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Ohio Rev Code § 3513.14 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 35 | Elections|Chapter 3513 | Primaries; Nominations|Section 3513.14 | Primary Election Ballot Form.

Effective: August 22, 1995|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 99 - 121st General Assembly|Except in elections for which the board of elections has received no valid declarations of intent to be a write-in candidate under section 3513.041 of the Revised Code, immediately below the title of each office for which nominations are to be made and the names of candidates for such nomination printed thereunder, there shall be provided on each primary election ballot as many blank spaces as, but not more than, the number of nominations to be made for such office, in which the voter may write the names of persons for whose nomination he desires to vote, provided that inasmuch as candidates for the office of delegate and alternate to the national and state conventions, member of the state central committee, and member of the county central committee are elected at the primary election no blank space shall be left on the ballot after the names of the candidates for such office, and no vote shall be counted for any person whose name has been written in on said ballot for any of such offices. If no person files and qualifies as a candidate for the office of member of the state central committee or member of the county central committee such office shall not appear on the ballot.The face of the ballot below the stub shall be substantially in the following form:OFFICIAL ____________(name of party)__________PRIMARY BALLOT(A) To vote for a candidate record your vote in the manner provided next to the name of such candidate.(B) If you tear, soil, deface, or erroneously mark this ballot return it to the election officials and obtain another.
Ohio Rev Code § 3513.15 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 35 | Elections|Chapter 3513 | Primaries; Nominations|Section 3513.15 | Rotating Names of Candidates on Ballot.

Effective: October 8, 1982|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 419 - 114th General Assembly|The names of the candidates in each group of two or more candidates seeking the same nomination or election at a primary election, except delegates and alternates to the national convention of a political party, shall be rotated and printed as provided in section 3505.03 of the Revised Code, except that no indication of membership in or affiliation with a political party shall be printed after or under the candidate's name. When the names of the first choices for president of candidates for delegate and alternate are not grouped with the names of such candidates, the names of the first choices for president shall be rotated in the same manner as the names of candidates. The specific form and size of the ballot shall be prescribed by the secretary of state in compliance with this chapter.It shall not be necessary to have the names of candidates for member of a county central committee printed on the ballots provided for absentee voters, and the board may cause the names of such candidates to be written on said ballots in the spaces provided therefor.The secretary of state shall prescribe the procedure for rotating the names of candidates on the ballot and the form of the ballot for the election of delegates and alternates to the national convention of a political party in accordance with section 3513.151 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev Code § 3513.16 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 35 | Elections|Chapter 3513 | Primaries; Nominations|Section 3513.16 | Designation of Term for Judge of Court of Common Pleas on Primary Ballot.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|When two or more judges of the court of common pleas are to be elected in a county at any one election, the name of each candidate shall be placed upon the primary ballot under the designation of the term for which he is a candidate. Such designation shall correspond to that required by section 3513.08 of the Revised Code. The candidates for each term so designated shall be candidates for that term only, unless two or more new judgeships have been created, in which case from all candidates for a newly-created judgeship those receiving the highest number of votes shall be nominated.
Ohio Rev Code § 3513.17 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 35 | Elections|Chapter 3513 | Primaries; Nominations|Section 3513.17 | Death of Candidate Before Primary Election.

Effective: September 28, 1959|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 72 - 103rd General Assembly|If a person who has filed a declaration of candidacy, whose candidacy is to be submitted at a primary election to the electors of the entire state, dies prior to the tenth day before the day of such primary election, the secretary of state, upon proof of the death of such candidate, shall make certification of such death to the boards of elections of the state, and the name of such deceased candidate shall not appear on the ballots.If a person who has filed a declaration of candidacy, whose candidacy is to be submitted at a primary election to the electors of a district comprised of more than one county but less than all the counties of the state, dies prior to the tenth day before the day of such primary election, the board of the most populous county of such district shall, upon proof of the death of such candidate, make certification of such death to the boards of such district, and the name of such deceased candidate shall not appear on the ballots.If a person who has filed a declaration of candidacy, whose candidacy is to be submitted at a primary election to the electors of a subdivision smaller than a county but situated in more than one county, dies prior to the tenth day before the day of such primary election, the board of the county in which the major portion of the population of such subdivision is located shall, upon proof of the death of such candidate, make certification of such death to the boards of the other counties in which portions of the population of such subdivision are located, and the name of such deceased candidate shall not appear on the ballots.If a person who has filed a declaration of candidacy, whose candidacy is to be submitted at a primary election to the electors of a county, or district or subdivision within a county, dies prior to the fifth day before the day of such primary election, upon proof of the death of such candidate to the board, the name of such deceased candidate shall not appear on the ballots.If, at the time such certification or proof of death of a candidate is received by a board, ballots carrying the name of the deceased candidate have been printed, such board shall cause strips of paper to be pasted on such ballots so as to cover the name of the deceased candidate before such ballots are delivered to electors; except that in voting places using marking devices, the board shall cause strips of paper bearing the revised list of candidates for the office, after eliminating the deceased candidate's name, to be pasted on such ballot cards so as to cover the name or names formerly shown, before such ballot cards are delivered to the electors.In no case shall votes cast for a deceased candidate be counted or recorded.
Ohio Rev Code § 3513.18 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 35 | Elections|Chapter 3513 | Primaries; Nominations|Section 3513.18 | Primary Election Pollbooks.

Effective: February 25, 2014|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 109 - 130th General Assembly|Party primaries shall be held at the same place and time, but there shall be separate pollbooks and tally sheets provided at each polling place for each party participating in the election. If a special election on a question or issue is held on the day of a primary election, there shall be provided in the pollbooks pages on which shall be recorded the names of all electors voting on said question or issue and not voting in such primary. It shall not be necessary for electors desiring to vote only on the question or issue to declare their political affiliation.
Ohio Rev Code § 3513.19 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 35 | Elections|Chapter 3513 | Primaries; Nominations|Section 3513.19 | Challenges at Primary Elections.

Effective: February 25, 2014|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 109 - 130th General Assembly|(A) It is the duty of any precinct election official, whenever any such official doubts that a person attempting to vote at a primary election is legally entitled to vote at that election, to challenge the right of that person to vote. The right of a person to vote at a primary election may be challenged upon the following grounds: (1) That the person whose right to vote is challenged is not a legally qualified elector;(2) That the person has received or has been promised some valuable reward or consideration for the person's vote;(3) That the person is not affiliated with or is not a member of the political party whose ballot the person desires to vote. Such party affiliation shall be determined by examining the elector's voting record for the current year and the immediately preceding two calendar years as shown on the voter's registration card, using the standards of affiliation specified in the seventh paragraph of section 3513.05 of the Revised Code. Division (A)(3) of this section and the seventh paragraph of section 3513.05 of the Revised Code do not prohibit a person who holds an elective office for which candidates are nominated at a party primary election from doing any of the following:(a) If the person voted as a member of a different political party at any primary election within the current year and the immediately preceding two calendar years, being a candidate for nomination at a party primary held during the times specified in division (C)(2) of section 3513.191 of the Revised Code provided that the person complies with the requirements of that section;(b) Circulating the person's own petition of candidacy for party nomination in the primary election.(B) When the right of a person to vote is challenged upon the ground set forth in division (A)(3) of this section, membership in or political affiliation with a political party shall be determined by the person's statement, made under penalty of election falsification, that the person desires to be affiliated with and supports the principles of the political party whose primary ballot the person desires to vote.
Ohio Rev Code § 3513.191 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 35 | Elections|Chapter 3513 | Primaries; Nominations|Section 3513.191 | Disqualification of Candidate for Party Primary.

Effective: August 22, 1995|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 99 - 121st General Assembly|(A) No person shall be a candidate for nomination or election at a party primary if the person voted as a member of a different political party at any primary election within the current year and the immediately preceding two calendar years.(B) Notwithstanding division (A) of this section, either of the following persons may be candidates for nomination of any political party at a party primary:(1) A person who does not hold an elective office;(2) A person who holds an elective office other than one for which candidates are nominated at a party primary.(C)(1) Notwithstanding division (A) of this section, a person who holds an elective office for which candidates are nominated at a party primary may be a candidate at a primary election held during the times specified in division (C)(2) of this section for nomination as a candidate of a political party of which the person is prohibited from being a candidate for nomination under division (A) of this section if the person files a declaration of intent to seek the nomination of that party and if, by filing the declaration, the person has not violated division (C)(3) of this section. The declaration of intent shall:(a) Be filed not later than four p.m. of the thirtieth day before a declaration of candidacy and petition is required to be filed under section 3513.05 of the Revised Code;(b) Be filed with the same official with whom the person filing the declaration of intent is required to file a declaration of candidacy and petition;(c) Indicate the political party whose nomination in the primary election the person seeks;(d) Be on a form prescribed by the secretary of state.(2) No person filing a declaration of intent under division (C)(1) of this section shall be a candidate at any primary election for nomination for an elective office for which candidates are nominated at a party primary during the calendar year in which the person files the declaration or during the next calendar year except as a candidate of the party indicated under division (C)(1)(c) of this section.(3) No person who files a declaration of intent under division (C)(1) of this section shall file another such declaration for a period of ten years after the declaration is filed.(4) Notwithstanding the seventh paragraph of section 3513.05 of the Revised Code, a person who complies with this section may circulate that person's own petition of candidacy for party nomination at the party primary at which the person seeks nomination under this section.
Ohio Rev Code § 3513.192 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 35 | Elections|Chapter 3513 | Primaries; Nominations|Section 3513.192 | Forfeiting Nomination.

Effective: August 22, 1995|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 99 - 121st General Assembly|Any candidate nominated at a party primary election who votes in that primary election as a member of a political party different from the party that nominated the candidate shall forfeit the nomination, and the vacancy so created shall be filled in accordance with section 3513.31 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev Code § 3513.20 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 35 | Elections|Chapter 3513 | Primaries; Nominations|Section 3513.20 | Effect of Challenge to Voter at Primary.

Effective: May 2, 2006|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 3 - 126th General Assembly|Before any challenged person shall be allowed to vote at a primary election, the person shall make a statement, under penalty of election falsification, before one of the precinct officials, blanks for which shall be furnished by the board of elections, giving name, age, residence, length of residence in the precinct, county, and state; stating that the person desires to be affiliated with and supports the principles of the political party whose ballot the person desires to vote; and giving all other facts necessary to determine whether the person is entitled to vote in that primary election. The statement shall be returned to the office of the board with the pollbooks and tally sheets.If a person challenged refuses to make that statement under penalty of election falsification, the person shall be permitted to vote a provisional ballot under section 3505.181 of the Revised Code. If a majority of the precinct officials finds that the statements of a person challenged or the person's voting record or other evidence shows that the person lacks any of the qualifications required to make the person a qualified elector at the primary election or that the person is not affiliated with or is not a member of the political party whose ballot the person desires to vote, the person shall be permitted to vote a provisional ballot under section 3505.181 of the Revised Code. Last updated May 3, 2021 at 10:53 AM
Ohio Rev Code § 3513.21 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 35 | Elections|Chapter 3513 | Primaries; Nominations|Section 3513.21 | Counting and Return of Ballots.

Effective: February 25, 2014|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 109 - 130th General Assembly|At the close of the polls in a primary election, the precinct election officials shall proceed without delay to canvass the vote, sign and seal it, and make returns thereof to the board of elections forthwith on the forms to be provided by the board. The provisions of Title XXXV of the Revised Code relating to the accounting for and return of all ballots at general elections apply to primary ballots. If there is any disagreement as to how a ballot should be counted it shall be submitted to all of the precinct election officials. If three of the precinct election officials do not agree as to how any part of the ballot shall be counted, that part of such ballot which three of the officials do agree shall be counted and a notation made upon the ballot indicating what part has not been counted, and shall be placed in an envelope provided for that purpose, marked "Disputed Ballots" and returned to the board.The board shall, on the day when the vote is canvassed, open such sealed envelopes, determine what ballots and for whom they should be counted, and proceed to count and tally the votes on such ballots.
Ohio Rev Code § 3513.23 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 35 | Elections|Chapter 3513 | Primaries; Nominations|Section 3513.23 | Write-in Votes.

Effective: December 23, 2002|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 445 - 124th General Assembly|(A) If an elector voting at a primary election writes in a blank space provided for that purpose on the ballot of one political party under the title of an office for which a nomination is to be made the name of a person other than the persons whose names are printed on the ballot as candidates for the nomination, and if that elector records the vote in the manner provided on the ballot next to the name written, that ballot shall be counted as a vote for the nomination of the person whose name is so written if that person has filed a declaration of intent to be a write-in candidate under section 3513.041 of the Revised Code.(B) In no event shall a person whose name is written on a primary election ballot be nominated as a candidate for election to an office if the name of no person living on the day of that primary election is printed on the ballot as a candidate for that nomination, unless the total number of votes cast for the person whose name is written on the ballot is not less than that number of petition signatures that would have been required for the printing of the person's name on the primary ballot pursuant to section 3513.05 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev Code § 3513.24 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 35 | Elections|Chapter 3513 | Primaries; Nominations|Section 3513.24 | Canvass of Votes for Members of Party Committees.

Effective: April 5, 1976|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1165 - 111th General Assembly|When members of party committees are elected at a primary election, the returns shall be made and canvassed in the same manner as for the election of state, district, and county offices. The election authorities shall issue and deliver to each person who is elected a certificate of his election. A list of such party committeemen who are chosen shall be filed and kept in the office of the secretary of state and the board of elections for a period of two years.
Ohio Rev Code § 3513.253 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 35 | Elections|Chapter 3513 | Primaries; Nominations|Section 3513.253 | Nomination for Officers of Township.

Effective: July 2, 2010|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 48 - 128th General Assembly|Nominations of candidates for election as officers of a township shall be made only by nominating petitions, unless a majority of the electors of such township have petitioned for a primary election. The nominating petitions of nonpartisan candidates for township trustee and township fiscal officer shall be signed by not less than twenty-five qualified electors of the township. Such petition shall be filed with the board of elections not later than four p.m. of the ninetieth day before the day of the general election, provided that no such nominating petition shall be accepted for filing if it appears to contain signatures aggregating in number more than three times the minimum number of signatures required by this section. A board of elections shall not accept for filing a nominating petition of a person if that person, for the same election, has already filed a declaration of candidacy, a declaration of intent to be a write-in candidate, or a nominating petition, or has become a candidate through party nomination at a primary election or by the filling of a vacancy under section 3513.30 or 3513.31 of the Revised Code for any other township office, or for a municipal office, for member of a city, local, or exempted village board of education, or for member of a governing board of an educational service center. When a petition of a candidate has been accepted for filing by a board of elections, the petition shall not be deemed invalid if, upon verification of signatures contained in the petition, the board of elections finds the number of signatures accepted exceeds three times the minimum number of signatures required. A board of elections may discontinue verifying signatures when the number of verified signatures on a petition equals the minimum required number of qualified signatures.
Ohio Rev Code § 3513.255 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 35 | Elections|Chapter 3513 | Primaries; Nominations|Section 3513.255 | Petitions for Member of Governing Board of Educational Service Center.

Effective: July 2, 2010|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 48 - 128th General Assembly|This section is subject to section 3513.256 of the Revised Code. The name of each candidate for election as a member of a governing board of an educational service center shall appear on the nonpartisan ballot. Each nominating petition shall be signed by fifty qualified electors who reside in one of the following, as applicable: (A) The school districts over which the educational service center governing board has jurisdiction, in the case of any candidate running for a position on any educational service center governing board other than a governing board established in accordance with section 3311.054 of the Revised Code;(B) The subdistrict in which the candidate is running, in the case of a position on a governing board of an educational service center established in accordance with section 3311.054 of the Revised Code.Each nominating petition shall be filed with the board of elections of the county in which the central administrative offices of the educational service center governing board are located not later than four p.m. of the ninetieth day before the day of the general election, provided that no such petition shall be accepted for filing if it appears to contain signatures aggregating in number more than three times the minimum number of signatures required by this section. A board of elections shall not accept for filing a nominating petition of a person if that person, for the same election, has already filed a declaration of candidacy, a declaration of intent to be a write-in candidate, or a nominating petition, or has become a candidate through party nomination at a primary election or by the filling of a vacancy under section 3513.30 or 3513.31 of the Revised Code for any other position as a member of a governing board of an educational service center or position as a member of a city, local, or exempted village board of education, or for a municipal or township office. When a petition of a candidate has been accepted for filing by a board of elections, the petition shall not be deemed invalid if, upon verification of signatures contained in the petition, the board of elections finds the number of signatures accepted exceeds three times the minimum signatures required. A board of elections may discontinue verifying petitions when the number of verified signatures equals the minimum required number of qualified signatures.