State ex rel. Klein v. Hillenbrand

Citations

• 101 Ohio St. (N.S.) 370

Syllabus

<p>Elections — Registration of electors — Statement of age in years, in months — Section 4906, General Code — Constitutional law — Section 1, Article V, Ohio Constitution — Article XIX, Amendments to U. S. Constitution.</p> <p>Sections 4892, 4903, 4906, 4908, 4909 and 4911, General Code, in the respect that they require an applicant for registration as a qualified elector of a municipality to state his or her age in years and months, do not deny or abridge the constitutional right of citizens to vote, or injuriously, unreasonably or unnecessarily restrain, impair or impede it's exercise, but are reasonable, uniform and impartial provisions to regulate, facilitate and secure the exercise of this right, and to prevent its abuse; and said sections are in that respect not in conflict with Section 1 of Article V of the Constitution of Ohio as modified and controlled by the 19th Amendment to the Constitution of the United States.</p>