Election confusion remains as the Ohio Supreme Court refuses Nelsonville’s request to remove candidates from the ballotATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) — The Ohio Supreme Court has denied the city of Nelsonville’s request that certain candidates for office be removed from the ballot. What this means is that at least for now, there are candidates running under the city’s charter and also candidates running under a citizen initiative that calls for a change in the city’s government. Following the repeal, the council asked the Supreme Court to order that all candidates running under Issue 23 be removed from the ballot. During that time, a primary election was held for partisan candidates running under Issue 23, and several other candidates running as independents were certified by the elections board. There is still a chance a lawsuit could be filed challenging the validity of the council’s repeal of Issue 23.