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Title 35, Elections

14 chapters · 414 sections in this title.

All chapters in Title 35414 Ch 3501, Election Procedure; Election Officials55 Ch 3513, Primaries; Nominations53 Ch 3517, Campaigns; Political Parties50 Ch 3505, General And Special Election Ballots48 Ch 3599, Offenses And Penalties46 Ch 3503, Voters - Qualifications; Registration35 Ch 3506, Voting And Tabulating Equipment24 Ch 3515, Recount; Contest Of Elections20 Ch 3511, Armed Services Absent Voter's Ballots19 Ch 3521, Congressional Districts19 Ch 3519, Initiative; Referendum16 Ch 3509, Absent Voter's Ballots12 Ch 3523, Amendments To United States Constitution12 Ch 3504, Presidential Ballots - Former Residents5

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Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3521.017 Seventh congressional district
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The seventh congressional district contains the following territory: Ashland county In Holmes county, the following census blocks: 390759763011000 390759763011001 390759763011002 390759763011003 390759763011004 390759763011005 390759763011010 390759763011014 390759763011027 39075…
Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3521.018 Eighth congressional district
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The eighth congressional district contains the following territory: Butler county Darke county In Hamilton county, the following census blocks: 390610060003005 390610060003006 390610060003007 390610060003008 390610060003009 390610060003010 390610060004008 390610080002003 39061008…
Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3521.019 Ninth congressional district
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The ninth congressional district contains the following territory: Defiance county Erie county Fulton county Henry county Lucas county Ottawa county Sandusky county Williams county In Wood county, the following census blocks: 391730201001000 391730201001001 391730201001002 391730…
Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3521.02 Filling vacancy in United States Senate

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When a vacancy occurs in the representation of this state in the senate of the United States by death, resignation, or otherwise, the vacancy shall be filled forthwith by appointment by the governor who may appoint some suitable person having the necessary qualifications for sena…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3521.03 Filling vacancy in United State House of Representatives

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When a vacancy in the office of representative to congress occurs, the governor, upon satisfactory information thereof, shall issue a writ of election directing that a special election be held to fill such vacancy in the territory entitled to fill it on a day specified in the wri…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3521.04 Ohio redistricting commission website

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(A) As used in this section, "Ohio redistricting commission" means the body described in Ohio Constitution, Article XI, Section 1. (B) The Ohio redistricting commission, in accordance with Ohio Constitution, Article XIX, Section 1(H), shall cause to be created a web site, at the …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3523.01 Amendment to United States constitution

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Whenever congress proposes an amendment to the constitution of the United States, and proposes that it be ratified by conventions in the several states, the governor shall fix, by proclamation, the date of an election for the purpose of electing the delegates to such convention. …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3523.02 Electing delegates to constitutional convention

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At an election held for the purpose of electing delegates to a convention to ratify an amendment to the constitution of the United States, all persons qualified to vote for members of the general assembly shall be entitled to vote.

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3523.03 Election on amendment to Unites State constitution

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Except as otherwise provided in sections 3523.01 to 3523.12, inclusive, of the Revised Code, the election provided for in section 3523.01 of the Revised Code shall be conducted and the results ascertained and certified in the same manner as in the case of the election of presiden…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3523.04 Candidates - qualifications - nomination

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The number of delegates to be chosen to the convention provided for by section 3523.01 of the Revised Code shall be fifty-two, to be elected from the state at large. Candidates for the office of delegate to the convention shall be citizens and residents of the state and of age. N…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3523.05 Form of ballot

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The election provided for in section 3523.01 of the Revised Code shall be by ballot, which may be separate from any ballot to be used at the same election. Such ballot shall first state the substance of the proposed amendment to the Constitution of the United States. This shall b…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3523.06 Vacancy in office of delegate

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If there is a vacancy in the convention caused by the death or disability of any delegate or any other cause, such vacancy shall be filled by appointment by the majority vote of the delegates comprising the group from which such delegate was elected. If the convention contains no…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3523.07 Meeting of delegates

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The delegates to the convention shall meet at the capitol on the twenty-eighth day after their election at one p.m., and shall thereupon constitute a convention to pass upon the question of whether or not the proposed amendment to the constitution of the United States shall be ra…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3523.08 Convention powers and rules

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The convention shall be the judge of the election and qualification of its members, and may elect its president, secretary, and other officers and adopt its own rules.

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3523.09 Convention journal

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The convention shall keep a journal of its proceedings in which shall be recorded the vote of each delegate on the question of ratification of the proposed amendment to the constitution of the United States. Upon final adjournment, the journal shall be filed with the secretary of…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3523.10 Certification of ratification of amendment

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If the convention agrees, by vote of a majority of the total number of delegates, to the ratification of the proposed amendment to the constitution of the United States, a certificate to that effect shall be executed by the president and secretary of the convention and transmitte…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3523.11 Transportation expenses of delegates

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Each delegate to the convention shall receive the legal rate of transportation by motor vehicle each way for mileage from and to his place of residence by the most direct route of public travel to and from the city of Columbus.

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3523.12 Congress to set manner in which the convention shall be constituted

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If, at or about the time of submitting any amendment to the constitution of the United States, congress either in the resolution submitting such amendment or by statute prescribes the manner in which the convention shall be constituted, and does not except from such statute or re…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3599.01 Bribery

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(A) No person shall before, during, or after any primary, convention, or election: (1) Give, lend, offer, or procure or promise to give, lend, offer, or procure any money, office, position, place or employment, influence, or any other valuable consideration to or for a delegate, …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3599.02 Bribery - offenses concerning voters or voting

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No person shall before, during, or after any primary, general, or special election or convention solicit, request, demand, receive, or contract for any money, gift, loan, property, influence, position, employment, or other thing of value for that person or for another person for …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3599.03 Use of corporation and labor organization funds for political purposes

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(A)(1) Except to carry on activities specified in sections 3517.082, 3517.101, and 3517.1011, division (A)(2) of section 3517.1012, division (B) of section 3517.1013, division (C)(1) of section 3517.1014, and section 3599.031 of the Revised Code and except as provided in division…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3599.031 Payroll deductions of political contributions - separate account

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(A) Notwithstanding any provision of the Revised Code to the contrary and subject to division (C) of section 3517.09 of the Revised Code and division (B) of this section, any employer may deduct from the wages and salaries of its employees amounts for an account described in divi…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3599.04 Corrupt practices - contributions for illegal election purposes

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No person shall, directly or indirectly, in connection with any election, pay, lend, or contribute or offer or promise to pay, lend, or contribute any money or other valuable consideration in the election or defeat of any candidate or the adoption or defeat of any question or iss…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3599.05 Corrupt practices - employer shall not influence political opinions or votes of employees

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No employer or his agent or a corporation shall print or authorize to be printed upon any pay envelopes any statements intended or calculated to influence the political action of his or its employees; or post or exhibit in the establishment or anywhere in or about the establishme…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3599.06 Employer shall not interfere with employee on election day

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No employer, his officer or agent , shall discharge or threaten to discharge an elector for taking a reasonable amount of time to vote on election day; or require or order an elector to accompany him to a voting place upon such day; or refuse to permit such elector to serve as an…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3599.07 Unlawful possession or distribution of ballots

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No precinct election official, observer, or police officer admitted into the polling rooms at the election, at any time while the polls are open, shall have in the individual's possession, distribute, or give out any ballot or ticket to any person on any pretense during the recei…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3599.08 Corrupt practices - influencing candidates and voters by publications

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No owner, editor, writer, or employee of any newspaper, magazine, or other publication of any description, whether published regularly or irregularly, shall use the columns of any such publication for the printing of any threats, direct or implied, in the columns of any such publ…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3599.09 Seeking nomination or election to more than one prohibited office at same election

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Whoever knowingly violates division (A) of section 3513.052 is guilty of seeking nomination or election to more than one prohibited office at the same election and shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars.

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3599.10 Corrupt practices - candidate for general assembly shall not be asked to pledge vote

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No person, firm, or corporation shall demand of any candidate for the general assembly any pledge concerning his vote on any legislation, question, or proposition that may come before the general assembly; provided that this shall not be understood to prohibit a reasonable inquir…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3599.11 False voter registration - registration forms

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(A) No person shall knowingly register or make application or attempt to register in a precinct in which the person is not a qualified voter; or knowingly aid or abet any person to so register; or attempt to register or knowingly induce or attempt to induce any person to so regis…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3599.111 Per signature or per volume voter registration compensation prohibited - penalty

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(A) As used in this section, "registering a voter" or "registering voters" includes any effort, for compensation, to provide voter registration forms or to assist persons in completing or returning those forms. (B) No person shall receive compensation on a fee per signature or fe…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3599.12 Illegal voting

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(A) No person shall do any of the following: (1) Vote or attempt to vote in any primary, special, or general election in a precinct in which that person is not a legally qualified elector; (2) Vote or attempt to vote more than once at the same election by any means, including vot…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3599.13 Signing of petitions

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(A) No person shall do any of the following: (1) Sign an initiative, supplementary, referendum, recall, or nominating petition knowing that the person is not at the time qualified to sign it; (2) Knowingly sign such a petition more than once; (3) Except as otherwise provided in s…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3599.14 Prohibited acts concerning declarations or petitions

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(A) No person shall knowingly, directly or indirectly, do any of the following in connection with any declaration of candidacy and petition, declaration of intent to be a write-in candidate, nominating petition, or other petition presented to or filed with the secretary of state,…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3599.15 Purchase, theft, sale, destruction, or mutilation of petitions

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No person shall purchase, steal, attempt to steal, sell, attempt to sell, or willfully destroy or mutilate any initiative, supplementary, referendum, recall, or nominating petition, or any part of a petition, that is being or has been lawfully circulated; provided that the words …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3599.16 Misconduct of member, director, or employee of board of elections - dismissal

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No member, director, or employee of a board of elections shall: (A) Willfully or negligently violate or neglect to perform any duty imposed upon him by law, or willfully perform or neglect to perform it in such a way as to hinder the objects of the law, or willfully disobey any l…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3599.161 Prohibiting inspection of election records

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(A) The director of elections, deputy director of elections, or an employee of the board of elections designated by the director or deputy director shall be available during normal office hours to provide any person with access to the public records filed in the office of the boa…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3599.17 Prohibitions concerning elections officials

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(A) No elections official serving as a registrar or precinct election official shall do any of the following: (1) Fail to appear before the board of elections, or its representative, after notice has been served personally upon the official or left at the official's usual place o…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3599.18 Prohibitions concerning registration of electors

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(A) No election official, person assisting in the registration of electors, or police officer shall knowingly do any of the following: (1) Refuse, neglect, or unnecessarily delay, hinder, or prevent the registration of a qualified elector, who in a lawful manner applies for regis…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3599.19 Prohibitions concerning precinct election officials

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(A) No precinct election official shall knowingly do any of the following: (1) Unlawfully open or permit to be opened the sealed package containing registration lists, ballots, blanks, pollbooks, and other papers and material to be used in an election; (2) Unlawfully misplace, ca…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3599.20 Prohibitions concerning ballots generally

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No person shall attempt to induce an elector to show how the elector marked the elector's ballot at an election; or, being an elector, allow the elector's ballot to be seen by another, except as provided by section 3505.24 of the Revised Code, with the apparent intention of letti…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3599.21 Prohibitions concerning absent voter's ballot

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(A) No person shall knowingly do any of the following: (1) Impersonate another, or make a false representation in order to obtain an absent voter's ballot; (2) Aid or abet a person to vote an absent voter's ballot illegally; (3) If the person is an election official, open, destro…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3599.22 Prohibitions concerning printing of ballots

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(A) No person employed to print or engage in printing the official ballots shall knowingly do any of the following: (1) Print or cause or permit to be printed an official ballot other than the official ballot furnished by the board of elections; (2) Print or permit to be printed …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3599.23 Prohibitions concerning election materials or papers

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(A) No printer or other person entrusted with the printing, custody, or delivery of registration cards or forms, ballots, blanks, pollbooks, cards of instruction, or other required papers shall do any of the following: (1) Knowingly and unlawfully open or permit to be opened a se…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3599.24 Interference with conduct of election

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(A) No person shall do any of the following: (1) By force, fraud, or other improper means, obtain or attempt to obtain possession of the ballots, ballot boxes, or pollbooks; (2) Recklessly destroy any property used in the conduct of elections; (3) Attempt to intimidate an electio…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3599.25 Inducing illegal voting

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(A) No person shall knowingly do any of the following: (1) Counsel or advise another to vote at an election, knowing that the person is not a qualified voter; (2) Advise, aid, or assist another person to go or come into a precinct for the purpose of voting in it, knowing that suc…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3599.26 Tampering with ballots

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No person shall fraudulently put a ballot or ticket into a ballot box; or knowingly and willfully vote a ballot other than an official ballot lawfully obtained by the person from the precinct election authorities; or fraudulently or deceitfully change a ballot of an elector, by w…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3599.27 Possession of or tampering with voting machine, automatic tabulating equipment, or marking device prohibited

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No unauthorized person shall have in the person's possession any voting machine that may be owned or leased by any county or any of the parts or the keys thereof. No person shall tamper or attempt to tamper with, deface, impair the use of, destroy, or otherwise injure in any mann…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3599.28 False signatures

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No person, with intent to defraud or deceive, shall write or sign the name of another person to any document, petition, registration card, or other book or record authorized or required by Title XXXV of the Revised Code. Whoever violates this section is guilty of a felony of the …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3599.29 Possession of false records

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No person shall have in the person's possession a falsely made, altered, forged, or counterfeited registration card, form, or list, pollbook, tally sheet, or list of election returns of an election, knowing it to be such, with intent to hinder, defeat, or prevent a fair expressio…