Mealey's (October 9, 2017, 10:02 AM EDT) -- COLUMBUS, Ohio — A divided Ohio Supreme Court on Oct. 6 denied a writ of mandamus to Ohio residents who sought to compel their county board of elections to place a city-charter amendment on the election ballot that would have given their local municipality the authority to enact a measure to protect local drinking water by denying companies permission to drill hydraulic fracturing wells (State ex rel. Flak v. Betras, No. 2017-1239, Ohio Sup.)....