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... former names. Any person who has been elected under the person's changed name, without submission of the person's former name, shall be immediately suspended from the office and the office declared vacated, and shall be liable to the state for any salary the person has received while holding such office. The attorney general in the case of candidates for state offices, the prosecuting attorney of the most populous c...

...Each independent candidate for election to the office of judge of the supreme court, court of appeals, court of common pleas, probate court, and such other courts as are established by law, in addition to designating in such nominating petition the office to which he seeks such nomination shall, if two or more judges of the same court are to be elected at any one election, designate the term of the office for electi...

...ne valid declaration of candidacy is filed for nomination as a candidate of a political party for an office and that candidate dies prior to the tenth day before the primary election, both of the following may occur: (a) The political party whose candidate died may fill the vacancy so created as provided in division (A)(2) of this section. (b) Any major political party other than the one whose candidate died ...

... this section, if only one person has filed a valid declaration of candidacy for nomination as the candidate of a political party for the office of representative to congress and that person withdraws as a candidate or dies at any time before the primary election, a special election shall be held under division (B) (1) of this section as soon as reasonably practicable to nominate the following: (1) That party's can...

...g petition, as provided in section 3513.261 of the Revised Code, with the appropriate election official not later than four p.m. on the tenth day following the day on which the vacancy occurs, provided that when the vacancy occurs fewer than six days before the fifty-sixth day before the general election, the deadline for filing shall be four p.m. on the fiftieth day before the general election. The nominating ...

...ntieth day before the day of a primary election, the vacancy on the ballot shall be filled by appointment by the joint candidate for the office of governor. Such candidate for governor shall certify in writing and under oath to the secretary of state not later than the sixty-fifth day before the day of such election the name and residence address of the person selected to fill such vacancy. (B) If a candidate...

...de, if a person nominated in a primary election or nominated by petition under section 3517.012 of the Revised Code as a party candidate for the office of representative to congress for election at the next general election withdraws as such candidate prior to the ninetieth day before the day of such general election, or dies prior to the ninetieth day before the day of such general election, the vacancy in the party...

...When a special election is found necessary to fill a vacancy, the date of the primary election shall be fixed at the same time and in the same manner as that of the election, by the authority calling such special election. The primary election shall be held at least fifteen days prior to the time fixed for such special election. Declaration of candidacy and certificates for such primary shall be filed and fees shall ...

...At the time a person files a declaration of candidacy, nominating petition, or declaration of intent to be a write-in candidate, the secretary of state or the board of elections shall furnish that person with a copy of section 3517.21 of the Revised Code. Each person who receives the copy shall acknowledge its receipt in writing.

...for whom votes were cast in a primary election for nomination as a candidate for election to an office who was not 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 gene...

... votes cast in any county or municipal election for the declared winning nominee, candidate, question, or issue does not exceed the number of votes cast for the declared defeated nominee, candidate, question, or issue by a margin of one-half of one per cent or more of the total vote, the appropriate board of elections shall order a recount which shall be conducted as provided in sections 3515.04 and 3515.05 of the Re...

...t comprised of more than one county but less than all of the counties of the state, the application shall be filed within five days after the day upon which the board of the most populous county in such district declares the results of such election. If the nomination or the candidacy for election, or the question or issue, concerning which a recount is applied for was submitted to electors throughout the entire sta...

...e same time, deposit with the board of elections fifty dollars in currency, bank money order, bank cashier's check, or certified check for each precinct so listed as security for the payment of charges for making the recount applied for, which charges shall be fixed by the board as provided in section 3515.07 of the Revised Code. Upon the filing of an application, or upon declaration by the board or secretary of sta...

...ed for making a recount, the board of elections, in the presence of all observers who may be in attendance, shall open the sealed containers containing the ballots to be recounted, and shall recount them. Ballots shall be handled only by the members of the board or by the director or other employees of the board. Observers shall be permitted to see the ballots, but they shall not be permitted to touch them, an...

...s conducted under this chapter for the election of presidential electors shall be completed not later than six days before the time fixed under federal law for the meeting of those presidential electors.

...t comprised of more than one county but less than all of the counties of the state, the board of the most populous county in such district shall canvass the amended abstracts received from the board of each county in such district in which a recount was made, and shall make an amended declaration of the results of such election in such district in the same manner required in the making of its original declaration of ...

... declared nominated as a candidate for election to an office or elected to an office or position in an election and if it subsequently appears by the amended declaration of the results of such election made following a recount of votes cast in such election that such person was not so nominated or elected, such person may, within five days after the date of such amended declaration of the results of such election, fi...

...educted by the board from the money deposited with the board by the applicant for the recount at the time of filing the application, and the balance of the money so deposited shall be returned to the applicant; provided that no such charge per precinct shall be deducted by the board from the money deposited for a recount of votes cast for a nomination or for an election to an office or position in any precinct, if th...

...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...

...ing forth the amount required to be deposited with a board of elections at the time a recount application is filed for each precinct to be recounted under section 3515.03 of the Revised Code and the minimum and maximum per precinct charge for a recount under section 3515.07 of the Revised Code. The report and all documents relating to the calculations contained in the report are public records. The report shall conta...

...ed in this division, the nomination or election of any person to any public office or party position or the approval or rejection of any issue or question, submitted to the voters, may be contested by qualified electors of the state or a political subdivision. The nomination or election of any person to any federal office, including the office of elector for president and vice president and the office of member of co...

...A contest of election shall be commenced by the filing of a petition with the clerk of the appropriate court signed by at least twenty-five voters who voted at the last election for or against a candidate for the office or for or against the issue being contested, or by the defeated candidate for said nomination or election, within fifteen days after the results of any such nomination or election have been ascertaine...

...earing such contest, which shall be not less than fifteen nor more than thirty days after the filing of the petition. Such court shall have a copy of the contestor's petition served upon the contestee or upon the chairman of the committee taking the other side in advocacy of or opposition to any issue, in the same manner as a summons in a civil action. The contestee shall have ten days from the time service has been...

...ings at the trial of the contest of an election shall be similar to those in judicial proceedings, in so far as practicable, and shall be under the control and direction of the court which shall hear and determine the matter without a jury, with power to order or permit amendments to the petition or proceedings as to form or substance. Such court may allow adjournments for not more than thirty days, for the benefit o...

...rt with which a petition to contest an election is filed may summon and compel the attendance of witnesses, including officers of such election, and compel the production of all ballot boxes, marking devices, lists, books, ballots, tally sheets, and other records, papers, documents, and materials which may be required at the hearing. The style and form of summons and subpoenas and the manner of service and the fees o...