3511.01 Poll list to identify electors requesting absent voter's ballot.

Any section of the Revised Code to the contrary notwithstanding, any person serving in the armed forces of the United States, or the spouse or dependent of any person serving in the armed forces of the United States who resides outside this state for the purpose of being with or near such service member, who will be eighteen years of age or more on the day of a general or special election and who is a citizen of the United States, may vote armed service absent voter’s ballots in such general or special election as follows:

(A) If the service member is the voter, he may vote only in the precinct in which he has a voting residence in the state, and that voting residence shall be that place in the precinct in which he resided immediately preceding the commencement of such service, provided that the time during which he continuously resided in the state immediately preceding the commencement of such service plus the time subsequent to such commencement and prior to the day of such general, special, or primary election is equal to or exceeds thirty days.

(B) If the spouse or dependent of a service member is the voter, he may vote only in the precinct in which he has a voting residence in the state, and that voting residence shall be that place in the precinct in which he resided immediately preceding the time of leaving the state for the purpose of being with or near the service member, provided that the time during which he continuously resided in the state immediately preceding the time of leaving the state for the purpose of being with or near the service member plus the time subsequent to such leaving and prior to the day of such general, special, or primary election is equal to or exceeds thirty days.

(C) If the service member or his spouse or dependent establishes a permanent residence in a precinct other than the precinct in which he resided immediately preceding the commencement of his service, the voting residence of both the service member and his spouse or dependent shall be the precinct of such permanent residence, provided that the time during which he continuously resided in the state immediately preceding the commencement of such service plus the time subsequent to such commencement and prior to the day of such general, special, or primary election is equal to or exceeds thirty days.

Effective Date: 10-20-1987