Ohio Revised Code Chapter 3501 - Election Procedure; Election Officials

• Section 3501.01 - Election Procedure - Election Officials Definitions.
  As used in the sections of the Revised Code relating to elections and political communications: (A) "General election" means the election held on the...
• Section 3501.011 - Legal Mark Of Registered Elector.
  (A) Except as otherwise provided in divisions (B) and (C) of this section, and except as otherwise provided in any section of Title XXXV...
• Section 3501.012 - Voter Application Not To Be Refused Due To Specified Requirements.
  Notwithstanding any provision of the Revised Code to the contrary, the secretary of state or a board of elections shall not refuse to accept...
• Section 3501.02 - General Election - Time For Holding.
  General elections in the state and its political subdivisions shall be held as follows: (A) For the election of electors of president and vice-president...
• Section 3501.021 - Certification In Paper Form.
  Notwithstanding any provision of the Revised Code to the contrary, a political subdivision or other entity that certifies a question or issue to a...
• Section 3501.03 - Notice Of Election.
  At least ten days before the time for holding an election the board of elections shall give public notice by a proclamation, posted in...
• Section 3501.04 - Secretary Of State Is Chief Election Officer.
  The secretary of state is the chief election officer of the state, with such powers and duties relating to the registration of voters and...
• Section 3501.05 - Election Duties Of Secretary Of State.
  The secretary of state shall do all of the following: (A) Appoint all members of boards of elections; (B) Issue instructions by directives and...
• Section 3501.051 - Simulated Election Programs For Minors.
  (A) Notwithstanding any other section of the Revised Code, the secretary of state may authorize, in one or more precincts in one or more...
• Section 3501.052 - State Officials Not To Serve As Campaign Officials.
  (A) The secretary of state shall not serve as campaign treasurer or in any other official capacity for any campaign committee for any state...
• Section 3501.053 - Instructions Regarding Conduct Of Elections - Web Publication.
  (A) The secretary of state may issue instructions as to the proper method of conducting elections to members of the boards of elections by...
• Section 3501.06 - County Board Of Elections.
  (A) There shall be in each county of the state a board of elections consisting of four qualified electors of the county, who shall...
• Section 3501.07 - Filling Vacancies On County Boards Of Elections.
  At a meeting held not more than sixty nor less than fifteen days before the expiration date of the term of office of a...
• Section 3501.08 - Oath Of Members.
  Before entering upon the duties of his office, each member of the board of elections shall appear before a person authorized to administer oaths...
• Section 3501.09 - Organization Of County Board.
  Biennially, within five days after the appointments to the board of elections are made by the secretary of state, the members of the board...
• Section 3501.091 - Chairman Or Director Replaced With Member Of Opposite Party.
  At any time after the organization of the board of elections is perfected and reported to the secretary of state under section 3501.09 of...
• Section 3501.10 - Offices And Records Of Board.
  (A) The board of elections shall, as an expense of the board, provide suitable rooms for its offices and records and the necessary and...
• Section 3501.11 - Board Duties.
  Each board of elections shall exercise by a majority vote all powers granted to the board by Title XXXV of the Revised Code, shall...
• Section 3501.12 - Compensation Of Board Members.
  (A) The annual compensation of members of the board of elections shall be determined on the basis of the population of the county according...
• Section 3501.13 - Duties Of Director.
  (A) The director of the board of elections shall keep a full and true record of the proceedings of the board and of all...
• Section 3501.14 - Compensation Of Director, Deputy Director, And Employees Of Board.
  The board of elections shall, by a vote of not less than three of its members, fix the annual compensation of its director and...
• Section 3501.141 - Insurance Coverage Of Board Members And Employees.
  (A) The board of elections of any county may contract, purchase, or otherwise procure and pay all or any part of the cost of...
• Section 3501.15 - Election Officials Not To Be Candidates - Exceptions.
  No person shall serve as a member, director, deputy director, or employee of the board of elections who is a candidate for any office...
• Section 3501.16 - Secretary Of State May Remove Or Suspend From Office.
  The secretary of state may summarily remove or suspend any member of a board of elections, or the director, deputy director, or any other...
• Section 3501.161 - Filling Vacancy In Office Of Chairman Or Director With Member Of Opposite Party.
  The board may decide by the affirmative vote of at least three members to fill a vacancy in the office of chairman or director...
• Section 3501.17 - Expenditures And Costs.
  (A) The expenses of the board of elections shall be paid from the county treasury, in pursuance of appropriations by the board of county...
• Section 3501.18 - Division Of Political Subdivision Into Precincts.
  (A) The board of elections may divide a political subdivision within its jurisdiction into precincts, establish, define, divide, rearrange, and combine the several election...
• Section 3501.19 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 2006 HB3 05-02-2006; 2008 HB562 09-22-2008
• Section 3501.20 - State Or National Home For Disabled Soldiers May Be A Precinct.
  The lands used for a state or national home for disabled soldiers shall constitute a separate election precinct, and, if necessary, may be divided...
• Section 3501.21 - Change Of Precinct Or Polling Place Notice.
  When the board of elections considers it necessary to change, divide, or combine any precinct or to relocate a polling place, it shall notify,...
• Section 3501.22 - Precinct Officials.
  (A) (1) On or before the fifteenth day of September in each year, the board of elections by a majority vote shall, after careful...
• Section 3501.221 - Appointment Of Interpreters.
  (A) To encourage voting, a board of elections may appoint persons who are fluent in a non-English language to serve as interpreters to assist...
• Section 3501.23 - Special Elections Precinct Officials.
  A board of elections shall, by the adoption of a resolution, provide that, at any special election at which no candidates are to be...
• Section 3501.24, 3501.25 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 08-22-1995
• Section 3501.26 - Procedure Upon Closing Of Polls.
  When the polls are closed after a primary, general, or special election, the receiving officials shall, in the presence of the counting officials and...
• Section 3501.27 - Qualifications Of Precinct Officials.
  (A) All precinct election officials shall complete a program of instruction pursuant to division (B) of this section. No person who has been convicted...
• Section 3501.28 - Compensation Of Precinct Officials.
  (A) As used in this section: (1) "Fair Labor Standards Act" or "Act" means the "Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938," 52 Stat. 1062,...
• Section 3501.29 - Polling Places.
  (A) The board of elections shall provide for each precinct a polling place and provide adequate facilities at each polling place for conducting the...
• Section 3501.30 - Polling Place Supplies.
  (A) The board of elections shall provide for each polling place the necessary ballot box, official ballots, cards of instructions, registration forms, pollbooks or...
• Section 3501.301 - Supplies Other Than Ballots.
  A contract involving a cost in excess of twenty-five thousand dollars for printing and furnishing the supplies, other than the official ballots, required in...
• Section 3501.302 - Agreements For The Bulk Purchase Of Election Supplies.
  The secretary of state may enter into agreements for the bulk purchase of election supplies in order to reduce the costs for such purchases...
• Section 3501.31 - Notice Of Election Mailed To Precinct Officials.
  The board of elections shall mail to each precinct election official notice of the date, hours, and place of holding each election in the...
• Section 3501.32 - Hours For Polling Places.
  (A) Except as otherwise provided in division (B) of this section, on the day of the election the polls shall be opened by proclamation...
• Section 3501.33 - Authority Of Precinct Officials.
  All precinct election officials shall enforce peace and good order in and about the place of registration or election. They shall especially keep the...
• Section 3501.34 - Duties Of Police As To Elections.
  The officer or authority having command of the police force of any municipal corporation or the sheriff of any county, on requisition of the...
• Section 3501.35 - No Loitering Or Congregating Near Polling Places.
  (A) During an election and the counting of the ballots, no person shall do any of the following: (1) Loiter, congregate, or engage in...
• Section 3501.36 - Fees And Mileage For Officials Delivering Or Returning Election Supplies.
  Each precinct election official who before the day of an election in his precinct obtains ballots, pollbooks, or other materials to be used in...
• Section 3501.37 - Safekeeping Of Election Booths And Equipment.
  After each election, the precinct election officials of each precinct, except when the board of elections assumes the duty, shall see that the movable...
• Section 3501.38 - General Rules For Petitions And Declarations Of Candidacy.
  All declarations of candidacy, nominating petitions, or other petitions presented to or filed with the secretary of state or a board of elections or...
• Section 3501.381 - Compensation Regarding Signature Gathering Activities - Forms To Be Filed With Secretary Of State.
  (A) (1) Any person who will receive compensation for supervising, managing, or otherwise organizing any effort to obtain signatures for a declaration of candidacy,...
• Section 3501.382 - Attorney In Fact May Sign For Disabled Voter.
  (A) (1) A registered voter who, by reason of disability, is unable to physically sign the voter's name as a candidate, signer, or circulator...
• Section 3501.39 - Grounds For Rejection Of Petition Or Declaration Of Candidacy.
  (A) The secretary of state or a board of elections shall accept any petition described in section 3501.38 of the Revised Code unless one...
• Section 3501.90 - Civil Action By Elector For Harassment.
  (A) As used in this section: (1) "Harassment in violation of the election law" means either of the following: (a) Any of the following...

Last modified: October 10, 2016