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...A presidential elector elected at a general election or appointed pursuant to section 3505.39 of the Revised Code shall, when discharging the duties enjoined upon him by the constitution or laws of the United States, cast his electoral vote for the nominees for president and vice-president of the political party which certified him to the secretary of state as a presidential elector pursuant to law.

...n; the secretary of state shall adopt rules under Chapter 119. of the Revised Code specifying the manner of storing the physical paper printout at the polling place. After the physical paper printout is produced, but before the voter's ballot is recorded, the voter shall have an opportunity to accept or reject the contents of the printout as matching the voter's ballot choices. If a voter rejects the contents of the ...

...he next general election occurring not less than ninety days thereafter the question "Shall voting machines, marking devices, and automatic tabulating equipment be adopted in the county of ________________________?" Upon the filing of such petition, the board of elections shall forthwith notify the board of county commissioners, and the board of county commissioners shall forthwith determine whether it would pr...

...er division (A) of this section with rules, instructions, directives, and advisories regarding the examination, testing, and use of electronic pollbooks, including rules regarding the sealing of the information in those pollbooks as required under section 3505.31 of the Revised Code. (C) As used in this section, "electronic pollbook" has the same meaning as in section 3506.05 of the Revised Code.

...t either by the action of the board of elections or by the board of county commissioners, on the recommendation of the board of elections or by the affirmative vote of a majority of the electors voting on the question of the adoption of such equipment, such board of county commissioners shall acquire the equipment by any one or by any combination of the following methods: (A) By purchasing in whole or in part such e...

...(A) If it is impracticable to supply each election precinct with voting machines or marking devices for use at the next election following the adoption of such equipment, as many shall be supplied for that election and the succeeding elections as it is practicable to procure either by purchase or lease, or by a combination of both, and such equipment may be used in election precincts within the county as the board of...

...eposited into the state treasury to the credit of the board of voting systems examiners fund, which is hereby created. All moneys credited to this fund shall be used solely for the purpose of paying for the services and expenses of each member of the board or for other expenses incurred relating to the examination, testing, reporting, or certification of equipment, the performance of any related duties as required by...

...nted, or otherwise acquired, or used, unless it fulfills the following requirements: (A) It shall permit and require voting in absolute secrecy, and shall be so constructed that no person can see or know for whom any other elector has voted or is voting, except an elector who is assisting a voter as prescribed by section 3505.24 of the Revised Code. (B) It shall permit each elector to vote at any election for all...

...nted, or otherwise acquired, or used, unless it has been or is capable of being manufactured for use and distribution beyond a prototype and can be set by election officials, to examine ballots and to count votes accurately for each candidate, question, and issue, excluding any ballots marked contrary to the instructions printed on such ballots, provided that such equipment shall not be required to count write-in vot...

...hall be the width of the ballot and not less than one-half inch in length. In the case of ballot cards with two stubs, the stubs shall be separated from the ballot card and from each other by perforated lines. One stub shall be known as Stub A and shall have printed on its face "Stub A" and "Consecutive Number _____" The other stub shall be known as Stub B and shall have printed on its face "Stub B" and "Consecutive...

...hall be the width of the ballot and not less than one-half inch in length. In the case of ballot cards with two stubs, the stubs shall be separated from the ballot card and from each other by perforated lines. One stub shall be known as Stub A and shall have printed on its face "Stub A" and "Consecutive Number _____" The other stub shall be known as Stub B and shall have printed on its face "Stub B" and "Consecutive ...

... section 3506.04 of the Revised Code, unless it fulfills the following requirements: (A) It shall permit and require voting in absolute secrecy, and shall be so constructed that no person can see or know for whom any other elector has voted or is voting, except an elector who is assisting a voter as prescribed by section 3505.24 of the Revised Code. (B) It shall permit each elector to vote at any election for all...

...ified the candidate shall be printed in less prominent typeface than that in which the candidate's name is printed.

...in use or are to be used, the board of elections: (A) May combine, rearrange, and enlarge precincts; but the board shall arrange for a sufficient number of these devices to accommodate the number of electors in each precinct as determined by the number of votes cast in that precinct at the most recent election for the office of governor, taking into consideration the size and location of each selected polling plac...

...f the Revised Code. The duties and privileges of observers in such precincts during the hours the polls are open shall be as provided in section 3505.21 of the Revised Code. Observers shall be allowed to remain in the polling place after the polls close and may observe the processing of the ballots and the sealing and signing of the envelopes or containers or both containing the voted ballots.

...e ascertained and corrected and an errorless count shall be made and certified to by the board before the count is started. (B) All automatic tabulating equipment to be used in an election shall pass the same testing described in division (A)(2) of this section at the beginning and conclusion of the election day count before the election returns are approved as official. (C) The board shall give public notice o...

...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 advisories the secretary of s...

...ary of state or a board of elections, unless it meets those standards. (B) Notwithstanding any contrary provision of this chapter, a county that used a voter registration system before the effective date of this section may continue to use that system until the county acquires a new voter registration system, which shall meet the requirements of this chapter.

...(A) For any recount of an election in which ballots are cast using a direct recording electronic voting machine with a voter verified paper audit trail, the voter verified paper audit trail shall serve as the official ballot to be recounted. (B) Voter verified paper audit trails shall be preserved in the same manner and for the same time period as paper ballots are preserved under section 3505.31 of the Revised Code...

...on that occurs after January 1, 2006, unless required sooner by the Help America Vote Act of 2002, each polling location shall have available for use at all elections at least one direct recording electronic voting machine or marking device that is accessible for individuals with disabilities, including nonvisual accessibility for persons who are blind and visually impaired, in a manner that provides the same opportu...

...ary 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 elections provide ballots for each precinct in accordance with division (B) of section 3505.11 of the Revised Code. (B) Notwithstanding a...

... (C) The secretary of state may adopt rules under Chapter 119. of the Revised Code to authorize additional types of optical scan ballots and to specify the types of marks on those ballots that shall be counted as a valid vote to ensure consistency in the counting of ballots throughout the state. (D)(1) A board of elections of a county that uses optical scan ballots and automatic tabulating equipm...

...tion 514.03 of Am. Sub. H.B. 66 of the 126th general assembly.

...A voting machine shall not be connected to the internet.

...hip interest in the person or entity is less than ten per cent.