State ex rel. Graves v. Brown

Section 6 (C) of Article IY of the Ohio Constitution, adopted by the voters on May 7, 1968, provides in part:

“No person shall be elected or appointed to any judicial office if on or before the day when he shall assume the office and enter upon the discharge of his duties he shall have attained the age of seventy years.”

Section (E) of the schedule of the foregoing amendment states:

“(E) Any judge who is holding office on December 31, 1969, and who would be eligible for re-election in 1970 for a term beginning in 1971 except for his age and the provisions of division (C) of Section 6, Article…