreme Court granted deadline relief to some candidates for various Ohio offices. Ohio is holding two primaries this year, one held in May for U.S. House and statewide office, and one on August 2 for legislative candidates and candidates for party office who are elected from legislative districts. No one expected the August primary to be held, and it is being held because the districts had been invalidated a few months ago. Despite the surprise of new legislative districts and a later primary for some offices, the Secretary of State had refused to relax the candidacy deadline of February 2.

The Ohio Supreme Court extended the deadline for those offices to May 4. The vote was 4-3. State ex rel De Mora v LaRise, 2022-Ohio-2173. Here is the decision.

UPDATE: a lower state court granted relief to another candidate on June 29. See this story.