Ohio Revised Code Chapter 3519 - Initiative; Referendum

• Section 3519.01 - Initiative And Referendum Petitions.
  (A) Only one proposal of law or constitutional amendment to be proposed by initiative petition shall be contained in an initiative petition to enable...
• Section 3519.02 - Designation Of Committee.
  The petitioners shall designate in any initiative, referendum, or supplementary petition and on each of the several parts of such petition a committee of...
• Section 3519.03 - Argument Or Explanation Of Petitions.
  (A) The committee named in a initiative petition may prepare the argument or explanation, or both, in favor of the measure proposed, and the...
• Section 3519.04 - Estimate Of Annual Expenditure Of Public Funds Proposed And Annual Yield Of Proposed Taxes.
  Within two days after receipt, under division (A) of section 3519.01 of the Revised Code, of the verified copy of a proposed state law...
• Section 3519.05 - Form Of Petitions.
  (A) If the measure to be submitted proposes a constitutional amendment, the heading of each part of the petition shall be prepared in the...
• Section 3519.051 - Original Ink Signatures Required For Initiative And Referendum.
  Each signature of a voter who signs an initiative or referendum petition shall be an original signature of that voter in ink. Only initiative...
• Section 3519.06 - Verification Of Petition.
  No initiative or referendum part-petition is properly verified if it appears on the face thereof, or is made to appear by satisfactory evidence: (A)...
• Section 3519.07 - Web Site Postings Required For Initiative Or Referendum Proposals.
  (A) The secretary of state shall post each of the following on the web site of the office of the secretary of state: (1)...
• Section 3519.08 - Withdrawal Of Petition - Ballot Procedure.
  (A) Notwithstanding division (I)(2) of section 3501.38 of the Revised Code, at any time prior to the seventieth day before the day of an...
• Section 3519.09 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 05-15-1974
• Section 3519.10 - Qualifications Of Signers - Format Of Signing.
  Each signer of any initiative or referendum petition must be a qualified elector of the state. He shall place on such petition after his...
• Section 3519.11 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 01-01-1964
• Section 3519.12, 3519.13 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 05-15-1974
• Section 3519.14 - Minimum Number Of Signatures.
  The secretary of state shall not accept for filing any initiative or referendum petition which does not purport to contain at least the minimum...
• Section 3519.15 - Part-petitions.
  Whenever any initiative or referendum petition has been filed with the secretary of state, he shall forthwith separate the part-petitions by counties and transmit...
• Section 3519.16 - Jurisdiction Over Challenges To Petitions; Part-petitions.
  (A) Pursuant to Section 1g of Article II, Ohio Constitution, the supreme court of Ohio shall have exclusive original jurisdiction in all challenges to...
• Section 3519.17 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 01-01-1964
• Section 3519.18 - Power Of Board In Hearing Protests.
  In the performance of the duties required of the boards of elections, the boards may subpoena witnesses, compel the production of books, records, and...
• Section 3519.19, 3519.20 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 05-15-1974
• Section 3519.21 - Ballot Title And Order.
  The order in which all propositions, issues, or questions, including proposed laws and constitutional amendments, shall appear on the ballot and the ballot title...
• Section 3519.22 - Election Not Affected By Insufficient Signatures - Number Of Signatures.
  No measure submitted to the electors and receiving an affirmative majority of the votes cast on the measure shall be held ineffective or void...

Last modified: October 10, 2016