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...(A) Prior to each election, the board of elections shall do both of the following as instructed by the secretary of state: (1) Test and audit the variable codes applicable to that election to verify the accuracy of any computer program that will be used for tallying the ballot cards for each precinct in which an election will be held; (2) Conduct systematic logic and accuracy testing of every component of every v...

... secretary of state shall provide each board of elections with rules, instructions, directives, and advisories regarding the examination, testing, and use of the voting machine and tabulating equipment, the assignment of duties of booth officials, the procedure for casting a vote on the machine, and how the vote shall be tallied and reported to the board, and with other rules, instructions, directives, and adv...

... voting system shall be approved by the board of voting systems examiners, certified by the secretary of state, or acquired by the secretary of state or a board of elections, unless it meets those standards. (2) The standards adopted under division (A)(1) of this section shall do both of the following: (a) Require that each ballot printed by the system include a tracking number; (b) Require that the board of el...

...If a board of elections receives an application for absent voter's ballots under section 3509.03 of the Revised Code and it is apparent to the board that the absent voter is a uniformed services voter or overseas voter, as defined in section 3511.01 of the Revised Code, the board shall consider that applicant to have applied for uniformed services or overseas ballots under Chapter 3511. of the Revised Code and shall ...

...ot shall be returned immediately to the board of elections; otherwise, the elector shall cause the ballot to be marked, folded separately so as to conceal the markings on it, deposited in the identification envelope, and securely sealed in the identification envelope. The elector shall sign the identification envelope not later than the close of the polls on the day of the election. The elector then shall cause the i...

...than the office of member of the state board of education, office of member of a city, local, or exempted village board of education, office of member of a governing board of an educational service center, or office of township trustee.

...ection ballots shall be provided by the board of elections for each political party having candidates for nomination or election in a primary election. Section 3505.08 of the Revised Code governing the kind of paper, the kind of ink, and the size and style of type to be used in the printing of ballots for general elections shall apply in the printing of ballots for primary elections. Primary election ballots shall h...

...ot declared nominated may file with the board of elections of a county a written application for a recount of the votes cast at such primary election in any precinct in such county for all persons for whom votes were cast in such precinct for such nomination. Any person who was a candidate at a general, special, or primary election for election to an office or postion who was not declared elected may file wit...

... election, file an application with the board of elections for a recount of the votes cast at such election for such nomination or election in any precinct, the ballots of which have not been recounted. If, following a recount of votes cast in an election upon any question or issue, the amended declaration of the results of such election shows the result of such election to be contrary to the result thereof as decla...

...If the board of elections in a county orders a recount in any county or municipal election pursuant to section 3515.011 of the Revised Code, the expense of the recount shall be paid from the county treasury in the same manner as other expenses of the board under section 3501.17 of the Revised Code. If the secretary of state orders a recount as provided in section 3515.011 of the Revised Code, the expense of the reco...

...g shall apply: (1) If the Ohio ballot board has not already certified the ballot language at the time a majority of the members of the committee gives the written notice of withdrawal, the board shall not certify ballot language for that proposed initiative or referendum to the secretary of state. (2) The secretary of state shall not certify a ballot form or wording to the boards of elections under sections 3...

...rformance of the duties required of the boards of elections, the boards may subpoena witnesses, compel the production of books, records, and other evidence, administer oaths, and take evidence.

...lities authority may be created by the board of county commissioners of a county that contains all of the territory of an impacted watershed. If the territory of an impacted watershed is contained within more than one county, a joint facilities lake authority may be created by resolution of the board of commissioners of each county in which the impacted watershed is located. A resolution creating a lake facilit...

...No member, director, or employee of a board of elections shall: (A) Willfully or negligently violate or neglect to perform any duty imposed upon him by law, or willfully perform or neglect to perform it in such a way as to hinder the objects of the law, or willfully disobey any law incumbent upon him so to do; (B) Willfully or knowingly report as genuine a false or fraudulent signature on a petition or registration...

...lowing: (1) Fail to appear before the board of elections, or its representative, after notice has been served personally upon the official or left at the official's usual place of residence, for examination as to the official's qualifications; (2) Fail to appear at the polling place to which the official is assigned at the hour and during the hours set for the registration or election; (3) Fail to take the o...

...hall give notice of the hearing to each board of county commissioners that would be affected by the increase at least thirty days prior to the date set for the hearing. Any county commissioner may appear and give testimony at the hearing. Any increase in the millage any county is required to provide for the program for children and youth with special health care needs shall be determined, and notice of the amount of ...

...ect and improve the public health. Each board of health or other body or person appointed or acting in place of a board of health shall appoint its health commissioner or health officer a delegate to such conferences. The district board of health shall pay the necessary expenses of such delegate upon presentation of a certificate from the director of health that the delegate attended the sessions of such conferences.

...providing emergency health care. (N) "Board of health" means the board of health of a city or general health district or the authority having the duties of a board of health under section 3709.05 of the Revised Code.

...n 3701.504 of the Revised Code and each board of health, information describing factors or conditions of hearing loss and the effect of such a loss on an infant or child's language development, and information on the importance of hearing screening, hearing evaluation, early intervention, and follow-up care for newborns and infants. This information shall be updated as the department determines necessary. Each hos...

...iance shall appoint a backflow advisory board consisting of not more than ten members, who shall serve at the pleasure of the superintendent. The superintendent shall appoint a representative from the plumbing section of the division of industrial compliance, three representatives recommended by the plumbing administrator of the division of industrial compliance, a representative of the drinking water program of the ...

...each primary registration district, the board of health of the health district, on the recommendation of the health commissioner, shall appoint the local registrar of vital statistics. When a state hospital or other public institution has been made a primary registration district, the superintendent, or other person in charge thereof, shall be the local registrar of such district. When two or more primary registratio...

...When an order of the board of health of a city or general health district, made pursuant to section 3707.01 of the Revised Code, is not complied with in whole or in part, the board may petition the court of common pleas for an injunction requiring all persons to whom such order of the board is directed to comply with such order. The court of the county in which the offense is alleged to be occurring may grant such in...

...ned because of contagious diseases, the board of health of the city or general health district shall provide, for all persons confined in such house or place, food, fuel, and all other necessaries of life, including medical attendance, medicine, and nurses when necessary. The expenses so incurred, except those for disinfection, quarantine, or other measures strictly for the protection of the public health, when prope...

... a communicable disease declared by the board of health of a city or general health district or the department of health to require isolation or quarantine shall attend any public, private, or parochial school or college, Sunday school, church, or any other public gathering, until released from isolation or quarantine by the board. All school principals, Sunday school superintendents, or other persons in charge of su...

...ften, if in its judgment necessary, the board of health of a city or general health district shall inspect the sanitary condition of all schools and school buildings within its jurisdiction, and may disinfect any school building. When a dangerous communicable disease is unusually prevalent and verified positive cases of the disease have been documented in a specific school building, the board may close that specific ...