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... Revised Code relating to elections and political communications, whenever a person is required to sign or affix a signature to a declaration of candidacy, nominating petition, declaration of intent to be a write-in candidate, initiative petition, referendum petition, recall petition, or any other kind of petition, or to sign or affix a signature on any other document that is filed with or transmitted to a board of e...

...General elections in the state and its political subdivisions shall be held as follows: (A) For the election of electors of president and vice-president of the United States, in the year of 1932 and every four years thereafter; (B) For the election of a member of the senate of the United States, in the years 1932 and 1934, and every six years after each of such years; except as otherwise provided for filling vac...

... of the Revised Code to the contrary, a political subdivision or other entity that certifies a question or issue to a board of elections for placement on the ballot may make that certification in electronic or paper form.

... tabulation of the votes in the several political subdivisions, and other information and recommendations relative to elections the secretary of state considers desirable; (P) Prescribe and distribute to boards of elections a list of instructions indicating all legal steps necessary to petition successfully for local option elections under sections 4301.32 to 4301.41, 4303.29, 4305.14, and 4305.15 of the Revised C...

... employee, or agent of the state or any political subdivision, board, commission, bureau, or other public body established by law. (B) No public official that is responsible for administering or conducting an election in this state shall collaborate with, or accept or expend any money from, a nongovernmental person or entity for any costs or activities related to voter registration, voter education, voter identif...

... who shall not be a member of the same political party of which the director is a member, and other employees, prescribe their duties, and, by a vote of not less than three of its members, fix their compensation. The director, deputy director, and other employees of the board are not public officers and shall serve, during their term of office, at the discretion of the board. The board may summarily remove th...

...ade, from persons belonging to the same political party as that to which the outgoing officer belonged. If those vacancies cannot be filled in that manner, they shall be filled by the secretary of state.

...e equally divided between the two major political parties.

...of two polling place officials of major political parties, in the vehicle that conveyed that elector to the polling place, or to receive and cast that elector's ballot at the door of the polling place. Under no other circumstance may an elector vote in a vehicle or at the door of a polling place. (D) The secretary of state shall: (1) Work with other state agencies to facilitate the distribution of information an...

... employee, or agent of the state or any political subdivision, board, commission, bureau, or other public body established by law.

...nicipal corporation, township, or other political subdivision that includes territory in more than one precinct or any other district or authority that includes territory in more than one precinct and that is authorized by law to place an issue on the ballot at a special election.

...s a member of or is affiliated with the political party whose primary election ballot he desires to vote, shall be entitled to vote such ballot at the primary election.

...he election was a primary election, the political party whose ballot the elector cast at the primary election or an indication that the elector voted only on the questions and issues appearing on the ballot at a special election held on the day of the primary election; (c) The type of ballot the elector cast. (11) The elector's last activity date, which shall be determined in accordance with rules adopted by th...

...recinct election officials of different political parties. A blind, disabled, or illiterate elector may receive assistance in marking that elector's provisional ballot and in completing the required affirmation in the same manner as an elector may receive assistance on the day of an election under that section.

... consisting of one member of each major political party shall place the sealed provisional ballot envelopes in a secure location within the office of the board. The sealed provisional ballot envelopes shall remain in that secure location until the validity of those ballots is determined under division (B) of this section. While the provisional ballot is stored in that secure location, and prior to the counting of the...

...tified to the secretary of state by the political party of such nominees for president and vice-president. In marking an office type ballot or nonpartisan ballot, the voter shall record the vote in the manner provided on the ballot next to the name of each candidate for whom the voter desires to vote. In marking a primary election ballot, the voter shall record the vote in the manner provided on the ballot next t...

...rom two election officials of different political parties. (C) Any person providing assistance in the marking of an elector's ballot under this section shall thereafter provide no information in regard to the marking of that ballot. (D) Assistance shall not be rendered for causes other than those specified in this section.

...tion and who is a member of a different political party than the voting location manager, shall then deliver to the board the containers of ballots and the sealed pollbook, poll list, and tally sheet, together with all other election reports, materials, and supplies required to be delivered to the board. The board shall carefully preserve all ballots prepared and provided by it for use in an election, whether used...

... The county executive committee of each political party, each committee designated in a petition nominating an independent or nonpartisan candidate for election at an election, each committee designated in a petition to represent the petitioners pursuant to which a question or issue was submitted at an election, and any committee opposing a question or issue submitted at an election that was permitted by section 3505...

... of the state central committee of each political party of the time and place fixed. At such time and in the presence of such of the persons so notified who attend, the secretary of state shall canvass the abstracts contained in said Form No. 2 and shall determine and declare the results of all elections in which electors throughout the entire state voted. If two or more candidates for election to the same office, or...

...e person appointed shall be of the same political party as the duly elected presidential elector whose absence requires such appointment to be made. In case of a tie vote the governor shall determine the results by lot. The electors making such appointments shall certify forthwith to the secretary of state the names of the persons so appointed and the secretary of state shall immediately issue to such appointees cert...

...for president and vice-president of the political party which certified him to the secretary of state as a presidential elector pursuant to law.

...31 of the Revised Code, the name of the political party that nominated or certified the candidate shall be printed in less prominent typeface than that in which the candidate's name is printed.

...ion, port authorities, and counties and political subdivisions and taxing districts of this state, the commissioners of the sinking fund of this state, the administrator of workers' compensation, the retirement boards of the state teachers retirement system, the school employees retirement system, the public employees retirement system, and the Ohio police and fire pension fund, and of insurance companies, including ...

... or in obligations of this state or any political subdivision of this state. Income from all such investments of moneys in any fund shall be credited among funds as the authority determines, subject to the provisions of any such resolution or trust agreement, and such investments may be sold at such time as the authority determines.