3511.10 Voting at board of elections.

If, after the thirty-fifth day and before the close of the polls on the day of a general or primary election, a valid application for armed service absent voter’s ballots is delivered to the director of the board of elections at the office of the board by a person making the application in his own behalf, the director shall forthwith deliver to the person all armed service absent voter’s ballots then ready for use, together with an identification envelope. The person shall then immediately retire to a voting booth in the office of the board, and mark the ballots. He shall then fold each ballot separately so as to conceal his markings thereon, and deposit all of the ballots in the identification envelope and securely seal it. Thereupon he shall fill in answers to the questions on the face of the identification envelope, and by writing his usual signature in the proper place thereon, he shall declare under penalty of election falsification that the answers to those questions are true and correct to the best of his knowledge and belief. He shall then deliver the identification envelope to the director. If thereafter, and before the third day preceding such election, the board provides additional separate official issue or special election ballots, as provided for in section 3511.04 of the Revised Code, the director shall promptly, and not later than twelve noon of the third day preceding the day of election, mail such additional ballots to such person at the address specified by him for that purpose.

In the event any person serving in the armed forces of the United States is discharged after the closing date of registration, and he or his spouse, or both, meets all the other qualifications set forth in section 3511.01 of the Revised Code, he or she shall be permitted to vote prior to the date of the election in the office of the board in his county, as set forth in this section.

Effective Date: 03-23-1981