State ex rel. Colvin v. Brunner

{¶ 65} I respectfully dissent.

{¶ 66} In State ex rel. Walsh v. Ashtabula Cty. Bd. of Elections (1992), 65 Ohio St.3d 197, 199, 602 N.E.2d 638, we acknowledged that the Ohio Constitution is the place to begin to determine whether a person has the qualifications of an elector and that Section 1, Article V of the Constitution “allows anyone to vote who has been registered for thirty days of more, if the other qualifications have been met.” In deciding that case, we looked to the election statutes to supplement the constitutional definition of a qualified elector, not to modify it.

{¶ 67} The Ohio…