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Ohio Rev Code § 3509.07 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 35 | Elections|Chapter 3509 | Absent Voter's Ballots|Section 3509.07 | Rejection and Challenge of Absent Voter Ballots.

Effective: September 8, 2016|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 359 - 131st General Assembly|If election officials find that any of the following are true concerning an absent voter's ballot or absent voter's presidential ballot and, if applicable, the person did not provide any required additional information to the board of elections not later than the seventh day after the day of the election, as permitted under division (D)(3)(b) or (E)(2) of section 3509.06 of the Revised Code, the ballot shall not be accepted or counted:(A) The statement accompanying the ballot is incomplete as described in division (D)(3)(a) of section 3509.06 of the Revised Code or is insufficient;(B) The signatures do not correspond with the person's registration signature;(C) The applicant is not a qualified elector in the precinct;(D) The ballot envelope contains more than one ballot of any one kind, or any voted ballot that the elector is not entitled to vote;(E) Stub A is detached from the absent voter's ballot or absent voter's presidential ballot; or(F) The elector has not included with the elector's ballot any identification required under section 3509.05 or 3511.09 of the Revised Code.The vote of any absent voter may be challenged for cause in the same manner as other votes are challenged, and the election officials shall determine the legality of that ballot. Every ballot not counted shall be endorsed on its back "Not Counted" with the reasons the ballot was not counted, and shall be enclosed and returned to or retained by the board of elections along with the contested ballots.
Ohio Rev Code § 3509.10 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 35 | Elections|Chapter 3509 | Absent Voter's Ballots|Section 3509.10 | Uniformed Services and Overseas Absent Voters.

Effective: October 27, 2011|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 224 - 129th General Assembly|If a board of elections receives an application for absent voter's ballots under this chapter and it is apparent to the board that the absent voter is a uniformed services voter or overseas voter, as defined in section 3511.01 of the Revised Code, the board shall consider that applicant to have applied for uniformed services or overseas ballots under Chapter 3511. of the Revised Code and shall provide those ballots to that voter in accordance with the timelines and procedures applicable to uniformed services and overseas absent voters.
Ohio Rev Code § 3511.01 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 35 | Elections|Chapter 3511 | Armed Services Absent Voter's Ballots|Section 3511.01 | Definitions.

Effective: October 27, 2011|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 224 - 129th General Assembly|As used in this chapter: (A) "Dependent" means a person who is recognized as a dependent by one of the uniformed services.(B) "Overseas voter" means any of the following:(1) A person who is outside of the United States and who, before leaving the United States, was last eligible to vote in this state, who may be considered a state resident using the standards for residency established in sections 3503.02 and 3511.011 of the Revised Code, and who otherwise satisfies the requirements to vote in this state;(2) A person who is outside of the United States and who, before leaving the United States, would have been eligible to vote in this state had the person then been eighteen years of age or older, who may be considered a state resident using the standards for residency established in sections 3503.02 and 3511.011 of the Revised Code, and who otherwise satisfies the requirements to vote in this state;(3) A person who was born outside of the United States, who may be considered a state resident using the standards for residency established in sections 3503.02 and 3511.011 of the Revised Code, and who otherwise satisfies the requirements to vote in this state, if both of the following apply:(a) The last place where the person's parent or legal guardian was, or would have been, eligible to vote before leaving the United States is within this state; and(b) The person has not previously registered to vote in any other state.(C) "Uniformed services" means:(1) Active and reserve components of the army, navy, air force, marine corps, or coast guard of the United States;(2) The merchant marine, the commissioned corps of the public health service, or the commissioned corps of the national oceanic and atmospheric administration of the United States;(3) The national guard and the organized militia.(D) "Uniformed services voter" means an individual who is qualified to vote in this state and who is:(1) A member of one of the uniformed services described in division (C)(1) or (2) of this section;(2) A member of one of the uniformed services described in division (C)(3) of this section who is on activated status.(3) A spouse or dependent of a uniformed services voter.
Ohio Rev Code § 3511.03 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 35 | Elections|Chapter 3511 | Armed Services Absent Voter's Ballots|Section 3511.03 | Form of Ballots.

Effective: July 2, 2010|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 48 - 128th General Assembly|The board of elections of each county shall provide uniformed services or overseas absent voter's ballots for use at each election. Such ballots for general or primary elections shall be prescribed on the seventieth day before the day of such elections and shall be the same as provided for absent voters in section 3509.01 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev Code § 3511.04 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 35 | Elections|Chapter 3511 | Armed Services Absent Voter's Ballots|Section 3511.04 | Ballot Sent by Mail, Facsimile Machine or Other Means.

Effective: March 20, 2019|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 41 - 132nd General Assembly|(A) If a director of a board of elections receives an application for uniformed services or overseas absent voter's ballots that does not contain all of the required information, the director promptly shall notify the applicant of the additional information required to be provided by the applicant to complete that application.  (B) Not later than the forty-sixth day before the day of each general or primary election, and at the earliest possible time before the day of a special election held on a day other than the day on which a general or primary election is held, the director of the board of elections shall mail, send by facsimile machine, send by electronic mail, send through internet delivery if such delivery is offered by the board of elections or the secretary of state, or otherwise send uniformed services or overseas absent voter's ballots then ready for use as provided for in section 3511.03 of the Revised Code and for which the director has received valid applications prior to that time. Thereafter, and until twelve noon of the third day preceding the day of election, the director shall promptly, upon receipt of valid applications for them, mail, send by facsimile machine, send by electronic mail, send through internet delivery if such delivery is offered by the board of elections or the secretary of state, or otherwise send to the proper persons all uniformed services or overseas absent voter's ballots then ready for use.If, after the seventieth day before the day of a general or primary election, any other question, issue, or candidacy is lawfully ordered submitted to the electors voting at the general or primary election, the board shall promptly provide a separate official issue, special election, or other election ballot for submitting the question, issue, or candidacy to those electors, and the director shall promptly mail, send by facsimile machine, send by electronic mail, send through internet delivery if such delivery is offered by the board of elections or the secretary of state, or otherwise send each such separate ballot to each person to whom the director has previously mailed or sent other uniformed services or overseas absent voter's ballots.A board of elections that mails or otherwise delivers uniformed services or overseas absent voter's ballots to an elector under this section shall not prepay the return postage for those ballots. In mailing uniformed services or overseas absent voter's ballots, the director shall use the fastest mail service available, but the director shall not mail them by certified mail.
Ohio Rev Code § 3511.051 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 35 | Elections|Chapter 3511 | Armed Services Absent Voter's Ballots|Section 3511.051 | Marking of Identification Envelopes Containing Presidential Ballots.

Effective: March 23, 1972|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 460 - 109th General Assembly|All identification envelopes containing absent voter's ballots for voters who are entitled to vote for presidential and vice-presidential electors only shall have printed or stamped thereon the words, "Presidential Ballots Only."
Ohio Rev Code § 3511.06 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 35 | Elections|Chapter 3511 | Armed Services Absent Voter's Ballots|Section 3511.06 | Size and Quality of Identification and Return Envelopes.

Effective: August 15, 2012|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 295 - 129th General Assembly|The return envelope provided for in section 3511.05 of the Revised Code shall be of such size that the identification envelope can be conveniently placed within it for returning the identification envelope to the director. The envelope in which the two envelopes and the uniformed services or overseas absent voter's ballots are mailed to the elector shall have two parallel lines, each one quarter of an inch in width, printed across its face, paralleling the top, with an intervening space of one-quarter of an inch between such lines. The top line shall be one and one-quarter inches from the top of the envelope. Between the parallel lines shall be printed: "official uniformed services or overseas absent voter's balloting material--via air mail." The appropriate return address of the director of the board of elections shall be printed in the upper left corner on the face of such envelope. Several blank lines shall be printed on the face of such envelope in the lower right portion, below the bottom parallel line, for writing in the name and address of the elector to whom such envelope is mailed.
Ohio Rev Code § 3511.07 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 35 | Elections|Chapter 3511 | Armed Services Absent Voter's Ballots|Section 3511.07 | Mailing Precautions.

Effective: August 15, 2012|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 295 - 129th General Assembly|When mailing unsealed identification envelopes and unsealed return envelopes to persons, the director of the board of elections shall insert a sheet of waxed paper or other appropriate insert between the gummed flap and the back of each of such envelopes to minimize the possibility that the flap may become firmly stuck to the back of the envelope by reason of moisture, humid atmosphere, or other conditions to which they may be subjected. If the flap on either of such envelopes should be so firmly stuck to the back of the envelope when it is received by the voter as to require forcible opening of the envelope in order to use it, the voter shall open such envelope in the manner least injurious to it, and, after marking his ballots and enclosing them in the envelope for mailing to the director, he shall reclose such envelope in the most practicable way, by sealing it or otherwise, and shall sign the blank form printed on the back of such envelope.
Ohio Rev Code § 3511.08 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 35 | Elections|Chapter 3511 | Armed Services Absent Voter's Ballots|Section 3511.08 | Record of Distribution.

Effective: August 15, 2012|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 295 - 129th General Assembly|The director of the board of elections shall keep a record of the name and address of each person to whom the director mails or delivers uniformed services or overseas absent voter's ballots, the kinds of ballots so mailed or delivered, and the name and address of the person who made the application for such ballots. After the director has mailed or delivered such ballots the director shall not mail or deliver additional ballots of the same kind to such person pursuant to a subsequent request unless such subsequent request contains the statement that an earlier request had been sent to the director prior to the thirtieth day before the election and that the uniformed services or overseas absent voter's ballots so requested had not been received by such person prior to the fifteenth day before the election, and provided that the director has not received an identification envelope purporting to contain marked uniformed services or overseas absent voter's ballots from such person.
Ohio Rev Code § 3511.09 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 35 | Elections|Chapter 3511 | Armed Services Absent Voter's Ballots|Section 3511.09 | Voting Procedure.

Effective: June 21, 2013|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 47 - 130th General Assembly|Upon receiving uniformed services or overseas absent voter's ballots, the elector shall cause the questions on the face of the identification envelope to be answered, and, by writing the elector's usual signature in the proper place on the identification envelope, the elector shall declare under penalty of election falsification that the answers to those questions are true and correct to the best of the elector's knowledge and belief. Then, the elector shall note whether there are any voting marks on the ballot. If there are any voting marks, the ballot shall be returned immediately to the board of elections; otherwise, the elector shall cause the ballot to be marked, folded separately so as to conceal the markings on it, deposited in the identification envelope, and securely sealed in the identification envelope. The elector then shall cause the identification envelope to be placed within the return envelope, sealed in the return envelope, and mailed to the director of the board of elections to whom it is addressed. The ballot shall be submitted for mailing not later than 12:01 a.m. at the place where the voter completes the ballot, on the date of the election. If the elector does not provide the elector's driver's license number or the last four digits of the elector's social security number on the statement of voter on the identification envelope, the elector also shall include in the return envelope with the identification envelope a copy of the elector's current valid photo identification, a copy of a military identification, or a copy of a current utility bill, bank statement, government check, paycheck, or other government document, other than a notice of voter registration mailed by a board of elections under section 3503.19 of the Revised Code, that shows the name and address of the elector. Each elector who will be outside the United States on the day of the election shall check the box on the return envelope indicating this fact and shall mail the return envelope to the director prior to the close of the polls on election day. Every uniformed services or overseas absent voter's ballot identification envelope shall be accompanied by the following statement in boldface capital letters: WHOEVER COMMITS ELECTION FALSIFICATION IS GUILTY OF A FELONY OF THE FIFTH DEGREE.
Ohio Rev Code § 3511.10 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 35 | Elections|Chapter 3511 | Armed Services Absent Voter's Ballots|Section 3511.10 | Voting at Board of Elections.

Effective: June 1, 2014|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 238, Senate Bill 205 - 130th General Assembly|If, after the first day after the close of voter registration before a general or primary election and before the close of the polls on the day of that election, a valid application for uniformed services or overseas absent voter's ballots is delivered to the director of the board of elections at the office of the board by a person making the application on the person's own behalf, the director shall forthwith deliver to the person all uniformed services or overseas absent voter's ballots then ready for use, together with an identification envelope. The person shall then immediately retire to a voting booth in the office of the board, and mark the ballots. The person shall then fold each ballot separately so as to conceal the person's markings thereon, and deposit all of the ballots in the identification envelope and securely seal it. Thereupon the person shall fill in answers to the questions on the face of the identification envelope, and by writing the person's usual signature in the proper place thereon, the person shall declare under penalty of election falsification that the answers to those questions are true and correct to the best of that person's knowledge and belief. The person shall then deliver the identification envelope to the director. If thereafter, and before the third day preceding such election, the board provides additional separate official issue or special election ballots, as provided for in section 3511.04 of the Revised Code, the director shall promptly, and not later than twelve noon of the third day preceding the day of election, mail such additional ballots to such person at the address specified by that person for that purpose. Except as otherwise provided in sections 3505.24 and 3509.08 of the Revised Code, an election official shall not fill out any portion of an application for absent voter's ballots, an identification envelope statement of voter, or an absent voter's ballot requested under this section on behalf of an applicant. In the event any person serving in the armed forces of the United States is discharged after the closing date of registration, and that person or that person's spouse, or both, meets all the other qualifications set forth in section 3511.011 of the Revised Code, the person or spouse shall be permitted to vote prior to the date of the election in the office of the board in the person's or spouse's county, as set forth in this section.  The Legislative Service Commission presents the text of this section as a composite of the section as amended by multiple acts of the General Assembly. This presentation recognizes the principle stated in R.C. 1.52(B) that amendments are to be harmonized if reasonably capable of simultaneous operation.
Ohio Rev Code § 3511.12 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 35 | Elections|Chapter 3511 | Armed Services Absent Voter's Ballots|Section 3511.12 | Counting Armed Service Absent Voter's Ballots.

Effective: September 8, 2016|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 359 - 131st General Assembly|In counting uniformed services or overseas absent voter's ballots pursuant to section 3511.11 of the Revised Code, the name of each voter, followed by "Uniformed Services or Overseas Absent Voter's Ballot," shall be written in the poll book or poll list together with such notations as will indicate the kinds of ballots the envelope contained, except that if the voter has a confidential voter registration record, as described in section 111.44 of the Revised Code, that information shall be marked in the voter's registration record but not in the poll book or poll list. If any challenge is made and sustained, the identification envelope of such voter shall not be opened and shall be indorsed "not counted" with the reasons therefor.
Ohio Rev Code § 3511.14 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 35 | Elections|Chapter 3511 | Armed Services Absent Voter's Ballots|Section 3511.14 | Acceptance and Processing of Federal Write-in Ballots.

Effective: August 15, 2012|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 295 - 129th General Assembly|(A) A board of elections shall accept and process federal write-in absentee ballots for all elections for office and for all ballot questions and issues as required under "The Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act," Pub. L. No. 99-410, 100 Stat. 924, 42 U.S.C. 1973ff, et seq., as amended. (B) A uniformed services or overseas voter may use the declaration accompanying a federal write-in absentee ballot to apply to register to vote simultaneously with the submission of the federal write-in absentee ballot, if the declaration is received not later than thirty days before the day of the election. If the declaration is received after that date, the declaration shall be considered an application to register to vote for all subsequent elections.
Ohio Rev Code § 3511.15 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 35 | Elections|Chapter 3511 | Armed Services Absent Voter's Ballots|Section 3511.15 | Emergency Absentee Voting Procedures.

Effective: October 27, 2011|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 224 - 129th General Assembly|If an international, national, state, or local emergency or other situation arises that makes substantial compliance with the "Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act," 42 U.S.C. 1973ff, et seq., as amended, impossible or impracticable, as confirmed by the existence of armed conflict involving United States armed forces or the mobilization of those forces, including Ohio national guard and reserve component members of this state, or by the occurrence of a natural disaster or the existence of a state of emergency, civil unrest, war, or other exigency in a foreign country, or by an official declaration by the governor that a state of emergency exists, the governor directly, or by delegation to the secretary of state, may prescribe, by emergency order or rule, a special procedure or requirement as may be necessary to facilitate absent voting by those absent uniformed services voters or overseas voters directly affected who are eligible to vote in this state. The secretary of state shall take reasonable steps to provide absent uniformed services or overseas voters with timely notice of any special procedure or requirement prescribed under this section.
Ohio Rev Code § 3511.16 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 35 | Elections|Chapter 3511 | Armed Services Absent Voter's Ballots|Section 3511.16 | Election Notice to Be Used With Federal Write-in Absentee Ballot.

Effective: October 27, 2011|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 224 - 129th General Assembly|(A) At least one hundred days before the day of a regularly scheduled election and as soon as practicable before an election that is not regularly scheduled, the board of elections of each county shall prepare an election notice for each precinct in which the election is to be conducted, to be used in conjunction with a federal write-in absentee ballot. The election notice shall contain a list of all of the ballot questions and issues and all federal, state, and local offices that, as of that date, the board expects to be on the ballot at that election. The notice also shall contain specific instructions on how a uniformed services or overseas voter is to indicate on the federal write-in absentee ballot the voter's choice for each office to be filled and for each ballot question and issue to be contested. (B) A uniformed services or overseas voter may request a copy of an election notice prepared under division (A) of this section. The board of elections shall send the notice to the voter by facsimile transmission, electronic mail, or regular mail, as the voter requests.(C) As soon as the form of the ballot is certified, and not later than the date uniformed services and overseas ballots are required to be transmitted to voters under section 3509.01 of the Revised Code, the board shall update the notice with the certified candidates for each office and ballot questions and issues and make the updated notice publicly available.(D) A board of elections that maintains an internet web site shall make the election notice prepared under division (A) of this section and updated versions of the election notice regularly available on that web site.