3509.051 [Enactment Subject to Referendum] Additional provisions relating to casting absent voter's ballots.

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 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.

(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) If a board of elections employs more than one location for casting absent voter’s ballots in person before an election under division (C) of section 3501.10 of the Revised Code, an electronic pollbook that provides real time access to voting records shall be used in each such location.

(E) No person other than a precinct election official shall be permitted to challenge the right to vote of an absent voter who is casting a ballot in person. A precinct 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.

(F) 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.

Added by 129th General Assembly File No. 40, HB 194, § 1. This enactment is subject to referendum in the Nov. 6, 2012 election.