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Ohio Rev Code § 3506.08 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 35 | Elections|Chapter 3506 | Voting and Tabulating Equipment|Section 3506.08 | Printed Ballot Card Specifications.

Effective: August 22, 1995|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 99 - 121st General Assembly|When a marking device designed for use with printed ballot cards has been approved by the secretary of state pursuant to section 3506.05 of the Revised Code, the secretary of state shall for each election prescribe specifications for the printing of such ballot cards that will present to voters the same information with respect to candidates, offices, questions, and issues obtainable from paper ballots for the same election prepared pursuant to Chapter 3505. of the Revised Code.Each ballot card shall have attached two stubs, each of the width of the ballot and each at least one-half inch in length, except that, if the board of elections has an alternate method to account for the ballots that the secretary of state has authorized, each ballot card may have only one stub that shall be the width of the ballot and not less than one-half inch in length. In the case of ballot cards with two stubs, the stubs shall be separated from the ballot card and from each other by perforated lines. One stub shall be known as Stub A and shall have printed on its face "Stub A" and "Consecutive Number _____" The other stub shall be known as Stub B and shall have printed on its face "Stub B" and "Consecutive Number _____" and the instructions to the voter which shall be printed in upper and lower case ten point type. Each ballot card of each kind of ballot provided for use in each precinct shall be numbered consecutively by printing such number upon both of the stubs attached thereto. The board of elections may order the ballot type, part, rotation series, and the precinct designation printed and pre-punched at the top of each ballot card. This information shall be separated from the remaining portion of the ballot card.The secretary of state shall further prescribe the supplementary means, whether paper ballots, ballot envelopes, or other, by which a voter may write in the names of candidates whose names do not appear on the ballot.
Ohio Rev Code § 3506.09 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 35 | Elections|Chapter 3506 | Voting and Tabulating Equipment|Section 3506.09 | Marking Devices Designed for Use With Electronic Data Processing Cards.

Effective: August 22, 1995|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 99 - 121st General Assembly|Where a marking device designed for use with electronic data processing cards has been approved by the secretary of state pursuant to section 3506.05 of the Revised Code, the secretary of state shall for each election prescribe for use with such marking device ballot labels that will present to voters the same information with respect to candidates, offices, questions, and issues obtainable from paper ballots for the same election prepared pursuant to Chapter 3505. of the Revised Code.Each ballot card shall have attached two stubs, each of the width of the ballot and each at least one-half inch in length, except that, if the board of elections has an alternate method to account for the ballots that the secretary of state has authorized, each ballot card may have only one stub that shall be the width of the ballot and not less than one-half inch in length. In the case of ballot cards with two stubs, the stubs shall be separated from the ballot card and from each other by perforated lines. One stub shall be known as Stub A and shall have printed on its face "Stub A" and "Consecutive Number _____" The other stub shall be known as Stub B and shall have printed on its face "Stub B" and "Consecutive Number _____" and the instructions to the voter which shall be printed in upper and lower case ten point type. Each ballot card of each kind of ballot provided for use in each precinct shall be numbered consecutively by printing such number upon both of the stubs attached thereto. The board of elections may order the ballot type, part, rotation series, and the precinct designation printed and pre-punched at the top of each ballot card. This information shall be separated from the remaining portion of the ballot card.The secretary of state shall further prescribe the supplementary means, whether paper ballots, ballot envelopes, or other, by which a voter may write in the names of candidates whose names do not appear on the ballot.
Ohio Rev Code § 3506.11 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 35 | Elections|Chapter 3506 | Voting and Tabulating Equipment|Section 3506.11 | Rotation of Candidates' Names.

Effective: February 5, 2014|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 193 - 130th General Assembly|The names of all candidates for an office shall be arranged in a group under the title of the office and printed on labels so that they may be rotated on the voting machine as provided in section 3505.03 of the Revised Code. Under the name of each candidate nominated at a primary election, nominated by petition under section 3517.012 of the Revised Code, or certified by a party committee to fill a vacancy under section 3513.31 of the Revised Code, the name of the political party that nominated or certified the candidate shall be printed in less prominent typeface than that in which the candidate's name is printed.
Ohio Rev Code § 3506.12 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 35 | Elections|Chapter 3506 | Voting and Tabulating Equipment|Section 3506.12 | County Board to Combine, Rearrange or Enlarge Precincts - Counting Stations.

Effective: February 25, 2014|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 109 - 130th General Assembly|In counties where marking devices, automatic tabulating equipment, voting machines, or any combination of these are in use or are to be used, the board of elections: (A) May combine, rearrange, and enlarge precincts; but the board shall arrange for a sufficient number of these devices to accommodate the number of electors in each precinct as determined by the number of votes cast in that precinct at the most recent election for the office of governor, taking into consideration the size and location of each selected polling place, available parking, handicap accessibility and other accessibility to the polling place, and the number of candidates and issues to be voted on. Notwithstanding section 3501.22 of the Revised Code, the board may appoint more than four precinct officers to each precinct if this is made necessary by the number of voting machines to be used in that precinct.(B) Except as otherwise provided in this division, shall establish one or more counting stations to receive voted ballots and other precinct election supplies after the polling precincts are closed. Those stations shall be under the supervision and direction of the board of elections. Processing and counting of voted ballots, and the preparation of summary sheets, shall be done in the presence of observers approved by the board. A certified copy of the summary sheet for the precinct shall be posted at each counting station immediately after completion of the summary sheet.
Ohio Rev Code § 3506.13 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 35 | Elections|Chapter 3506 | Voting and Tabulating Equipment|Section 3506.13 | Challengers and Witnesses in Precincts Where Marking Devices, Automatic Tabulating Equipment, Voting Machines, or Any Combination of These Are Used.

Effective: June 1, 2006|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 3 - 126th General Assembly|In precincts where marking devices, automatic tabulating equipment, voting machines, or any combination of these are used, observers may be appointed as prescribed in section 3505.21 of the Revised Code. The duties and privileges of observers in such precincts during the hours the polls are open shall be as provided in section 3505.21 of the Revised Code.Observers shall be allowed to remain in the polling place after the polls close and may observe the processing of the ballots and the sealing and signing of the envelopes or containers or both containing the voted ballots.
Ohio Rev Code § 3506.14 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 35 | Elections|Chapter 3506 | Voting and Tabulating Equipment|Section 3506.14 | Testing and Auditing of Voting Equipment.

Effective: August 22, 1995|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 99 - 121st General Assembly|(A) Prior to each election, the board of elections shall test and audit the variable codes applicable to that election to verify the accuracy of any computer program that will be used for tallying the ballot cards for each precinct in which an election will be held.(B) Prior to the start of the count of the ballots, the board of elections shall have the voting machine or automatic tabulating equipment tested to ascertain that it will accurately count the votes cast for all offices and on all questions and issues. Public notice of the time and place of the test shall be given by proclamation or posting as in the case of notice of elections. The test shall be conducted by processing a pre-audited group of ballots so marked as to record a predetermined number of valid votes for each candidate and on each question and issue, and shall include for each office one or more ballots that have votes in excess of the number allowed by law in order to test the ability of the automatic tabulating equipment to reject those votes. In that test a different number of valid votes shall be assigned to each candidate for an office, and for and against each question and issue. If an error is detected, the cause for the error shall be ascertained and corrected and an errorless count shall be made and certified to by the board before the count is started. The tabulating equipment shall pass the same test at the beginning and conclusion of the election day count before the election returns are approved as official. On completion of the election day count, the programs, test materials, and ballots shall be sealed and retained as provided for paper ballots in section 3505.31 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev Code § 3506.15 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 35 | Elections|Chapter 3506 | Voting and Tabulating Equipment|Section 3506.15 | Secretary of State to Promulgate Rules for Equipment and Conduct of Elections.

Effective: February 25, 2014|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 109 - 130th General Assembly|The secretary of state shall provide each board of elections with rules, instructions, directives, and advisories regarding the examination, testing, and use of the voting machine and tabulating equipment, the assignment of duties of booth officials, the procedure for casting a vote on the machine, and how the vote shall be tallied and reported to the board, and with other rules, instructions, directives, and advisories the secretary of state finds necessary to ensure the adequate care and custody of voting equipment, and the accurate registering, counting, and canvassing of the votes as required by this chapter. The boards of elections shall be charged with the responsibility of providing for the adequate instruction of voters and election officials in the proper use of the voting machine and marking devices. The secretary of state's rules, instructions, directives, and advisories provided under this section shall comply, insofar as practicable, with this chapter. The provisions of Title XXXV of the Revised Code, not inconsistent with the provisions relating to voting machines, apply in any county using a voting machine.
Ohio Rev Code § 3506.18 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 35 | Elections|Chapter 3506 | Voting and Tabulating Equipment|Section 3506.18 | Electronic Voting Machine - Verified Paper Audit Trail as Official Ballot in Recount.

Effective: May 2, 2006|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 3 - 126th General Assembly|(A) For any recount of an election in which ballots are cast using a direct recording electronic voting machine with a voter verified paper audit trail, the voter verified paper audit trail shall serve as the official ballot to be recounted.(B) Voter verified paper audit trails shall be preserved in the same manner and for the same time period as paper ballots are preserved under section 3505.31 of the Revised Code.(C) A voter verified paper audit trail shall be treated as are other ballots for purposes of section 149.43 of the Revised Code and shall be retained in accordance with the county records retention schedule established under section 149.38 of the Revised Code after the relevant time period prescribed for its preservation in section 3505.31 of the Revised Code, or as ordered by the secretary of state or a court of competent jurisdiction.(D) If a voter verified paper audit trail is made available to the public, any information on that voter verified paper audit trail that identifies the particular direct recording electronic voting machine that produced it shall be redacted.
Ohio Rev Code § 3506.19 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 35 | Elections|Chapter 3506 | Voting and Tabulating Equipment|Section 3506.19 | Disability-Accessible Electronic Voting Machine to Be Required at Each Polling Place.

Effective: November 15, 2005|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 147 - 126th General Assembly|On and after the first federal election that occurs after January 1, 2006, unless required sooner by the Help America Vote Act of 2002, each polling location shall have available for use at all elections at least one direct recording electronic voting machine or marking device that is accessible for individuals with disabilities, including nonvisual accessibility for the blind and visually impaired, in a manner that provides the same opportunity for access and participation, including privacy and independence, as for other voters.
Ohio Rev Code § 3506.20 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 35 | Elections|Chapter 3506 | Voting and Tabulating Equipment|Section 3506.20 | Tracking Number Required for Ballots on Demand System.

Effective: May 2, 2006|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 3 - 126th General Assembly|(A) As used in this section, "ballots on demand voting system" means a system that utilizes ballots printed as needed by election officials at the board of elections for distribution to electors, either in person or by mail.(B) No board of elections shall use a ballots on demand voting system unless each ballot printed by the system includes a tracking number.
Ohio Rev Code § 3506.21 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 35 | Elections|Chapter 3506 | Voting and Tabulating Equipment|Section 3506.21 | Optical Scan Ballot Marking Requirements.

Effective: February 27, 2008|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 286 - 127th General Assembly|(A) As used in this section, "optical scan ballot" means a ballot that is marked by using a specified writing instrument to fill in a designated position to record a voter's candidate, question, or issue choice and that can be scanned and electronically read in order to tabulate the vote. (B)(1) In addition to marks that can be scanned and electronically read by automatic tabulating equipment, any of the following marks, if a majority of those marks are made in a consistent manner throughout an optical scan ballot, shall be counted as a valid vote:(a) A candidate, question, or issue choice that has been circled by the voter;(b) An oval beside the candidate, question, or issue choice that has been circled by the voter;(c) An oval beside the candidate, question, or issue choice that has been marked by the voter with an "x," a check mark, or other recognizable mark;(d) A candidate, question, or issue choice that has been marked with a writing instrument that cannot be recognized by automatic tabulating equipment.(2) Marks made on an optical scan ballot in accordance with division (B)(1) of this section shall be counted as valid votes only if that optical scan ballot contains no marks that can be scanned and electronically read by automatic tabulating equipment.(3) If automatic tabulating equipment detects that more marks were made on an optical scan ballot for a particular office, question, or issue than the number of selections that a voter is allowed by law to make for that office, question, or issue, the voter's ballot shall be invalidated for that office, question, or issue. The ballot shall not be invalidated for any other office, question, or issue for which the automatic tabulating equipment detects a vote to have been cast, in accordance with the law.(C) The secretary of state may adopt rules under Chapter 119. of the Revised Code to authorize additional types of optical scan ballots and to specify the types of marks on those ballots that shall be counted as a valid vote to ensure consistency in the counting of ballots throughout the state.(D)(1) A board of elections of a county that uses optical scan ballots and automatic tabulating equipment as the primary voting system for the county shall not tabulate the unofficial results of optical scan ballots voted on election day at a central location.(2) A board of elections that provides for the tabulation at each precinct of voted ballots, and then, at a central location, combines those precinct ballot totals with ballot totals from other precincts, including optical scan ballots voted by absent voters, shall not be considered to be tabulating the unofficial results of optical scan ballots at a central location for the purpose of division (D)(1) of this section.
Ohio Rev Code § 3506.22 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 35 | Elections|Chapter 3506 | Voting and Tabulating Equipment|Section 3506.22 | Direct Recording Electronic Voting Machines After 2012.

Effective: March 20, 2014|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 200 - 130th General Assembly|(A) Beginning in the year 2013 and thereafter, a county that selects direct recording electronic voting machines as the primary voting system to be used in the county and not only for accessibility for individuals with disabilities as required under the Help America Vote Act of 2002 and section 3506.19 of the Revised Code shall acquire, if needed, sufficient direct recording electronic voting machines to meet the minimum number of direct recording electronic voting machines required to be established by the secretary of state under division (B) of this section. (B) Beginning in the year 2013 and every eight years thereafter, the secretary of state shall establish, for each county, a minimum number of direct recording electronic voting machines that the county shall be required to have if it elects to use direct recording electronic voting machines as the primary voting system in the county. The minimum number for each county shall be calculated as follows:(1) The total number of registered voters in the county as of the October deadline for voter registration for the last presidential election or the average of the total number of registered voters in the county as of the October deadline for voter registration for the last two presidential elections, whichever number is higher, minus the total number of absent voter's ballots cast and counted at the last presidential election, shall be determined.(2) The number resulting from the determination under division (B)(1) of this section shall be divided by one hundred seventy-five.(3) Any fraction resulting from the calculation under division (B)(2) of this section shall be rounded up to the next whole number.(C) A county that selects direct recording electronic voting machines as the primary voting system to be used in the county and not only for accessibility for individuals with disabilities as required under the Help America Vote Act of 2002 and section 3506.19 of the Revised Code after May 2, 2006, but before the year 2013 shall do so in accordance with the formula set forth in Section 514.03 of Am. Sub. H.B. 66 of the 126th general assembly.
Ohio Rev Code § 3506.23 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 35 | Elections|Chapter 3506 | Voting and Tabulating Equipment|Section 3506.23 | Voting Machines Not to Be Connected to Internet.

Effective: May 2, 2006|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 3 - 126th General Assembly|A voting machine shall not be connected to the internet.
Ohio Rev Code § 3509.02 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 35 | Elections|Chapter 3509 | Absent Voter's Ballots|Section 3509.02 | Qualifications for Voting by Absent Voter's Ballot.

Effective: August 15, 2012|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 295 - 129th General Assembly|(A) Any qualified elector may vote by absent voter's ballots at an election. (B) Any qualified elector who is unable to appear at the office of the board of elections or, if pursuant to division (C) of section 3501.10 of the Revised Code the board has designated another location in the county at which registered electors may vote, at that other location on account of personal illness, physical disability, or infirmity, and who moves from one precinct to another within a county, changes the elector's name and moves from one precinct to another within a county, or moves from one county to another county within the state, on or prior to the day of a general, primary, or special election and has not filed a notice of change of residence or change of name may vote by absent voter's ballots in that election as specified in division (G) of section 3503.16 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev Code § 3509.021 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 35 | Elections|Chapter 3509 | Absent Voter's Ballots|Section 3509.021 | Identification Envelopes Containing Absent Voter's Ballots for Former Resident Voters in Presidential Elections.

Effective: October 27, 2011|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 224 - 129th General Assembly|All identification envelopes containing absent voter's ballots for former resident voters who are entitled to vote for presidential and vice-presidential electors only, shall have printed or stamped thereon the words, "Presidential Ballot."
Ohio Rev Code § 3509.051 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 35 | Elections|Chapter 3509 | Absent Voter's Ballots|Section 3509.051 | Casting Absent Voter's Ballots in Person.

Effective: March 20, 2019|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 41 - 132nd General Assembly|Notwithstanding section 3509.05 or any other provision of the Revised Code to the contrary, all of the following shall apply to the casting of absent voter's ballots in person: (A) The absent voter shall provide identification to the election officials in the same manner as one of the following: (1) As a voter who casts a ballot in person on the day of an election is required to provide identification under section 3505.18 of the Revised Code; or (2) As a voter who casts an absent voter's ballot is required to submit a completed written application for an absent voter's ballot under section 3509.03 of the Revised Code. (B) The absent voter shall not be required to complete a statement of voter on an absent voter's ballot identification envelope. (C) The board of elections shall provide a signature book to be signed by absent voters who are casting their ballots in person. (D) No person other than an election official shall be permitted to challenge the right to vote of an absent voter who is casting a ballot in person. An election official may challenge the right to vote of an absent voter who is casting a ballot in person in the same manner as a precinct election official may challenge the right to vote of an elector on the day of an election under section 3505.20 or 3513.19 of the Revised Code. (E) No absent voter may receive a replacement ballot after the voter's absent voter's ballot has been scanned or entered into automatic tabulating equipment.