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Title 35, Title 35. Elections

14 chapters · 414 sections in this title.

All chapters in Title 35414 Ch 3501, Chapter 3501 | Election Procedure; E…55 Ch 3513, Chapter 3513 | Primaries; Nominations53 Ch 3517, Chapter 3517 | Campaigns; Political …50 Ch 3505, Chapter 3505 | General And Special E…48 Ch 3599, Chapter 3599 | Offenses And Penalties46 Ch 3503, Chapter 3503 | Voters - Qualificatio…35 Ch 3506, Chapter 3506 | Voting And Tabulating…24 Ch 3515, Chapter 3515 | Recount; Contest Of E…20 Ch 3511, Chapter 3511 | Armed Services Absent…19 Ch 3521, Chapter 3521 | Congressional Districts19 Ch 3519, Chapter 3519 | Initiative; Referendum16 Ch 3509, Chapter 3509 | Absent Voter's Ballots12 Ch 3523, Chapter 3523 | Amendments To United …12 Ch 3504, Chapter 3504 | Presidential Ballots …5

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Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3513.01 Primary elections
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(A) Except as otherwise provided in this section and section 3517.012 of the Revised Code, primary elections shall be held as provided in division (E) of section 3501.01 of the Revised Code for the purpose of nominating persons as candidates of political parties for election to o…
Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3513.02 Certificate of nomination when no primary necessary
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If, in any odd-numbered year, no valid declaration of candidacy is filed for nomination as a candidate of a political party for election to any of the offices to be voted for at the general election to be held in such year, or if the number of persons filing such declarations of …
Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3513.03 Election officials for primary elections
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The board of elections shall have all the powers and perform all the duties in connection with primary elections which are imposed by the provisions of Title XXXV of the Revised Code governing general elections. The election officials for primary elections shall be designated fro…
Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3513.04 Filing declaration of candidacy
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Candidates for party nominations to state, district, county, and municipal offices or positions, for which party nominations are provided by law, and for election as members of party controlling committees shall have their names printed on the official primary ballot by filing a …

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Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3513.041 Write-in votes

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A write-in space shall be provided on the ballot for every office, except in an election for which the board of elections has received no valid declarations of intent to be a write-in candidate under this section. Write-in votes shall not be counted for any candidate who has not …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3513.05 Deadline for filing declaration of candidacy

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Each person desiring to become a candidate for a party nomination at a primary election or for election to an office or position to be voted for at a primary election, except persons desiring to become joint candidates for the offices of governor and lieutenant governor and excep…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3513.051 County central committee may determine no need for petition

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(A) The county central committee of a political party in a particular county may determine, not later than one hundred twenty days prior to the next primary election at which candidates for member of the county central committee are elected, that each person desiring to become a …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3513.052 Candidacy for more than one office at a time prohibited

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(A) No person shall seek nomination or election to any of the following offices or positions at the same election by filing a declaration of candidacy and petition, a declaration of intent to be a write-in candidate, or a nominating petition, or by becoming a candidate through pa…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3513.06 Change of name of candidate

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If any person desiring to become a candidate for public office has had a change of name within five years immediately preceding the filing of the person's declaration of candidacy, the person's declaration of candidacy and petition shall both contain, immediately following the pe…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3513.07 Form of declaration of candidacy and petition

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The form of declaration of candidacy and petition of a person desiring to be a candidate for a party nomination or a candidate for election to an office or position to be voted for at a primary election shall be substantially as follows: "DECLARATION OF CANDIDACY PARTY PRIMARY EL…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3513.08 Declaration of candidacy for judicial office

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Each person filing a declaration of candidacy for nomination at a primary election as a candidate for election to the office of judge of the supreme court, court of appeals, court of common pleas, probate court, and such other courts as are established by law, in addition to desi…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3513.09 Candidate's signature

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If the petition required by section 3513.07 of the Revised Code to be filed with a declaration of candidacy consists of more than one separate petition paper, the declaration of candidacy of the candidate named need be signed by the candidate, or of an attorney in fact acting pur…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3513.10 Filing fees

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(A) At the time of filing a declaration of candidacy for nomination for any office, or a declaration of intent to be a write-in candidate, each candidate, except joint candidates for governor and lieutenant governor, shall pay a fee as follows:For statewide office$100For court of…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3513.11 State convention of major political parties

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In the year 1952 and in each second year thereafter, each major political party in the state may hold a state convention. If a major political party holds a state convention, it shall comply with the requirements of this section. A state convention of a major political party shal…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3513.111 Nominating candidates for election as presidential electors

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(A) Any major political party that does not hold a state convention under section 3513.11 of the Revised Code shall nominate candidates for election as presidential electors in accordance with this section.(B) In accordance with party rules, in 1992 and in each fourth year therea…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3513.12 Delegates to national party convention

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At a presidential primary election, which shall be held as provided in division (E)(2) of section 3501.01 of the Revised Code, delegates and alternates to the national conventions of the different major political parties shall be chosen by direct vote of the electors as provided …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3513.121 Delegates to national party convention alternative procedures

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(A) Any candidate for the presidency of the United States who has raised at least five thousand dollars for the primary election in each of twenty states from individuals, with a maximum of two hundred fifty dollars per contributor counting toward the threshold, may file with the…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3513.122 Electing delegates and alternates to other national conventions or conferences

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Political parties shall be eligible to elect delegates and alternates to national conventions or conferences of their respective political parties, other than conventions provided for in section 3513.12 of the Revised Code, if they notify the secretary of state that they will ele…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3513.13 Separate primary election ballots for political parties

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Separate primary election ballots shall be provided by the board of elections for each political party having candidates for nomination or election in a primary election. Section 3505.08 of the Revised Code governing the kind of paper, the kind of ink, and the size and style of t…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3513.131 Candidates with identical surnames

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In the event two or more persons with identical surnames run for the same office in a primary election on the same ballot, the names of the candidates shall be differentiated on the ballot by varying combinations of first and middle names and initials. Within twenty-four hours af…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3513.14 Primary election ballot form

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Except in elections for which the board of elections has received no valid declarations of intent to be a write-in candidate under section 3513.041 of the Revised Code, immediately below the title of each office for which nominations are to be made and the names of candidates for…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3513.141 Ranked choice voting in primaries prohibited

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(A) Except as otherwise permitted under Article X or Article XVIII, Ohio Constitution, no primary election shall be conducted in this state using ranked choice voting or instant runoff voting. (B) If the secretary of state determines that a county or municipal corporation has, by…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3513.15 Rotating names of candidates on ballot

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The names of the candidates in each group of two or more candidates seeking the same nomination or election at a primary election, except delegates and alternates to the national convention of a political party, shall be rotated and printed as provided in section 3505.03 of the R…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3513.151 Arrangement of names of candidates for delegate and alternate to national convention of political party

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(A) Candidates for delegate and alternate to the national convention of a political party shall be represented on the ballot, or their names shall appear on the ballot, in accordance with this section, but only in a manner that enables an elector to record the vote in the space p…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3513.16 Designation of term for judge of court of common pleas on primary ballot

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When two or more judges of the court of common pleas are to be elected in a county at any one election, the name of each candidate shall be placed upon the primary ballot under the designation of the term for which he is a candidate. Such designation shall correspond to that requ…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3513.17 Death of candidate before primary election

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If a person who has filed a declaration of candidacy, whose candidacy is to be submitted at a primary election to the electors of the entire state, dies prior to the tenth day before the day of such primary election, the secretary of state, upon proof of the death of such candida…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3513.18 Primary election pollbooks

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Party primaries shall be held at the same place and time, but there shall be separate pollbooks and tally sheets provided at each polling place for each party participating in the election. If a special election on a question or issue is held on the day of a primary election, the…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3513.19 Challenges at primary elections

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(A) It is the duty of any precinct election official, whenever any such official doubts that a person attempting to vote at a primary election is legally entitled to vote at that election, to challenge the right of that person to vote. The right of a person to vote at a primary e…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3513.191 Disqualification of candidate for party primary

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(A) No person shall be a candidate for nomination or election at a party primary if the person voted as a member of a different political party at any primary election within the current year and the immediately preceding two calendar years.(B) Notwithstanding division (A) of thi…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3513.192 Forfeiting nomination

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Any candidate nominated at a party primary election who votes in that primary election as a member of a political party different from the party that nominated the candidate shall forfeit the nomination, and the vacancy so created shall be filled in accordance with section 3513.3…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3513.20 Effect of challenge to voter at primary

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Before any challenged person shall be allowed to vote at a primary election, the person shall make a statement, under penalty of election falsification, before one of the precinct officials, blanks for which shall be furnished by the board of elections, giving name, age, residenc…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3513.21 Counting and return of ballots

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At the close of the polls in a primary election, the precinct election officials shall proceed without delay to canvass the vote, sign and seal it, and make returns thereof to the board of elections forthwith on the forms to be provided by the board. The provisions of Title XXXV …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3513.22 Canvass and certification of votes

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(A) Not earlier than the fifth day or later than the fifteenth day after a primary election, the board of elections shall begin to canvass the election returns from the precincts in which electors were entitled to vote at that election and shall continue the canvass daily until i…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3513.23 Write-in votes

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(A) If an elector voting at a primary election writes in a blank space provided for that purpose on the ballot of one political party under the title of an office for which a nomination is to be made the name of a person other than the persons whose names are printed on the ballo…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3513.24 Canvass of votes for members of party committees

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When members of party committees are elected at a primary election, the returns shall be made and canvassed in the same manner as for the election of state, district, and county offices. The election authorities shall issue and deliver to each person who is elected a certificate …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3513.251 Nomination for officers of municipal corporation

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Nominations of candidates for election as officers of a municipal corporation having a population of less than two thousand as ascertained by the next preceding federal census shall be made only by nominating petition and their election shall occur only in nonpartisan elections, …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3513.253 Nomination for officers of township

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Nominations of candidates for election as officers of a township shall be made only by nominating petitions, unless a majority of the electors of such township have petitioned for a primary election. The nominating petitions of nonpartisan candidates for township trustee and town…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3513.254 Nomination for members of board of education

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(A) The name of each candidate for member of a city, local, or exempted village board of education shall appear on the nonpartisan ballot. Nominating petitions of candidates for member of a board of education of a local or exempted village school district shall be signed by twent…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3513.255 Petitions for member of governing board of educational service center

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This section is subject to section 3513.256 of the Revised Code. The name of each candidate for election as a member of a governing board of an educational service center shall appear on the nonpartisan ballot. Each nominating petition shall be signed by fifty qualified electors …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3513.256 Procedures for a nonpartisan primary election

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(A) Notwithstanding any provision of the Revised Code to the contrary, for the purpose of nominating candidates for a position as a member of the board of education of a city, local, or exempted village school district or a position as a member of a governing board of an educatio…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3513.257 Independent candidates statements of candidacy and nominating petitions

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Each person desiring to become an independent candidate for an office for which candidates may be nominated at a primary election, except persons desiring to become independent joint candidates for the offices of governor and lieutenant governor and for the offices of president a…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3513.261 Nominating petition form and fee

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A nominating petition may consist of one or more separate petition papers, each of which shall be substantially in the form prescribed in this section. If the petition consists of more than one separate petition paper, the statement of candidacy of the candidate or joint candidat…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3513.262 Filing deadline for nominating petitions

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The nominating petitions of all candidates required to be filed before four p.m. of the day before the day of the primary election immediately preceding the general election shall be processed as follows: If such petition is filed with the secretary of state, the secretary of sta…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3513.263 Processing nominating petitions

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The nominating petitions of all candidates required to be filed before four p.m. of the ninetieth day before the day of the general election, shall be processed as follows: If such petition is filed with the secretary of state, the secretary of state shall promptly transmit to ea…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3513.271 Name change within five years immediately preceding filing of statement of candidacy

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If any person desiring to become a candidate for public office has had a change of name within five years immediately preceding the filing of his statement of candidacy, both his statement of candidacy and nominating petition must contain, immediately following the person's prese…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3513.28 Designation of term

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Each independent candidate for election to the office of judge of the supreme court, court of appeals, court of common pleas, probate court, and such other courts as are established by law, in addition to designating in such nominating petition the office to which he seeks such n…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3513.30 Death or withdrawal of candidate before primary election

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(A)(1) If only one valid declaration of candidacy is filed for nomination as a candidate of a political party for an office and that candidate dies prior to the tenth day before the primary election, both of the following may occur: (a) The political party whose candidate died ma…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3513.301 Special election of party candidate for Congress

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(A) Notwithstanding section 3513.30 of the Revised Code and except as otherwise provided in division (B)(2) of this section, if only one person has filed a valid declaration of candidacy for nomination as the candidate of a political party for the office of representative to cong…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3513.31 Withdrawal, disqualification, or death of candidate prior to general election

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(A) If a person nominated in a primary election as a candidate for election at the next general election, whose candidacy is to be submitted to the electors of the entire state, withdraws as that candidate or is disqualified as that candidate under section 3513.052 of the Revised…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3513.311 Withdrawal, disqualification, or death of governor or lieutenant governor candidate prior to general election

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(A) If a candidate for lieutenant governor dies, withdraws, or is disqualified as a candidate prior to the seventieth day before the day of a primary election, the vacancy on the ballot shall be filled by appointment by the joint candidate for the office of governor. Such candida…