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...The board of elections of any county shall register or change the registration of any person determined not to be a resident in that county under section 3503.02 of the Revised Code, who is a resident and a qualified elector of another county in this state, on behalf of the county of residence. The director of any board of elections registering a person under this section shall send the completed registration form o...

...thods of registration, and voter qualifications for registration. The board shall establish a schedule or program to assure to the extent reasonably possible that, on or before November 1, 1980, all registration places shall be free of barriers that would impede the ingress and egress of persons with disabilities. Entrances shall be level or shall be provided with a nonskid ramp of not over eight per cent gradient,...

...mber, driver's license or state identification card number, telephone number, or electronic mail address; (b) A confidential voter registration record, as described in section 111.44 of the Revised Code; (c) The address of a designated public service worker, if the designated public service worker has submitted a redaction request to the board of elections under section 149.45 of the Revised Code; (d) Any ot...

...t one of the following forms of identification: (a) The voter's Ohio driver's license or state identification card number; (b) The last four digits of the voter's social security number. (6) The voter's signature. The registration form shall include a space on which the person registering an applicant shall sign the person's name and provide the person's address and a space on which the person registering an ...

...name, driver's license or state identification card number, birth date, social security number, or current address; (5) Safeguards and components to ensure that the integrity, security, and confidentiality of the voter registration information is maintained; (6) Methods to retain canceled voter registration records for not less than five years after they are canceled and to record the reason for their cancellat...

...emoved from the database, and that duplicate registrations are eliminated from the database; (2) Require the boards of elections to make a reasonable effort to remove individuals who are not eligible to vote from the database; (3) Establish safeguards to ensure that eligible electors are not removed in error from the database. (E)(1) The secretary of state shall adopt rules under Chapter 119. of the Revised ...

...o the bureau of motor vehicles that indicates that the person is not a United States citizen; (2) Registers to vote, submits a voter registration change of residence or change of name form, or votes in this state; (3) Submits documentation to the bureau of motor vehicles that indicates that the person is not a United States citizen. (B) The secretary of state shall send a written notice to each person identi...

... an elector to search for the polling location at which that elector may cast a ballot. (3) No information in the statewide voter registration database that is exempt from disclosure under division (A)(2) of section 3503.13 of the Revised Code shall be made available on the web site. (B)(1) The secretary of state shall establish, by rule adopted under Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, a process for boards of el...

...nated agency, a public high school or vocational school, a public library, the office of the county treasurer, the office of the secretary of state, any office of the registrar or deputy registrar of motor vehicles, or any office of a board of elections in person or by a third person. Any voter registration, change of address, or change of name application, returned by mail, may be sent only to the secretary of state...

...When a new precinct has been created, or the boundaries thereof have been changed, the election authorities shall correct and transfer the registration forms of registered electors whose voting precincts have thus been changed and shall notify such registrants by mail. The registration of an elector shall not be invalidated by such alteration or transfer nor shall the right of any registered elector to vote be prejud...

...ghteen years of age who have been adjudicated incompetent for the purpose of voting, as provided in section 5122.301 of the Revised Code. (C) At least once each month the clerk of the court of common pleas shall file with the board the names and residence addresses of all persons who have been convicted during the previous month of crimes that would disfranchise such persons under existing laws of the state. Reports...

... vehicles, at a public high school or vocational school, at a public library, at the office of a county treasurer, or at a branch office established by the board of elections, or in person, through another person, or by mail at the office of the secretary of state or at the office of a board of elections. A registered elector may also change the elector's registration on election day at any polling place where the el...

...ich the person's voting residence is located. (B) The procedures shall allow such a person to express a preference for the manner in which the person will receive the requested voter registration forms, whether by mail, electronically, or in person. The registration forms shall be transmitted by the preferred method. If the requestor does not express a preferred method, the registration forms shall be delive...

...ant to submit a voter registration application to the secretary of state online through the internet; (2) The online applicant to be registered to vote, if all of the following apply: (a) The application contains all of the following information: (i) The applicant's name; (ii) The applicant's address; (iii) The applicant's date of birth; (iv) The last four digits of the applicant's social security number; (v) ...

...of a certified copy of the death certificate of a registered elector by the deceased elector's spouse, parent, or child, by the administrator of the deceased elector's estate, or by the executor of the deceased elector's will; (4) The conviction of the registered elector of a felony under the laws of this state, any other state, or the United States as provided in section 2961.01 of the Revised Code; (5) The adjudi...

...rs," and under the heading shall be indicated the district or ward and precinct. Appended to each precinct list shall be attached the names of the members of the board and the name of the director. A sufficient number of such lists shall be provided for distribution to the candidates, political parties, or organized groups that apply for them. The board shall have each precinct list available at the board for viewin...

...(A) Application for the correction of any precinct registration list or a challenge of the right to vote of any registered elector may be made by any qualified elector at the office of the board of elections not later than the thirtieth day before the day of the election. The applications or challenges, with the reasons for the application or challenge, shall be filed with the board in person or by mail on a form pre...

...The board of elections may conduct investigations, summon witnesses, and take testimony under oath regarding the registration of any voter or as to the accuracy of the registration lists in any precinct.

...(A) All registration forms and lists, when not in official use by the registrars or precinct election officials, shall be in the possession of the board of elections. Names and addresses of electors may be copied from the registration lists only in the office of the board when it is open for business; but no such copying shall be permitted during the period of time commencing twenty-one days before an election and en...

...ted for registering voters; (3) The locations to which a person may return an applicant's completed registration form; (4) The location to which a person who is compensated for registering voters may return an applicant's completed registration form; (5) The registration and affirmation requirements applicable to persons who are compensated for registering voters under section 3503.29 of the Revised Code; (6)...

... school; (6) An employee of a public vocational school; (7) An employee of a public library; (8) An employee of the office of a county treasurer; (9) An employee of the bureau of motor vehicles; (10) An employee of a deputy registrar of motor vehicles; (11) An employee of an election official. (F) As used in this section, "registering a voter" and "registering voters" includes any effort, for compensation, to...

...d by mistake, may, on his personal application and proof of his true residence, correct his registration form. The board may correct all errors occurring in the registration of electors when it finds that the errors subject to correction were not of fraudulent intent.

...If an elector applying for registration is already registered in another state or in another county within this state, the elector shall declare this fact to the registration officer and shall sign an authorization to cancel the previous registration on a form prescribed by the secretary of state. The director of the board of elections shall mail all such authorizations to the board of elections or comparable agency...

...As used in sections 3797.01 to 3797.12 of the Revised Code: (A) "Aggrieved person" means the individual to whom the registrant would have been liable for assault or battery based on childhood sexual abuse, as defined in section 2305.111 of the Revised Code, but for the expiration of the limitation period under that section. (B) "Employed" means employed for more than fourteen days or for an aggregate of thirty da...

...w residence or place of employment is located immediately upon coming into that county. (B) A registrant shall obtain from the sheriff a registration form prescribed by the attorney general pursuant to section 3797.07 of the Revised Code, complete and sign the form, and return the form to the sheriff. The sheriff shall sign the form and indicate on the form the date on which it is returned. The registration required...