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Ohio Rev Code § 3503.17 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 35 | Elections|Chapter 3503 | Voters - Qualifications; Registration|Section 3503.17 | Precinct Boundary Changes.

Effective: May 31, 1977|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 125 - 112th General Assembly|When a new precinct has been created, or the boundaries thereof have been changed, the election authorities shall correct and transfer the registration forms of registered electors whose voting precincts have thus been changed and shall notify such registrants by mail. The registration of an elector shall not be invalidated by such alteration or transfer nor shall the right of any registered elector to vote be prejudiced by any error in making out the certified list of registered voters.
Ohio Rev Code § 3503.18 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 35 | Elections|Chapter 3503 | Voters - Qualifications; Registration|Section 3503.18 | Cancellation of Registration.

Effective: September 13, 2016|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 63 - 131st General Assembly|(A)(1) Not later than the last day of each month, the director of health shall file with the secretary of state the names, social security numbers, dates of birth, dates of death, and residences of all persons, over eighteen years of age, who have died within this state or another state during the period beginning on the date of the most recent filing and ending on the day before the date of the current filing. If the director is notified of the death of such a person after the director has filed the report for the period during which the person died, the director shall file with the secretary of state a supplemental report containing that information concerning the person not later than one month after the director is notified of the person's death.(2) The secretary of state and the director of health shall jointly establish a secure electronic system through which they shall exchange the information described in division (A)(1) of this section regarding the death of a registered elector.(B) At least once each month, each probate judge in this state shall file with the board of elections the names and residence addresses of all persons over eighteen years of age who have been adjudicated incompetent for the purpose of voting, as provided in section 5122.301 of the Revised Code.(C) At least once each month the clerk of the court of common pleas shall file with the board the names and residence addresses of all persons who have been convicted during the previous month of crimes that would disfranchise such persons under existing laws of the state. Reports of conviction of crimes under the laws of the United States that would disfranchise an elector and that are provided to the secretary of state by any United States attorney shall be forwarded by the secretary of state to the appropriate board of elections.(D) Upon receiving a report required by this section, the board of elections shall promptly cancel the registration of each elector named in the report in accordance with section 3503.21 of the Revised Code. If the report contains a residence address of an elector in a county other than the county in which the board of elections is located, the director shall promptly send a copy of the report to the appropriate board of elections, which shall cancel the registration in accordance with that section.
Ohio Rev Code § 3503.191 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 35 | Elections|Chapter 3503 | Voters - Qualifications; Registration|Section 3503.191 | Uniformed Services Voters - Procedures for Receiving Voter Registration Forms.

Effective: October 27, 2011|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 224 - 129th General Assembly|(A) The secretary of state shall establish procedures that allow any person who is eligible to vote as a uniformed services voter or an overseas voter in accordance with Chapter 3511. of the Revised Code to request voter registration forms electronically from the office of the secretary of state or the board of elections of the county in which the person's voting residence is located. (B) The procedures shall allow such a person to express a preference for the manner in which the person will receive the requested voter registration forms, whether by mail, electronically, or in person. The registration forms shall be transmitted by the preferred method. If the requestor does not express a preferred method, the registration forms shall be delivered via standard mail.(C) The secretary of state shall, by rule, establish and maintain reasonable procedures necessary to protect the security, confidentiality, and integrity of personal information that is confidential under state or federal law that is collected, stored, or otherwise used in the electronic voter registration form request process established under this section. To the extent practicable, the procedures shall protect the security and integrity of the electronic voter registration form request process and protect the privacy of the identity and personal data of the person when such forms are requested, processed, and sent.(D) In establishing procedures under this section, the secretary of state shall designate at least one means of electronic communication for use by such persons to request voter registration forms, for use by the state to send voter registration forms to those who have requested electronic delivery, and for providing public election and voting information. Such designated means of electronic communication shall be identified on all information and instructional materials that accompany balloting materials.
Ohio Rev Code § 3503.23 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 35 | Elections|Chapter 3503 | Voters - Qualifications; Registration|Section 3503.23 | Precinct Official Registration List.

Effective: September 8, 2016|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 359 - 131st General Assembly|(A) Fourteen days before an election, the board of elections shall cause to be prepared from the statewide voter registration database established under section 3503.15 of the Revised Code a complete and official registration list for each precinct, containing the names, addresses, and political party whose ballot the elector voted in the most recent primary election within the current year and the immediately preceding two calendar years, of all qualified registered voters in the precinct, except as otherwise provided in section 111.44 of the Revised Code. All the names, insofar as practicable, shall be arranged in alphabetical order. The lists may be prepared either in sheet form on one side of the paper or in electronic form, at the discretion of the board. Each precinct list shall be headed "Register of Voters," and under the heading shall be indicated the district or ward and precinct.Appended to each precinct list shall be attached the names of the members of the board and the name of the director. A sufficient number of such lists shall be provided for distribution to the candidates, political parties, or organized groups that apply for them. The board shall have each precinct list available at the board for viewing by the public during normal business hours. The board shall ensure that, by the opening of the polls on the day of a general or primary election, each precinct has a paper copy of the registration list of voters in that precinct.(B) On the day of a general or primary election, precinct election officials shall do both of the following:(1) By the time the polls open, conspicuously post and display at the polling place one copy of the registration list of voters in that precinct in an area of the polling place that is easily accessible;(2) At 11 a.m. and 4 p.m. place a mark, on the official registration list posted at the polling place, before the name of those registered voters who have voted.(C) Notwithstanding division (B) of section 3501.35 of the Revised Code, any person may enter the polling place for the sole purpose of reviewing the official registration list posted in accordance with division (B) of this section, provided that the person does not engage in conduct that would constitute harassment in violation of the election law, as defined in section 3501.90 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev Code § 3503.25 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 35 | Elections|Chapter 3503 | Voters - Qualifications; Registration|Section 3503.25 | Investigations Regarding the Registration.

Effective: August 22, 1995|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 99 - 121st General Assembly|The board of elections may conduct investigations, summon witnesses, and take testimony under oath regarding the registration of any voter or as to the accuracy of the registration lists in any precinct.
Ohio Rev Code § 3503.26 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 35 | Elections|Chapter 3503 | Voters - Qualifications; Registration|Section 3503.26 | Custody of Registration Forms, Records and Lists.

Effective: September 8, 2016|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 359 - 131st General Assembly|(A) All registration forms and lists, when not in official use by the registrars or precinct election officials, shall be in the possession of the board of elections. Names and addresses of electors may be copied from the registration lists only in the office of the board when it is open for business; but no such copying shall be permitted during the period of time commencing twenty-one days before an election and ending on the eleventh day after an election if such copying will, in the opinion of the board, interfere with the necessary work of the board. Except as provided in section 111.44 of the Revised Code, the board shall keep in convenient form and available for public inspection a correct set of the registration lists of all precincts in the county.(B) Notwithstanding division (A) of this section, and except as provided in section 111.44 of the Revised Code, the board of elections shall maintain and make available for public inspection and copying at a reasonable cost all records concerning the implementation of programs and activities conducted for the purpose of ensuring the accuracy and currency of voter registration lists, including the names and addresses of all registered electors sent confirmation notices and whether or not the elector responded to the confirmation notice. The board shall maintain all records described in this division for a period of two years.
Ohio Rev Code § 3503.30 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 35 | Elections|Chapter 3503 | Voters - Qualifications; Registration|Section 3503.30 | Correction of Registration Form.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|When by mistake a qualified elector has caused himself to be registered in a precinct which was not his place of residence, the board of elections, on full and satisfactory proof that such error was committed by mistake, may, on his personal application and proof of his true residence, correct his registration form. The board may correct all errors occurring in the registration of electors when it finds that the errors subject to correction were not of fraudulent intent.
Ohio Rev Code § 3503.33 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 35 | Elections|Chapter 3503 | Voters - Qualifications; Registration|Section 3503.33 | Prior Registration in Another County or State - Cancellation Authorization.

Effective: August 22, 1995|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 99 - 121st General Assembly|If an elector applying for registration is already registered in another state or in another county within this state, the elector shall declare this fact to the registration officer and shall sign an authorization to cancel the previous registration on a form prescribed by the secretary of state.The director of the board of elections shall mail all such authorizations to the board of elections or comparable agency of the proper state and county. Upon the receipt of this authorization from the forwarding county, the director of a board of elections in Ohio, upon a comparison of the elector's signature with the elector's signature as it appears on the registration files, shall remove the elector's registration from the files, and place it with the cancellation authorization in a separate file which shall be kept for a period of two calendar years. The board shall notify the elector at the present address as shown on the cancellation authorization that his registration has been canceled.
Ohio Rev Code § 3504.01 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 35 | Elections|Chapter 3504 | Presidential Ballots - Former Residents|Section 3504.01 | Voting in Presidential Elections by Voters Who Have Moved From Ohio.

Effective: August 15, 2012|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 295 - 129th General Assembly|Each citizen of the United States who, on the day of the succeeding presidential election, will be eighteen years of age or over, who has moved the citizen's residence from this state not more than ninety days prior to the day of such presidential election, who has not registered to vote in the state to which that citizen has moved that citizen's residence, and who, because of that citizen's removal from this state, is not entitled to vote for the offices of president and vice-president or for presidential and vice-presidential electors in the state of that citizen's current residence may be entitled to vote in this state, in the precinct in which that citizen's voting residence was located at the time the citizen moved from this state, for presidential and vice-presidential electors but for no other offices if the citizen meets all of the following conditions: (A) The citizen otherwise possesses the substantive qualifications to vote in this state, except the requirements of residence and registration.(B) The citizen complies with sections 3504.01 to 3504.06 of the Revised Code.(C) The citizen completes a certificate of intent to vote in a presidential election under section 3504.02 of the Revised Code under penalty of election falsification.
Ohio Rev Code § 3504.02 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 35 | Elections|Chapter 3504 | Presidential Ballots - Former Residents|Section 3504.02 | Certificate of Intent to Vote.

Effective: September 8, 2016|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 359 - 131st General Assembly|(A) Any citizen who desires to vote in a presidential election under this chapter shall, not later than four p.m. of the thirtieth day prior to the date of the presidential election, complete a certificate of intent to vote for presidential and vice-presidential electors. The certificate of intent shall be completed in duplicate on a form prescribed by the secretary of state that may be obtained and filed personally in the office of the board of elections of the county in which such person last resided before removal from this state, or mailed to such board of elections.(B) Immediately following the spaces on the certificate for inserting information as requested by the secretary of state, the following statement shall be printed: "I declare under penalty of election falsification that the statements herein contained are true to the best of my knowledge and belief; that I am legally qualified to vote; that I am not registered to vote in any other state; and that I have not voted in an election in any other state since removing myself from the state of Ohio.__________________________________Signature of applicant__________________________________DateWHOEVER COMMITS ELECTION FALSIFICATION IS GUILTY OF A FELONY OF THE FIFTH DEGREE."(C) If the applicant has a confidential voter registration record, as described in section 111.44 of the Revised Code, the applicant may include the applicant's program participant identification number instead of the applicant's residence address or precinct in the certificate of intent.
Ohio Rev Code § 3504.04 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 35 | Elections|Chapter 3504 | Presidential Ballots - Former Residents|Section 3504.04 | List of Former Resident Who Have Filed Certificates of Intent to Vote at Polling Places.

Effective: September 8, 2016|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 359 - 131st General Assembly|(A) Except as provided in division (B) of this section, on or before election day, the director of the board of elections shall deliver to the polling place a list of persons who have filed certificates of intent to vote as former resident voters and who appear, from their voting address, entitled to vote at such polling place. Those persons whose names appear on the list of former resident voters, and who have otherwise complied with sections 3504.01 to 3504.06 of the Revised Code, shall then be entitled to vote for presidential and vice-presidential electors only at their polling place on election day or by absent voter's ballots. Such voter who votes at that voter's polling place on election day shall sign that voter's name in the poll book or poll list followed by, "Former Resident's Presidential Ballot." Qualified former residents shall be entitled to cast absent voter's ballots for presidential and vice-presidential electors. (B) The list of persons described in division (A) of this section shall not include any person who has a confidential voter registration record, as described in section 111.44 of the Revised Code. Such a person may vote for presidential and vice- presidential electors only by casting absent voter's ballots.
Ohio Rev Code § 3504.05 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 35 | Elections|Chapter 3504 | Presidential Ballots - Former Residents|Section 3504.05 | Notification of New State of Residence Certificates of Intent to Vote in Ohio.

Effective: August 15, 2012|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 295 - 129th General Assembly|The director of the board of elections shall forward copies of all certificates of intent received from former residents to the secretary of state no later than the twenty-fifth day prior to the day of the election in which such former resident desires to vote. Upon receipt of such certificate the secretary of state shall immediately notify the chief elections officer of the state of each applicant's prior residence of the fact that such applicant has declared his intention to vote for presidential and vice-presidential electors in this state.
Ohio Rev Code § 3504.06 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 35 | Elections|Chapter 3504 | Presidential Ballots - Former Residents|Section 3504.06 | Penalty.

Effective: July 1, 1996|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 2 - 121st General Assembly|A person who willfully makes a false statement or affidavit under sections 3504.01 to 3504.06 of the Revised Code is guilty of a felony of the fourth degree.
Ohio Rev Code § 3505.02 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 35 | Elections|Chapter 3505 | General and Special Election Ballots|Section 3505.02 | Former Names Printed in Parentheses on Ballot.

Effective: January 1, 1958|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 501 - 102nd General Assembly|Any former names which have been declared or submitted in accordance with section 3513.06 of the Revised Code shall be printed on the ballot in parentheses directly below the present name of such person. This section applies to both primary and general election ballots.
Ohio Rev Code § 3505.021 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 35 | Elections|Chapter 3505 | General and Special Election Ballots|Section 3505.021 | Candidates With Identical Given Names and Surnames.

Effective: March 23, 1981|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1062 - 113th General Assembly|In the event two or more persons with identical given name and surnames run for the same office in a general or special 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. Immediately after it becomes known that two or more persons with the same given name and surname are to be candidates on the same ballot for the same office, 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 statewide general and special elections shall notify the persons with identical given name 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 himself for the office he occupies, he shall have first choice of the name by which he 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 of the district shall make the determination. In case of statewide candidates, or in 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 clerk of the board of elections or secretary of state by special delivery mail or telegram at the candidate's address listed in his declaration of candidacy or petition of candidacy.
Ohio Rev Code § 3505.04 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 35 | Elections|Chapter 3505 | General and Special Election Ballots|Section 3505.04 | Nonpartisan Ballot.

Effective: September 30, 2021|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 80 - 134th General Assembly|On the nonpartisan ballot shall be printed the names of all nonpartisan candidates for election to the office of judge of a municipal court, county court, or court of common pleas, the office of member of the state board of education, the office of member of a board of education, municipal or township offices for municipal corporations and townships in which primary elections are not held for nomination of candidates by political parties, and municipal offices of municipal corporations having charters which provide for separate ballots for elections for such municipal offices. Such ballots shall have printed across the top, and below the stubs, "Official Nonpartisan Ballot." The order in which the offices are listed on the ballot shall be prescribed by, and certified to each board of elections by, the secretary of state; provided that the office of member of the state board of education shall be listed first on the ballot, then county judicial offices, followed by municipal and township offices, and by offices of member of a board of education, in the order stated. Within the rectangular space within which the title of each judicial office is printed on the ballot and immediately below such title shall be printed the date of the commencement of the term of the office, if a full term, as follows: "Full term commencing _______(Date)_______," or the date of the end of the term of the office, if an unexpired term, as follows: "Unexpired term ending _______(Date)________" The secretary of state shall prescribe the information and directions to the voter to be printed on the ballot within the rectangular space in which the title of office of member of the state board of education appears. Within the rectangular space within which the title of each office for member of a board of education is printed on the ballot shall be printed "For Member of Board of Education," and the number to be elected, directions to the voter as to voting for one, two, or more, and, if the office to be voted for is member of a board of education of a city school district, words shall be printed in said space on the ballot to indicate whether candidates are to be elected from subdistricts or at large. The names of all nonpartisan candidates for an office shall be arranged in a group under the title of that office, and shall be rotated and printed on the ballot as provided in section 3505.03 of the Revised Code. No name or designation of any political party nor any words, designations, or emblems descriptive of a candidate or the candidate's political affiliation, or indicative of the method by which such candidate was nominated or certified, shall be printed under or after any nonpartisan candidate's name which is printed on the ballot. Last updated July 14, 2021 at 11:09 AM