COLUMBUS - Today, Clerk of Franklin County Court of Common Pleas Maryellen O'Shaughnessy filed petitions for her candidacy for Ohio Secretary of State. "I look forward to taking my case to the people of Ohio over the next nine months," O'Shaughnessy said. "As a small business owner, a Council Member for the nation's 15th largest city, and a County Clerk with a staff of 231 and budget of $12.5 million, I bring unique qualifications to be Ohio's next Secretary of State. I am passionate about our democratic process and will be a guardian of the integrity of our elections system and will protect each Ohioan's sacred right to vote in free, fair and open elections. My priorities as Secretary of State will be to increase civic participation, promote voter education and increase transparency in our political process."

O'Shaughnessy's biography can be viewed at: http://maryellenforohio.com/about.html