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...ersonal knowledge, if the same person files another complaint alleging the same or a substantially similar violation and the complaint is not based on personal knowledge, the secretary of state shall dismiss the complaint with prejudice. (3) If the complaint is not dismissed under division (B)(1) or (2) of this section, the election integrity unit shall investigate the complaint. (C) Subject to division (F) of th...

...s paid under this division shall be deposited into the Ohio election integrity commission fund.

...imposed under this section shall be deposited into the Ohio election integrity commission fund created by section 111.29 of the Revised Code. (2) The secretary of state shall certify to the attorney general for collection under section 131.02 of the Revised Code the amount of any fine imposed by the secretary of state, by the Ohio election integrity commission, or by the Ohio elections commission under this section...

... act or failure to act. (B) Whoever files a complaint with the secretary of state under section 3517.16 of the Revised Code may withdraw it at any time. (C) A party adversely affected by a final determination of the commission, including the secretary of state, may appeal from the determination under section 119.12 of the Revised Code. (D) The members of the commission shall not do either of the following excep...

...(B) A state political party may sell or lease its contributor, membership, or mailing lists, or any other lists upon which the party and a financial institution may agree, to any financial institution for either or both of the following purposes: (1) Allowing the financial institution to use the name or logo of the political party on credit cards that it issues to persons identified on or through the contributor, me...

... entity shall do any of the following unless the name of the entity appears in a conspicuous place on or is contained or included within the publication, communication, or telephone call: (a) Issue a form of political publication in support of or opposition to a candidate or a ballot issue or question; (b) Make an expenditure for the purpose of financing political communications in support of or opposition to a...

...nowing the same to be false or with reckless disregard of whether it was false or not, if the statement is designed to promote the election, nomination, or defeat of the candidate. As used in this section, "voting record" means the recorded "yes" or "no" vote on a bill, ordinance, resolution, motion, amendment, or confirmation. (C) Before a prosecution may commence under this section, a complaint shall be filed wit...

...the same to be false or acting with reckless disregard of whether it was false or not, that is designed to promote the adoption or defeat of any ballot proposition or issue. (C) Before a prosecution may commence under this section, a complaint shall be filed with the Ohio elections commission under section 3517.153 of the Revised Code. After the complaint is filed, the commission shall proceed in accordance with sec...

...The secretary of state shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code that are necessary for the administration and enforcement of sections 3517.08 to 3517.13, 3517.18, 3517.20 to 3517.22, 3599.03, and 3599.031 of the Revised Code and shall provide each candidate, political action committee, political contributing entity, legislative campaign fund, political party, and person making disbursemen...

... deposit into the state treasury to the credit of the Ohio elections commission fund all excess contributions not disposed of as required by division (E) of section 3517.102 of the Revised Code. (M) Whoever violates section 3517.105 of the Revised Code shall be fined one thousand dollars. (N)(1) Whoever solicits a contribution in violation of section 3517.092 or violates division (B) of section 3517.09 of the Rev...

...tive date of this amendment. The Ohio elections commission shall impose the fines established in the schedule of fines adopted by the commission created under section 3517.14 of the Revised Code that is in effect immediately prior to the effective date of this amendment. Fines imposed for violations occurring before an election shall be at least twice the amount of those for violations occurring after an election. ...

... deposit into the state treasury to the credit of the Ohio elections commission fund all excess contributions not disposed of as required by division (E) of section 3517.102 of the Revised Code. (L) Whoever violates section 3517.105 of the Revised Code shall be fined one thousand dollars. (M)(1) Whoever solicits a contribution in violation of section 3517.092 or violates division (B) of section 3517.09 of the Rev...

...3517.155 of the Revised Code, the Ohio elections commission may impose administrative fines under division (A)(1)(b) of section 3517.155 of the Revised Code in accordance with the amounts set forth under sections 3517.992, 3599.03, and 3599.031 of the Revised Code. (B) The commission may suspend all or part of a fine it imposes under this section upon whatever terms and conditions the commission considers just. (C)...

... to the attorney general appropriate titles and summaries for each of the individual petitions arising from the board's division of the initiative petition, the attorney general shall review the resubmitted titles and summaries, within ten days after their receipt, to determine if they are fair and truthful statements of the respective proposed laws or constitutional amendments and, if so, certify them. These resubmi...

...rts of such petition a committee of not less than three nor more than five of their number who shall represent them in all matters relating to such petitions. Notice of all matters or proceedings pertaining to such petitions may be served on said committee, or any of them, either personally or by registered mail, or by leaving such notice at the usual place of residence of each of them.

...ceed three hundred words and shall be filed with the secretary of state at least eighty days prior to the date of the election at which the measure is to be voted upon. (B)(1) If the committee named in an initiative petition, the committee named in a referendum petition, or other persons designated under division (A) of this section fail to prepare and file their arguments or explanations by the eightieth day befor...

... state shall post the estimate on a web site of the office of secretary of state for thirty days before the election at which the proposed state law or constitutional amendment will be voted upon.

...nded in my presence on the date set opposite each respective name, and are the signatures of the persons whose names they purport to be or of attorneys in fact acting pursuant to section 3501.382 of the Revised Code, and that the electors signing this petition did so with knowledge of the contents of same. I am employed to circulate this petition by ________________________________ (Name and address of employer). (Th...

...e original signatures in ink shall be filed with the office of the secretary of state or a board of elections.

... of the Revised Code is not properly filled out; (B) That the statement is not properly signed; (C) That the statement is altered by erasure, interlineation, or otherwise; (D) That the statement is false in any respect; (E) That any one person has affixed more than one signature thereto.

... for the ballot; (2) The certified title and summary of each state law or constitutional amendment proposed by initiative petition that has been approved for the ballot; (3) The ballot language of each state law or constitutional amendment proposed by initiative petition; (4) The arguments or explanations in favor of or against each state law or constitutional amendment proposed by initiative petition that has ...

...e seventieth day before the day of an election at which an initiative or referendum is scheduled to appear on the ballot, a majority of the members of the committee named to represent the petitioners in the petition proposing that initiative or referendum under section 3519.02 of the Revised Code may withdraw the petition by giving written notice of the withdrawal to the secretary of state. (B) After a majori...

...eferendum petition must be a qualified elector of the state. He shall place on such petition after his name the date of signing and the location of his voting residence, including the street and number in which such voting residence is located, if in a municipal corporation, and the rural route or other post-office address and township in which such voting residence is located, if outside a municipal corporation. Eac...

...on which does not purport to contain at least the minimum number of signatures required for the submission of the amendment, proposed law, or law to be submitted under the initiative or referendum power.

... by law. The boards shall make note opposite such signatures and submit a report to the secretary of state indicating the sufficiency or insufficiency of such signatures and indicating whether or not each part-petition is properly verified, eliminating, for the purpose of such report, all signatures on any part-petition that are not properly verified. In determining the sufficiency of such a petition, only the signa...