Should the office of auditor of state, treasurer of
state, secretary of state, or attorney general become
vacant, for any of the causes specified in the fifteenth
section of this article, the governor shall fill the
vacancy until the disability is removed, or a successor
is elected and qualified. Such successor shall be elected
for the unexpired term of the vacant office at the first
general election in an even numbered year that occurs
more than forty days after the vacancy has occurred;
provided, that when the unexpired term ends within
one year immediately following the date of such general
election, an election to fill such unexpired term
shall not be held and the appointment shall be for such
unexpired term.
(1851, am. 1969)
Structure Ohio constitution