ex rel. Columbus Blank Book Mfg. Co. v. Ayres (1943), 142 Ohio St. 216, 27 O.O. 176, 51 N.E.2d 636, the Ohio Supreme Court held that “all matters pertaining to the conduct of elections are state functions” and that “[mjembers of the boards of elections act under the direct control of and are answerable only to the Secretary of State in his capacity as the chief election officer of the state. They perform no county functions and are not county officers.” (Emphasis added.) Id. at paragraphs one and two of the syllabus. The court found nothing to indicate any legislative intent to make the members of the boards of elections county officers. Id. at 220, 27 O.O. 176, 51 N.E.2d 636; see also State ex rel. Moss v. Franklin Cty. Bd. of Elections (1980), 69 Ohio App.2d 115, 117, 432 N.E.2d 210 (<HOLDING>). {¶ 61} Although R.C. 309.09 and 305.14 were
recognizing that a board of elections is not a political subdivision and its members are not county officers holding that state may not compel political party to allow nonmembers to vote in its primary elections recognizing absolute immunity for attorneys and board members of the texas medical board holding that the determination of the boundaries of a political subdivision of the state is a political question solely within the power prerogative and discretion of the legislature and not subject to judicial review recognizing county officers as  those whose general authority and jurisdiction are confined within the limits of the county in which they are appointed who are appointed in and for a particular county and whose duties apply only to that county and through whom the county performs its usual political functions 