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...rchives is created in the office of the secretary of state. Under the direction of the secretary of state, the office shall do both of the following: (A) Retain voter registration and other election related data, analyze those data for purposes of maintaining accurate election data, and publish those data; (B) Retain, analyze, and publish business services data.

...The secretary of state shall compile and publish biennially in a paper, book, or electronic format the election statistics of Ohio, the official roster of federal, state, and county officers, and the official roster of township and municipal officers.

...securing statistical information as the secretary of state may propose. If any officer refuses or neglects to furnish promptly full and accurate answers to any such questions, he shall forfeit not less than five nor more than fifty dollars, to be recovered by civil action in the name of the state. When directed by the secretary of state, the prosecuting attorney of the proper county shall institute and prosecute such...

...l be transferred by such officer to the secretary of state, subject to the use of such officer so far as necessary in the discharge of his duties.

...ay be transmitted to any law publishing company that wishes to reproduce it. (D) At least sixty-five days before a board, commission, department, division, or bureau of the government of the state files a rule under division (B)(1) of this section, it shall file the full text of the proposed rule in electronic form with the joint committee on agency rule review, and the proposed rule is subject to legislative revi...

...The secretary of state shall not file or record articles of incorporation or consolidation, certificates, or other papers referred to in section 111.16 of the Revised Code unless the fee has been paid.

...ayment program may include, but is not limited to, one that permits a fee to be paid by electronic means of transmission. Fees paid under an alternative payment program shall be deposited to the credit of the secretary of state alternative payment program fund, which is hereby created in the state treasury. Any investment income of the secretary of state alternative payment program fund shall be credited to tha...

...Fees paid under protest to the secretary of state and deposited by him in the state treasury are recoverable only by a suit against the state and not against the secretary of state. For such purpose permission is hereby given by this section to maintain actions against the state in the cases and to the extent that such actions might be maintained against the secretary of state, if the fees were held by him. Service o...

...The certificate of compliance with the laws of this state issued to a corporation not organized under the laws of this state, or a copy of such certificate certified by the state officer issuing same, or his successor in office, shall be prima-facie evidence of the due incorporation and existence of the corporation. All officers authorized to issue certificates of compliance to corporations not organized under the la...

...The secretary of state may make copies of all documents filed with the secretary of state's office pursuant to any section of the Revised Code, by microfilm or any other authorized photostatic or digitized process, and destroy the original documents after they are copied.

...Any document filed with the secretary of state that, by statute or by rule or determination of the secretary of state, is required to include a signature of a person may contain, in lieu of the person's original signature, a copy of the person's original signature transmitted by facsimile machine to the secretary of state, or be a photocopy or similar reproduction of the person's original signature.

...The secretary of state shall: (A) Make and keep a record of all elections and the votes cast at elections in municipal corporations, townships, and counties upon all questions of electing charter commissions, of adopting charters or amendments to charters, of adopting additional laws or alternative forms of government, of transferring powers to counties, and of withdrawing or revoking those powers; (B) File and ...

... shall: (A) Furnish and certify to the secretary of state all copies of resolutions, ordinances, other instruments, portions of public records, and other information as the secretary of state requires; and (B) Furnish and certify duplicate copies of so much of each item as the secretary of state prescribes to the clerk of the court of common pleas and the law library of the county affected.

...(A) The secretary of state, by rule, shall establish, and prescribe guidelines and fees for the use of, an expedited filing service that provides, at the option of the person making a filing, expeditious processing of any filing with the secretary of state under Chapter 1309. or 1329. or Title XVII of the Revised Code. (B) The secretary of state may adopt rules establishing, and prescribing guidelines and fees f...

...ject the secretary of state to personal liability under section 9.86 of the Revised Code, improperly refuses to accept a document for filing or recording, the secretary of state shall not be personally liable on account of the improper refusal and the sureties that issued the bond shall not have a right of subrogation against the secretary of state on account of a claim made on the secretary of state's bond as a resu...

...(A) The secretary of state shall not accept a document for filing or recording if the document includes any individual's social security number or federal tax identification number. If a document presented for filing or recording includes any individual's social security number or federal tax identification number and the secretary of state refuses to accept that document for filing or recording, the secretary ...

...n can file a document directly with the secretary of state or retrieve a copy or certified copy of a certificate or public record; (b) The name of the person making the solicitation and the person's physical address, which shall not be a post office box. (C) A solicitation described in division (B) of this section shall not be in a form, or use deadline dates or other language, that makes the document appear to ...

...her person on a document filed with the secretary of state under Title XIII or Title XVII of the Revised Code without that person's consent, if the named person is included in the filing as: (a) A statutory agent; (b) The individual causing the document to be delivered for filing; (c) The person incorporating, forming, registering, or organizing an entity or name registration; (d) Any other person required to...

...The secretary of state shall prescribe the forms for persons to use in complying with the requirements of Title XVII of the Revised Code to the extent that those requirements relate to filings with the office of the secretary of state.

...commissioners shall be voluntary. The secretary of state shall administer the county voting machine revolving lease/loan fund in accordance with this section and shall enter into any lease or other agreement with the department of administrative services, the Ohio public facilities commission, or any board of elections necessary or appropriate to accomplish the purposes of this section. (E) Acquisitions made ...

...ion fund. The fund shall be used by the secretary of state to reimburse boards of elections pursuant to sections 3513.301, 3513.312, 3515.071, and 3521.03 of the Revised Code, and to provide training and educational programs for members and employees of boards of elections. The fund shall receive transfers of cash pursuant to controlling board action.

...(HAVA) fund. All moneys received by the secretary of state from the United States election assistance commission for purposes established under the "Help America Vote Act of 2002," Pub. L. No. 107-252, as amended, shall be credited to the fund. The secretary of state shall use the moneys credited to the fund for activities conducted pursuant to that act. All investment earnings of the fund shall be credited to the fu...

...The secretary of state shall prescribe forms for campaign finance disclosure statements and independent expenditure statements for the purpose of sections 145.053, 742.042, 3307.072, 3309.072, and 5505.044 of the Revised Code and accept the forms from candidates and persons making independent expenditures filing them with the secretary pursuant to those sections.

...ection 3511.02 of the Revised Code, the secretary of state may mail unsolicited applications for absent voter's ballots to electors for a general election if all of the following apply: (1) The general assembly appropriates funds to the controlling board for that particular mailing; (2) The secretary of state submits a request to the controlling board to transfer those funds to the absent voter's ballot applicati...

...ved training and certification from the secretary of state to help individuals complete applications to be program participants. (B) "Confidential address" means the address of a program participant's residence, school, institution of higher education, business, or place of employment, as specified on an application to be a program participant or on a notice of change of address filed under section 111.42 of the Re...