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Ohio Rev Code § 3505.063 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 35 | Elections|Chapter 3505 | General and Special Election Ballots|Section 3505.063 | Proposed Constitutional Amendments - Official Explanation and Arguments.

Effective: September 29, 2007|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 119 - 127th General Assembly|(A) When the general assembly adopts a resolution proposing a constitutional amendment, it may, by resolution, designate a group of members who voted in support of the resolution to prepare arguments for the proposed amendment, and a group of members who voted in opposition to the resolution to prepare arguments against the proposed amendment. If no members voted in opposition to the resolution, or if the general assembly chooses not to designate a group of members to prepare arguments for the proposed amendment or chooses not to designate a group of members to prepare arguments against the proposed amendment, the Ohio ballot board shall prepare or designate a group of persons to prepare the relevant arguments. All arguments prepared under this division shall be filed with the secretary of state not later than eighty days before the date of the election. No argument shall exceed three hundred words. (B)(1) If the group of members of the general assembly or other group of persons designated under division (A) of this section fail to prepare and file their arguments in support of or in opposition to the proposed amendment by the eightieth day before the date of the election, the secretary of state shall notify the Ohio ballot board that those arguments have not been so prepared and filed. The board then shall prepare the missing arguments or designate a group of persons to prepare those arguments. All arguments prepared under this division shall be filed with the secretary of state not later than seventy-five days before the date of the election. No argument shall exceed three hundred words.(2) If the Ohio ballot board fails to provide for the preparation of missing arguments under division (B)(1) of this section after being notified by the secretary of state that one or more arguments have not been timely prepared and filed, the positions of the four appointed members of the board shall be considered vacant, and new members shall be appointed in the manner provided for original appointments.
Ohio Rev Code § 3505.07 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 35 | Elections|Chapter 3505 | General and Special Election Ballots|Section 3505.07 | Separate Ballots for Candidates, Question, or Issue.

Effective: February 25, 2014|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 109 - 130th General Assembly|(A) If the board of elections, by a unanimous vote of its members, or if the secretary of state, in the secretary of state's sole discretion, finds it impracticable to place the names of candidates for any office of a minor political subdivision in the county or the wording of any question or issue to be voted upon in such minor political subdivision on the ballots under sections 3505.01 to 3505.09 of the Revised Code, then such board may, or at the direction of the secretary of state shall, provide separate ballots for the candidates, question, or issue. (B) If the secretary of state, in the secretary of state's sole discretion, determines that it is impracticable to place the names of candidates for any office or the wording for any question or issue to be voted upon on the ballot when the candidates, question, issue, or wording for the question or issue was ordered onto the ballot by a court of competent jurisdiction and the ballots have been printed prior to the court order, the board of elections, at the direction of the secretary of state, shall provide separate ballots for the candidates, question, or issue.(C) All separate ballots provided for in this section shall conform in quality of paper, style of printing, form of ballot, arrangement of names, and in all other ways, in so far as practicable, with the provisions relating to the printing of the general official ballot.
Ohio Rev Code § 3505.071 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 35 | Elections|Chapter 3505 | General and Special Election Ballots|Section 3505.071 | Ballots in Joint County School Districts.

Effective: June 29, 1974|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 544 - 110th General Assembly|In the event that a school district extends into one or more counties, upon the filing of any resolution or candidate's petitions in the county containing the most populous portion of the school district, such county board of elections shall, within ten days after such filing, send to all other boards of elections of counties having territory within the school district, notice of such filing. The county containing the most populous portion of the school district shall furnish all ballots for school questions and issues for the school district.In the event that a regional transit authority includes territory in more than one county, any resolution, petition, or other action providing for a referendum or other election concerning the transit authority shall be filed with the board of elections of the county containing the most populous portion of the regional transit authority, and such board of elections shall, within ten days after such filing, send to the boards of elections of all other counties having territory within the regional transit authority notice of such filing and shall furnish all ballots for such election.
Ohio Rev Code § 3505.09 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 35 | Elections|Chapter 3505 | General and Special Election Ballots|Section 3505.09 | Separate Ballots for Each Precinct and District.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|In election precincts composed of a township or a part thereof, and a municipal corporation or a part thereof, separate ballots for each precinct shall be provided for all elections, so as to enable electors residing in such precincts to cast their votes for the proper candidates in such precincts. Separate ballots shall be provided for each district portion of each precinct which shall contain the names of the candidates for members of the board of education for whom the electors residing in such district are entitled to vote. In the case of overlapping school districts, the ballots shall be so printed as to plainly identify each district for which candidates are to be chosen.
Ohio Rev Code § 3505.11 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 35 | Elections|Chapter 3505 | General and Special Election Ballots|Section 3505.11 | Quantity of Ballots to Be Provided.

Effective: August 15, 2012|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 295 - 129th General Assembly|(A) The ballots, with the stubs attached, shall be bound into tablets for each precinct, which tablets shall contain at least one per cent more ballots than the total registration in the precinct, except as otherwise provided in division (B) of this section. Upon the covers of the tablets shall be written, printed, or stamped the designation of the precinct for which the ballots have been prepared. All official ballots shall be printed uniformly upon the same kind and quality of paper and shall be of the same shape, size, and type. Electors who have failed to respond within thirty days to any confirmation notice shall not be counted in determining the number of ballots to be printed under this section.(B)(1) A board of elections may choose to provide ballots on demand. If a board so chooses, the board shall have prepared for each precinct at least five per cent more ballots for an election than the number specified below for that kind of election:(a) For a primary election or a special election held on the day of a primary election, the total number of electors in that precinct who voted in the primary election held four years previously;(b) For a general election or a special election held on the day of a general election, the total number of electors in that precinct who voted in the general election held four years previously;(c) For a special election held at any time other than on the day of a primary or general election, the total number of electors in that precinct who voted in the most recent primary or general election, whichever of those elections occurred in the precinct most recently.(2) If, after the board complies with the requirements of division (B)(1) of this section, the election officials of a precinct determine that the precinct will not have enough ballots to enable all the qualified electors in the precinct who wish to vote at a particular election to do so, the officials shall request that the board provide additional ballots, and the board shall provide enough additional ballots, to that precinct in a timely manner so that all qualified electors in that precinct who wish to vote at that election may do so.
Ohio Rev Code § 3505.12 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 35 | Elections|Chapter 3505 | General and Special Election Ballots|Section 3505.12 | Type Size and Voting Instructions.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|The board of elections shall cause to be printed in English in twelvepoint type on paper or cardboard instructions as issued by the secretary of state for the guidance of electors in marking their ballots. Such instructions shall inform the voters as to how to prepare the ballots for voting, how to obtain a new ballot in case of accidentally spoiling one, and, in a smaller type, a summary of the important sections of the penal law relating to crimes against the elective franchise. The precinct election officials shall cause to be posted immediately in front of or on the polling place and in each voting shelf one or more of such cards of instructions.
Ohio Rev Code § 3505.13 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 35 | Elections|Chapter 3505 | General and Special Election Ballots|Section 3505.13 | Contract for Printing Ballots.

Effective: June 21, 2013|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 47 - 130th General Assembly|A contract for the printing of ballots involving a cost in excess of twenty-five thousand dollars shall not be let until after five days' notice published once in a newspaper of general circulation published in the county or upon notice given by mail by the board of elections, addressed to the responsible printing offices within the state. Except as otherwise provided in this section, each bid for such printing must be accompanied by a bond with at least two sureties, or a surety company, satisfactory to the board, in a sum double the amount of the bid, conditioned upon the faithful performance of the contract for such printing as is awarded and for the payment as damages by such bidder to the board of any excess of cost over the bid which it may be obliged to pay for such work by reason of the failure of the bidder to complete the contract. No bid unaccompanied by such bond shall be considered by the board. The board may, however, waive the requirement that each bid be accompanied by a bond if the cost of the contract is twenty-five thousand dollars or less. The contract shall be let to the lowest responsible bidder in the state. All ballots shall be printed within the state.
Ohio Rev Code § 3505.14 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 35 | Elections|Chapter 3505 | General and Special Election Ballots|Section 3505.14 | Printed Proofs of Ballot.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|After the letting of the contract for the printing of the ballots as provided in section 3505.13 of the Revised Code, the board of elections shall secure from the printer printed proofs of the ballot, and shall notify the chairman of the local executive committee of each party or group represented on the ballot by candidates or issues, and post such proofs in a public place in the office of the board for a period of at least twenty-four hours for inspection and correction of any errors appearing thereon. The board shall cause such proofs to be read with care and after correcting any errors shall return the corrected copy to the printer.
Ohio Rev Code § 3505.15 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 35 | Elections|Chapter 3505 | General and Special Election Ballots|Section 3505.15 | Ballot Packaging.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|The board of elections shall make adequate provision for the inspection of the printing of the ballots. The person to whom the contract for printing the ballots is let shall seal them securely in packages, one package for each precinct in the county or civil division in which the election is to be held, place a paper cover over them, and indicate on such cover the number of ballots contained therein with a space to indicate the precinct, and deliver them to the board at such time and place as the board directs. The board, upon receiving such package, shall give a receipt for the ballots indicating the number of ballots in each package and the number of the precinct in each case.
Ohio Rev Code § 3505.16 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 35 | Elections|Chapter 3505 | General and Special Election Ballots|Section 3505.16 | Ballot Boxes and Supplies Placement at Polling Place.

Effective: February 25, 2014|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 109 - 130th General Assembly|Before the opening of the polls, the package of supplies and the ballot box shall be opened in the presence of the precinct officials. The ballot box, the package of ballots, registration forms, and other supplies shall at all times be in full sight of the observers, and no ballot box or unused ballots during the balloting or counting shall be removed or screened from their full sight until the counting has been closed and the final returns completed and the certificate signed by the judges.
Ohio Rev Code § 3505.17 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 35 | Elections|Chapter 3505 | General and Special Election Ballots|Section 3505.17 | Lost or Destroyed Ballots or Supplies.

Effective: February 25, 2014|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 109 - 130th General Assembly|If by accident or casualty the ballots or other required papers, lists, or supplies are lost or destroyed, or in case none are delivered at the polling place, or if during the time the polls are open additional ballots or supplies are required, the board of elections, upon requisition by telephone or in writing and signed by a majority of the precinct election officials of the precinct stating why such additional supplies are needed, shall supply them as speedily as possible.
Ohio Rev Code § 3505.22 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 35 | Elections|Chapter 3505 | General and Special Election Ballots|Section 3505.22 | Impersonating an Elector.

Effective: June 1, 2006|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 3 - 126th General Assembly|If any precinct officer has reason to believe that a person is impersonating an elector, that person, before being given a ballot, shall be questioned as to the person's right to vote, and shall be required to sign the person's name or make the person's mark in ink on a card to be provided. If, in the opinion of a majority of the precinct officers, the signature is not that of the person who signed the name in the registration forms, that person shall be permitted to cast a provisional ballot under section 3505.181 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev Code § 3505.24 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 35 | Elections|Chapter 3505 | General and Special Election Ballots|Section 3505.24 | Providing Assistance to Blind, Disabled or Illiterate Electors.

Effective: June 26, 2013|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 109, Senate Bill 10, Senate Bill 205 - 130th General Assembly|Notwithstanding any provision of the Revised Code to the contrary, any elector who does both of the following may be accompanied in the voting booth and aided by any person of the elector's choice, other than the elector's employer, an agent of the elector's employer, or an officer or agent of the elector's union, if any: (A) Appears to vote on the day of an election or appears at the office of the board of elections to cast absent voter's ballots in person; and(B) Declares to the presiding judge of elections or to the election official who is accepting applications to cast absent voter's ballots in person that the elector is unable to mark the elector's ballot by reason of blindness, disability, or illiteracy. The elector also may request and receive assistance in the marking of the elector's ballot from two election officials of different political parties. Any person providing assistance in the marking of an elector's ballot under this section shall thereafter provide no information in regard to the marking of that ballot.Any election official may require a declaration of inability to be made by the elector under oath before the election official. Assistance shall not be rendered for causes other than those specified in this section, and no candidate whose name appears on the ballot shall assist any person in marking that person's ballot.  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 § 3505.26 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 35 | Elections|Chapter 3505 | General and Special Election Ballots|Section 3505.26 | Closing Polls Procedures.

Effective: February 25, 2014|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 109 - 130th General Assembly|At the time for closing the polls, the voting location manager shall by proclamation announce that the polls are closed. The precinct election officials shall then in the presence of observers proceed as follows:(A) Count the number of electors who voted, as shown on the pollbooks;(B) Count the unused ballots without removing stubs;(C) Count the soiled and defaced ballots;(D) Insert the totals of (A), (B), and (C) on the report forms provided therefor in the pollbook;(E) Count the voted ballots. If the number of voted ballots exceeds the number of voters whose names appear upon the pollbooks, the voting location manager shall enter on the pollbooks an explanation of that discrepancy, and that explanation, if agreed to, shall be subscribed to by all of the precinct election officials. Any precinct official having a different explanation shall enter it in the pollbooks and subscribe to it.(F) Put the unused ballots with stubs attached, and soiled and defaced ballots with stubs attached, in the envelopes or containers provided therefor, certify the number, and then proceed to count and tally the votes in the manner prescribed by section 3505.27 of the Revised Code and certify the result of the election to the board of elections.
Ohio Rev Code § 3505.27 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 35 | Elections|Chapter 3505 | General and Special Election Ballots|Section 3505.27 | Counting and Tallying of Ballots.

Effective: June 1, 2006|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 3 - 126th General Assembly|Unless otherwise ordered by the secretary of state or the board of elections, the counting and tallying of ballots shall be conducted according to procedures prescribed by the board of elections that assure an accurate count of all votes cast and that include all of the following:(A) The counting and tallying of ballots at the appropriate office, as designated by the board, in the full view of members of the board and observers;(B) The recording on a worksheet or other appropriate document of the number of votes cast for each candidate and the number of votes cast for and against each question or issue;(C) The periodic reporting to the public and the office of the secretary of state of the number of votes cast for each candidate and the number of votes cast for and against each question or issue as tallied at the time of the report;(D) An examination and verification by the appropriate authority, as designated by the board, of the votes so tallied and recorded in the pollbook under section 3505.26 of the Revised Code.The board shall prescribe additional procedures as necessary to assure an accurate count of all votes cast. These procedures shall be followed until all of the ballots that are required to be counted on the day of the election after the close of the polls have been counted.All work sheets that are prepared at the polling locations shall be preserved and placed inside the pollbook and returned to the board.If there is any disagreement as to how a ballot should be counted, it shall be submitted to the members of the board for a decision on whether or to what extent the ballot should be counted. If three of the members do not agree as to how any part of the ballot shall be counted, only that part of the ballot on which three of the members do agree shall be counted. A notation shall be made upon the ballot indicating what part has not been counted, and the ballot shall be placed in an envelope marked "Disputed Ballots."
Ohio Rev Code § 3505.28 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 35 | Elections|Chapter 3505 | General and Special Election Ballots|Section 3505.28 | Rejection of Ballots.

Effective: August 15, 2012|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 295 - 129th General Assembly|No ballot shall be counted which is marked contrary to law, except that no ballot shall be rejected for any technical error unless it is impossible to determine the voter's choice. If two or more ballots are found folded together among the ballots removed from a ballot box, they shall be deemed to be fraudulent. Such ballots shall not be counted. They shall be marked "Fraudulent" and shall be placed in an envelope indorsed "Not Counted" with the reasons therefor, and such envelope shall be delivered to the board of elections together with other uncounted ballots. No ballot shall be rejected because of being marked with ink or by any writing instrument other than one of the pencils provided by the board of elections.
Ohio Rev Code § 3505.29 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 35 | Elections|Chapter 3505 | General and Special Election Ballots|Section 3505.29 | Precinct Election Officials Not to Separate or Leave Until Counting Completed.

Effective: February 25, 2014|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 109 - 130th General Assembly|From the time the ballot box is opened and the count of ballots begun until the ballots are counted and certificates of votes cast are made out, signed, certified and given to the voting location manager for delivery to the headquarters of the board of elections, the precinct election officials in each precinct shall not separate, nor shall a precinct election official leave the polling place except from unavoidable necessity. In cases of illness or unavoidable necessity, the board may substitute another qualified person for any precinct official so incapacitated.