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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. § 3517.106 Statements of contributions and expenditures computerized by secretary of state
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(A) As used in this section: (1) "Statewide office" means any of the offices of governor, lieutenant governor, secretary of state, auditor of state, treasurer of state, attorney general, chief justice of the supreme court, and justice of the supreme court.(2) "Addendum to a state…
Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3517.107 Federal political committee registration
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(A) As used in this section, "federal political committee" means a political committee, as defined in the Federal Election Campaign Act, that is registered with the federal election commission under that act. (B) Any federal political committee may make contributions, expenditure…
Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3517.108 Additional contributions for unpaid debt
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(A) As used in divisions (A) and (B) of this section: (1) "Candidate" has the same meaning as in section 3517.01 of the Revised Code but includes only candidates for the offices of governor, lieutenant governor, secretary of state, auditor of state, treasurer of state, attorney g…
Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3517.109 Disposal of any excess funds and excess aggregate contributions
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(A) As used in this section: (1) "Candidate" has the same meaning as in section 3517.01 of the Revised Code but includes only candidates for the offices of governor, lieutenant governor, secretary of state, auditor of state, treasurer of state, attorney general, and member of the…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3517.11 Requirement of filing statement

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(A)(1) Campaign committees of candidates for statewide office, political action committees or political contributing entities that make contributions to campaign committees of candidates that are required to file the statements prescribed by section 3517.10 of the Revised Code wi…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3517.12 Itemized statement of expenditures on issues

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(A) Prior to receiving a contribution or making an expenditure, the circulator or committee in charge of an initiative or referendum petition, or supplementary petition for additional signatures, for the submission of a constitutional amendment, proposed law, section, or item of …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3517.121 Contributions and expenditures by foreign nationals

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Notwithstanding any contrary provision of the Revised Code: (A) As used in this section: (1) "Electioneering communication" has the same meaning as in section 3517.1011 of the Revised Code. (2) "Foreign national" means any of the following, as applicable: (a) In the case of an in…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3517.13 Failure to file statements

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(A)(1) No campaign committee of a statewide candidate shall fail to file a complete and accurate statement required under division (A)(1) of section 3517.10 of the Revised Code. (2) No campaign committee of a statewide candidate shall fail to file a complete and accurate monthly …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3517.14 [Former R.C. 3517.152, amended and renumbered as R.C. 3517.14 by H.B. 96, effective 9/30/2025] Ohio election integrity commission

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(A)(1) There is in the office of the secretary of state the Ohio election integrity commission, consisting of the following five members: (a) A chairperson appointed by the secretary of state; (b) One member appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives; (c) One member…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3517.15 [Former R.C. 3517.153, amended and renumbered as R.C. 3517.15 by H.B. 96, 136th General Assembly, effective 9/30/2025] Jurisdiction and powers of commission

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(A)(1) No prosecution shall commence for a violation of a provision in sections 145.054, 742.043, 3307.073, 3309.073, 3517.08 to 3517.12, 3517.13, 3517.20 to 3517.22, 3599.03, 3599.031, or 5505.045 of the Revised Code unless a complaint has been filed with the secretary of state …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3517.16 [Former R.C. 3517.154, amended and renumbered as R.C. 3517.16 by H.B. 96, 136th General Assembly, effective 9/30/2025] Filing complaint; initial finding by secretary of state

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(A)(1) Any person who has personal knowledge of a violation of a provision of the Revised Code listed in division (A) of section 3517.15 of the Revised Code may file a complaint with the secretary of state, on a form prescribed by the secretary of state and signed under penalty o…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3517.17 [Former R.C. 3517.155, amended and renumbered as R.C. 3517.17 by H.B. 96, 136th General Assembly, effective 9/30/2025] Referral to commission; disposition of complaint

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(A)(1) Upon the referral of a matter for a hearing under division (E)(3) of section 3517.16 of the Revised Code, the Ohio election integrity commission shall appoint an attorney in good standing before the supreme court of Ohio to review and hear the complaint in accordance with …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3517.171 [Former R.C. 3517.993, amended and renumbered as R.C. 3517.171 by H.B. 96, 136th General Assembly, effective 9/30/2025] Administrative fines

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(A)(1) Except as otherwise provided in divisions (A)(2) and (D) of this section, when section 3517.17 of the Revised Code authorizes the imposition of an administrative fine, the secretary of state or the Ohio election integrity commission, as applicable, may impose an administra…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3517.18 [Former R.C. 3517.157, amended and renumbered as R.C. 3517.18 by H.B. 96, 136th General Assembly, effective 9/30/2025] Procedural requirements

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(A) A complaint shall be filed with the secretary of state under section 3517.16 of the Revised Code within two years after the occurrence of the act or failure to act that is the subject of the complaint, except that if the act or failure to act involves fraud, concealment, or m…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3517.19 Sale of membership and mailing lists

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(A) As used in this section:(1) "Financial institution" means a bank, savings and loan association, or credit union with its principal office in this state.(2) "Political party" means only a major political party.(B) A state political party may sell or lease its contributor, memb…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3517.20 Political communications; identification of source

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(A) As used in this section: (1) "Political publication for or against a candidate" means a notice, placard, advertisement, sample ballot, brochure, flyer, direct mailer, or other form of general publication that is designed to promote the nomination, election, or defeat of a can…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3517.21 Infiltration of campaign - false statements in campaign materials - election of candidate

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(A) No person, during the course of any campaign for nomination or election to public office or office of a political party, shall knowingly and with intent to affect the outcome of such campaign do any of the following: (1) Serve, or place another person to serve, as an agent or…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3517.22 Infiltration of campaign - false statements in campaign materials - issues

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(A) No person during the course of any campaign in advocacy of or in opposition to the adoption of any proposition or issue submitted to the voters shall knowingly and with intent to affect the outcome of such campaign do any of the following: (1) Serve, or place another person t…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3517.23 Rules for administration of campaign finance and advertising

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The secretary of state shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code that are necessary for the administration and enforcement of sections 3517.08 to 3517.13, 3517.20 to 3517.22, 3599.03, and 3599.031 of the Revised Code and shall provide each candidate, p…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3517.99 [Former R.C. 3517.992, amended and renumbered as R.C. 3517.99 by H.B. 96, 136th General Assembly, effective 9/30/2025] Penalties

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Except as otherwise provided in section 3517.991 of the Revised Code: (A)(1) A candidate whose campaign committee violates division (A), (B), (C), (D), or (V) of section 3517.13 of the Revised Code, or a treasurer of a campaign committee who violates any of those divisions, shall…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3517.991 Penalty determined by time of violation

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A person who is convicted of a violation of this chapter or section 145.054, 742.043, 3307.073, 3309.073, 3599.03, 3599.031, or 5505.045 of the Revised Code shall be sentenced under the law as it existed at the time the violation occurred. Last updated September 30, 2025 at 5:02 …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3519.01 Initiative and referendum petitions

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(A) Only one proposal of law or constitutional amendment to be proposed by initiative petition shall be contained in an initiative petition to enable the voters to vote on that proposal separately. A petition shall include the text of any existing statute or constitutional provis…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3519.02 Designation of committee

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The petitioners shall designate in any initiative, referendum, or supplementary petition and on each of the several parts of such petition a committee of not less than three nor more than five of their number who shall represent them in all matters relating to such petitions. Not…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3519.03 Argument or explanation of petitions

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(A) The committee named in a initiative petition may prepare the argument or explanation, or both, in favor of the measure proposed, and the committee named in a referendum petition may prepare the argument or explanation, or both, against any law or section or item of law. The p…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3519.04 Estimate of annual expenditure of public funds proposed and annual yield of proposed taxes

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Within two days after receipt, under division (A) of section 3519.01 of the Revised Code, of the verified copy of a proposed state law or constitutional amendment proposing the levy of any tax or involving a matter that will necessitate the expenditure of any funds of the state o…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3519.05 Form of petitions

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(A) If the measure to be submitted proposes a constitutional amendment, the heading of each part of the petition shall be prepared in the following form, and printed in capital letters in type of the approximate size set forth: "INITIATIVE PETITION Amendment to the Constitution P…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3519.051 Original ink signatures required for initiative and referendum

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Each signature of a voter who signs an initiative or referendum petition shall be an original signature of that voter in ink. Only initiative and referendum petitions containing those original signatures in ink shall be filed with the office of the secretary of state or a board o…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3519.06 Verification of petition

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No initiative or referendum part-petition is properly verified if it appears on the face thereof, or is made to appear by a satisfactory evidence:(A) That the statement required by section 3519.05 of the Revised Code is not properly filled out;(B) That the statement is not proper…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3519.07 Web site postings required for initiative or referendum proposals

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(A) The secretary of state shall post each of the following on the web site of the office of the secretary of state: (1) The full text of each state law or constitutional amendment proposed by initiative petition that has been approved for the ballot; (2) The certified title and …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3519.08 Withdrawal of petition - ballot procedure

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(A) Notwithstanding division (I)(2) of section 3501.38 of the Revised Code, at any time prior to the seventieth day before the day of an election at which an initiative or referendum is scheduled to appear on the ballot, a majority of the members of the committee named to represe…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3519.10 Qualifications of signers - format of signing

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Each signer of any initiative or referendum petition must be a qualified elector of the state. He shall place on such petition after his name the date of signing and the location of his voting residence, including the street and number in which such voting residence is located, i…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3519.14 Minimum number of signatures

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The secretary of state shall not accept for filing any initiative or referendum petition which does not purport to contain at least the minimum number of signatures required for the submission of the amendment, proposed law, or law to be submitted under the initiative or referend…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3519.15 Part-petitions

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Whenever any initiative or referendum petition has been filed with the secretary of state, he shall forthwith separate the part-petitions by counties and transmit such part-petitions to the boards of elections in the respective counties. The several boards shall proceed at once t…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3519.16 Jurisdiction over challenges to petitions; part-petitions

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(A) Pursuant to Section 1g of Article II, Ohio Constitution, the supreme court of Ohio shall have exclusive original jurisdiction in all challenges to initiative and referendum petitions. (B) The committee interested in a petition shall include upon each part-petition filed with …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3519.18 Power of board in hearing protests

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In the performance of the duties required of the boards of elections, the boards may subpoena witnesses, compel the production of books, records, and other evidence, administer oaths, and take evidence.

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3519.21 Ballot title and order

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The order in which all propositions, issues, or questions, including proposed laws and constitutional amendments, shall appear on the ballot and the ballot title of all such propositions, issues, or questions shall be determined by the secretary of state in case of propositions t…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3519.22 Election not affected by insufficient signatures - number of signatures

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No measure submitted to the electors and receiving an affirmative majority of the votes cast on the measure shall be held ineffective or void on account of the insufficiency of the petitions by which such submission was procured.The basis upon which the required number of petitio…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3521.01 Congressional district apportionment

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(A) As used in sections 3521.01 to 3521.0115 of the Revised Code, "census block" and "county" have the same meanings and describe the same geographical boundaries as used by the United States department of commerce, bureau of the census, in reporting the 2020 decennial census of …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3521.011 First congressional district

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The first congressional district contains the following territory:In Hamilton county, the following census blocks:390610002001000 390610002001001 390610002001002 390610002001003390610002001004 390610002001005 390610002001006 390610002001007390610007001000 390610007001001 39061000…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3521.0110 Tenth congressional district

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The tenth congressional district contains the following territory:In Clark county, the following census blocks:390230002001000 390230002001001 390230002001002 390230002001003390230002001004 390230002001005 390230002001006 390230002001007390230002001008 390230002001009 39023000200…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3521.0111 Eleventh congressional district

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The eleventh congressional district contains the following territory:In Cuyahoga county, the following census blocks:390351011011000 390351011011001 390351011011002 390351011011003390351011011004 390351011011005 390351011012000 390351011012001390351011012002 390351011012003 39035…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3521.0112 Twelfth congressional district

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The twelfth congressional district contains the following territory:Athens countyCoshocton countyIn Fairfield county, the following census blocks:390450301001000 390450301001001 390450301001002 390450301001003390450301001004 390450301001005 390450301001006 39045030100100739045030…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3521.0113 Thirteenth congressional district

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The thirteenth congressional district contains the following territory:In Cuyahoga county, the following census blocks:390351301031000 390351301031001 390351301031002 390351301031003390351301031004 390351301031005 390351301031006 390351301031007390351301031008 390351301031009 390…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3521.0114 Fourteenth congressional district

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The fourteenth congressional district contains the following territory:Ashtabula countyIn Cuyahoga county, the following census blocks:390351551011000 390351551011001 390351551011002 390351551011003390351551011004 390351551011005 390351551011006 390351551011007390351551011008 390…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3521.0115 Fifteenth congressional district

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The fifteenth congressional district contains the following territory:In Clark county, the following census blocks:390230023011000 390230023011001 390230023011002 390230023011003390230023011004 390230023011005 390230023011006 390230023011007390230023011008 390230023011009 3902300…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3521.012 Second congressional district

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The second congressional district contains the following territory:Adams countyBrown countyClermont countyGalia countyIn Hamilton county, the following census blocks:390610046021000 390610046021001 390610046021002 390610046021019390610046021020 390610046023007 390610046023008 390…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3521.013 Third congressional district

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The third congressional district contains the following territory:In Franklin county, the following census blocks:390490001101000 390490001101001 390490001101002 390490001101003390490001101004 390490001101005 390490001101006 390490001101007390490001101008 390490001101009 39049000…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3521.014 Fourth congressional district

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The fourth congressional district contains the following territory:Allen countyAuglaize countyChampaign countyDelaware countyHardin countyLogan countyMarion countyMorrow countyRichland countyIn Shelby county, the following census blocks:391499714001000 391499714001001 39149971400…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3521.015 Fifth congressional district

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The fifth congressional district contains the following territory:Crawford countyHancock countyHuron countyIn Lorain county, the following census blocks:390930102001000 390930102001001 390930102001002 390930102001003390930102001004 390930102001005 390930102001006 3909301020010073…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3521.016 Sixth congressional district

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The sixth congressional district contains the following territory:Belmont countyCarroll countyColumbiana countyHarrison countyJefferson countyMahoning countyMonroe countyNoble countyTrumbull countyIn Washington county, the following census blocks:391670201011000 391670201011001 3…