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Challenging an Age Restriction for the Office of Mayor

Robert Timothy Reagan, Margaret S. Williams, Marie Leary, Catherine R. Borden, Jessica L. Snowden, Patricia D. Breen, Jason A. Cantone

May 1, 2023

McClafferty v. Portage County Board of Elections (Sara Lioi, N.D. Ohio 5:09-cv-2210)
A twenty-one-year-old prospective candidate for mayor challenged a requirement that a mayor be at least twenty-three years of age, which was established after the plaintiff performed well in a mayoral election at the age of nineteen. Observing that the next election arose before the plaintiff turned twenty-three only because of a resignation, the district court denied the plaintiff immediate relief.
Subject: Getting on the ballot. Topics: Getting on the ballot; ballot language.

One of many Case Studies in Emergency Election Litigation.

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Challenging an Age Restriction for the Office of Mayor