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Ohio Rev Code § 3513.02 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 35 | Elections|Chapter 3513 | Primaries; Nominations|Section 3513.02 | Certificate of Nomination When No Primary Necessary.

Effective: August 15, 2012|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 295 - 129th General Assembly|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 candidacy for nominations as candidates of one political party for election to such offices does not exceed, as to any such office, the number of candidates which such political party is entitled to nominate as its candidates for election to such office, then no primary election shall be held for the purpose of nominating party candidates of such party for election to offices to be voted for at such general election and no primary ballots shall be provided for such party. If, however, the only office for which there are more valid declarations of candidacy filed than the number to be nominated by a political party, is the office of councilperson in a ward, a primary election shall be held for such party only in the ward or wards in which there is a contest, and only the names of the candidates for the office of councilperson in such ward shall appear on the primary ballot of such political party. The election officials whose duty it would have been to provide for and conduct the holding of such primary election, declare the results thereof, and issue certificates of nomination to the persons entitled thereto if such primary election had been held shall declare each of such persons to be nominated as of the date of the ninetieth day before the primary election, issue appropriate certificates of nomination to each of them, and certify their names to the proper election officials, in order that their names may be printed on the official ballots provided for use in the succeeding general election in the same manner as though such primary election had been held and such persons had been nominated at such election.
Ohio Rev Code § 3513.03 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 35 | Elections|Chapter 3513 | Primaries; Nominations|Section 3513.03 | Election Officials for Primary Elections.

Effective: March 23, 1981|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1062 - 113th General Assembly|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 from those appointed under section 3501.22 of the Revised Code, and shall have the same powers, perform the same duties, and be subject to the same penalties as are provided by such title for the conduct of general elections.
Ohio Rev Code § 3513.04 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 35 | Elections|Chapter 3513 | Primaries; Nominations|Section 3513.04 | Filing Declaration of Candidacy.

Effective: February 5, 2014|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 193 - 130th General Assembly|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 declaration of candidacy and paying the fees specified for the office under divisions (A) and (B) of section 3513.10 of the Revised Code, except that the joint candidates for party nomination to the offices of governor and lieutenant governor shall, for the two of them, file one declaration of candidacy. The joint candidates also shall pay the fees specified for the joint candidates under divisions (A) and (B) of section 3513.10 of the Revised Code. The secretary of state shall not accept for filing the declaration of candidacy of a candidate for party nomination to the office of governor unless the declaration of candidacy also shows a joint candidate for the same party's nomination to the office of lieutenant governor, shall not accept for filing the declaration of candidacy of a candidate for party nomination to the office of lieutenant governor unless the declaration of candidacy also shows a joint candidate for the same party's nomination to the office of governor, and shall not accept for filing a declaration of candidacy that shows a candidate for party nomination to the office of governor or lieutenant governor who, for the same election, has already filed a declaration of candidacy or a declaration of intent to be a write-in candidate, or has become a candidate by the filling of a vacancy under section 3513.30 of the Revised Code for any other state office or any federal or county office.No person who seeks party nomination for an office or position at a primary election by declaration of candidacy or by declaration of intent to be a write-in candidate and no person who is a first choice for president of candidates seeking election as delegates and alternates to the national conventions of the different major political parties who are chosen by direct vote of the electors as provided in this chapter shall be permitted to become a candidate by nominating petition, including a nominating petition filed under section 3517.012 of the Revised Code, by declaration of intent to be a write-in candidate, or by filling a vacancy under section 3513.31 of the Revised Code at the following general election for any office other than the office of member of the state board of education, office of member of a city, local, or exempted village board of education, office of member of a governing board of an educational service center, or office of township trustee.
Ohio Rev Code § 3513.051 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 35 | Elections|Chapter 3513 | Primaries; Nominations|Section 3513.051 | County Central Committee May Determine No Need for Petition.

Effective: September 20, 1999|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 157 - 123rd General Assembly|(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 candidate for election as a member of the county central committee of that party in that county shall file a declaration of candidacy as required by section 3513.05 of the Revised Code but is not required to file a petition as required by that section. If the county central committee of a political party so determines, each person desiring to become a candidate for election as a member of the county central committee of that party in that county is not required to file a petition as required by that section but shall comply with all other applicable requirements of that section.(B) If the county central committee of a political party in a particular county has determined pursuant to division (A) of this section that each person desiring to become a candidate for election as a member of the county central committee of that party in that county is not required to file a petition as required by section 3513.05 of the Revised Code, the county central committee of that political party in that county may subsequently determine that each person desiring to become a candidate for election as a member of the county central committee of that party in that county shall file that petition. The county central committee shall make that determination 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. After the committee makes that determination, each person desiring to become a candidate for election as a member of the county central committee of that party in that county shall file the petition required by section 3513.05 of the Revised Code and shall meet all other applicable requirements of that section.
Ohio Rev Code § 3513.06 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 35 | Elections|Chapter 3513 | Primaries; Nominations|Section 3513.06 | Change of Name of Candidate.

Effective: August 22, 1995|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 99 - 121st General Assembly|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 person's present name, the person's former names. Any person who has been elected under the person's changed name, without submission of the person's former name, shall be immediately suspended from the office and the office declared vacated, and shall be liable to the state for any salary he has received while holding such office. The attorney general in the case of candidates for state offices, the prosecuting attorney of the most populous county in a district in the case of candidates for district offices, and the prosecuting attorney of the county in the case of all other candidates shall institute necessary action to enforce this section.This section does not apply to a change of name by reason of marriage; to a candidate for a state office who has once complied with this section and who has previously been elected to a state office; to a candidate for a district office who has once complied with this section and who has previously been elected to a state or district office; to a candidate for a county office who has once complied with this section and has previously been elected to a state, district, or county office; to a candidate for a municipal office who has once complied with this section and has previously been elected to a municipal office; or to a candidate for a township office who has once complied with this section and has previously been elected to a township office; provided that such previous election was one at which his candidacy complied with this section.
Ohio Rev Code § 3513.08 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 35 | Elections|Chapter 3513 | Primaries; Nominations|Section 3513.08 | Declaration of Candidacy for Judicial Office.

Effective: March 23, 1981|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1062 - 113th General Assembly|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 designating in such declaration the office for election to which he seeks such nomination, shall, if two or more judges of the same court are to be elected at any one election, designate the term of the office for election to which he seeks such nomination by stating therein, if a full term, the date of the commencement of such term as follows:"Full term commencing ______________________ (date) __________," or by stating therein, if an unexpired term, the date on which such unexpired term will end as follows: "unexpired term ending ____________________ (Date) ____________________"Each person filing a declaration of candidacy for nomination at a primary election as a candidate for election to the office of county commissioner, in addition to designating in the declaration the office for election to which he seeks the nomination, shall, if two or more commissioners of the same county are to be elected at any one election, designate the term of the office for election to which he seeks the nomination by stating therein, if a full term, the date of the commencement of the term, as follows:"Full term commencing _________________ (Date) ______________," or by stating therein, if an unexpired term, the date on which the unexpired term will end, as follows: "unexpired term ending _________________ (Date) ___________"Each person filing a declaration of candidacy for nomination at a primary election as a candidate for the unexpired term of any office shall designate in such declaration the date on which such unexpired term will end.
Ohio Rev Code § 3513.09 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 35 | Elections|Chapter 3513 | Primaries; Nominations|Section 3513.09 | Candidate's Signature.

Effective: June 1, 2006|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 3 - 126th General Assembly|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 pursuant to section 3501.382 of the Revised Code, on only one of such separate petition papers, but the declaration of candidacy so signed shall be copied on each other separate petition paper before the signature of electors are placed on it.
Ohio Rev Code § 3513.11 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 35 | Elections|Chapter 3513 | Primaries; Nominations|Section 3513.11 | State Convention of Major Political Parties.

Effective: August 22, 1995|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 99 - 121st General Assembly|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 shall be composed of delegates who are its candidates for election to state offices, except judicial offices; its candidates for election to the office of member of the senate of the United States, member of the house of representatives of the United States, and member of the general assembly of Ohio; the members of its state central and executive committees, and the chairman of its county central and executive committees; and five hundred delegates to be apportioned by the state central committee of the respective parties among the several counties of the state in proportion to its party's vote for governor cast in the several counties at the most recent general election; provided that in any even-numbered year in which no election is to be held to elect successors to incumbents of any of the offices mentioned in this section, except judicial offices, each such incumbent shall also be a delegate to the state convention of his political party. The delegates to such convention apportioned to each county by the state central committee of the respective parties shall be selected by the county executive committees of the respective parties.At each convention of a major political party, the state platform of such party for such year shall be formulated.The state central committee of each political party shall fix the time and place for holding the convention of its party, except that the state convention shall be held no later than forty days prior to the general election.At the state convention of each major political party held in 1952, and in each fourth year thereafter, persons shall be nominated as candidates for election as presidential electors to be voted for at the succeeding general election. Within five days after the holding of each such convention, the chairman and secretary thereof shall certify in writing to the secretary of state the names of all persons nominated at such convention as candidates for election as presidential electors.
Ohio Rev Code § 3513.111 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 35 | Elections|Chapter 3513 | Primaries; Nominations|Section 3513.111 | Nominating Candidates for Election as Presidential Electors.

Effective: September 23, 1992|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 438 - 119th General Assembly|(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 thereafter, the executive committee of the state central committee of a major political party described in division (A) of this section shall nominate candidates for election as presidential electors to be voted for at the general election to be held that year. The nomination of these candidates shall occur no later than forty days prior to the general election. Within five days after these candidates are nominated, the chairman or secretary of the executive committee, or, in the absence of the chairman or secretary, a member of the committee designated by a majority of the other members of the committee, shall certify in writing to the secretary of state the names of all persons so nominated.
Ohio Rev Code § 3513.122 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 35 | Elections|Chapter 3513 | Primaries; Nominations|Section 3513.122 | Electing Delegates and Alternates to Other National Conventions or Conferences.

Effective: July 2, 2010|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 48 - 128th General Assembly|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 elect such delegates. Such notification must be made prior to the one hundred fifth day before the day of the primary election which occurs in any year at which national convention or conference delegates and alternates are elected. Petitions of candidacy for such delegates shall be filed in the form and manner provided by the secretary of state.Any political party electing delegates to a national convention or conference under this section in an odd-numbered year in which a statewide primary election is not otherwise required shall pay all expenses of that election.
Ohio Rev Code § 3513.13 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 35 | Elections|Chapter 3513 | Primaries; Nominations|Section 3513.13 | Separate Primary Election Ballots for Political Parties.

Effective: August 22, 1995|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 99 - 121st General Assembly|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 type to be used in the printing of ballots for general elections shall apply in the printing of ballots for primary elections.Primary election ballots shall have printed on the back thereof "Official ____________ (name of party) __________ primary ballot," the date of the election, and the facsimile signatures of the members of the board.Such ballots shall have stubs attached at the top thereof as required on ballots for general elections.On the back of every ballot used there shall be a solid black line printed opposite the blank rectangular space that is used to mark the choice of the voter. This line shall be printed wide enough so that the mark in the blank rectangular space will not be visible from the back side of the ballot.Such ballots shall have printed at the top thereof and below the stubs "Official __________ (name of party) ___________ primary ballot" and instructions to the voter to the effect that to vote for a candidate the voter shall record the vote in the manner provided on the ballot next to the name of such candidate, except as provided in section 3513.151 of the Revised Code, and that if he tears, soils, defaces, or erroneously marks the ballot he may return it to the precinct election officers and obtain another ballot.Except as provided in section 3513.151 of the Revised Code, primary election ballots shall contain the names of all persons whose declarations of candidacy and petitions have been determined to be valid. The name of each candidate for nomination for, or election to, an office or position shall be printed in an enclosed rectangular space at the left of which an enclosed blank rectangular space shall be provided. The names of candidates shall be printed on the ballot immediately below the title of the office or position for nomination or election to which the candidate seeks nomination or election. The order in which offices and positions shall be listed on the ballot shall be prescribed by and shall be certified to each board by the secretary of state, and shall be the same, to the extent the secretary of state deems practicable, as is provided for the listing of offices on general election ballots.
Ohio Rev Code § 3513.131 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 35 | Elections|Chapter 3513 | Primaries; Nominations|Section 3513.131 | Candidates With Identical Surnames.

Effective: February 25, 2014|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 109 - 130th General Assembly|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 after the final date for filing declarations of candidacy or petitions for candidacy, the director of the board of elections for local, municipal, county, general, or special elections, or the director of the board of elections of the most populous county for district, general, or special elections, or the secretary of state for state-wide general and special elections shall notify the persons with identical given names and surnames that the names of such persons will be differentiated on the ballot. If one of the candidates is an incumbent who is a candidate to succeed self for the office the incumbent occupies, the incumbent shall have first choice of the name by which the incumbent is designated on the ballot. If an incumbent does not make a choice within two days after notification or if none of the candidates is an incumbent, the board of elections within three days after notification shall designate the names by which the candidates are identified on the ballot. In case of a district candidate the board of elections in the most populous county shall make the determination. In case of state-wide candidates, or in the case any board of elections fails to make a designation within three days after notification, the secretary of state shall immediately make the determination. "Notification" as required by this section shall be by the director of the board of elections or secretary of state by certified mail at the candidate's address listed in the candidate's declaration or petition of candidacy.