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...ization may establish, administer, and solicit contributions from the persons listed in division (B) of this section, to either or both of the following: (1) A political action committee of the corporation or labor organization with respect to state and local elections; (2) A separate segregated fund pursuant to the Federal Election Campaign Act. (B)(1) A corporation and a nonprofit corporation may solicit contrib...

...(A) No person or committee shall solicit, ask, invite, or demand, directly or indirectly, orally or in writing, a contribution, subscription, or payment from a candidate for nomination or election or from the campaign committee of that candidate, and no person shall solicit, ask, invite, or demand that a candidate for nomination or election or the campaign committee of that candidate subscribe to the support of a clu...

...r organization that makes door-to-door solicitations for contributions to influence legislation, for contributions to influence the actions of any regulatory agency, or for contributions to support or oppose the campaign of any candidate for political office shall report in writing to the secretary of state by the thirty-first day of July of each year with regard to actions taken during the first six months of that c...

...bution" includes a contribution to any political party, campaign committee, political action committee, political contributing entity, or legislative campaign fund. (B)(1) No state elected officer, no campaign committee of such an officer, no employee of the state elected officer's office, and no other person or entity shall knowingly solicit a contribution to a state elected officer or to such an officer's campaig...

...is division, every campaign committee, political action committee, legislative campaign fund, political party, and political contributing entity that made or received a contribution or made an expenditure in connection with the nomination or election of any candidate or in connection with any ballot issue or question at any election held or to be held in this state shall file, on a form prescribed under this section ...

...date of this amendment for any of the following purposes, and that is not used solely for the purpose of directly influencing the election of any individual candidate in any particular election for any office: (a) The construction, renovation, purchase, or lease of an office facility and any real property taxes associated with the facility; (b) Furniture and fixtures to be installed in an office facility; (...

...ds on the thirty-first day of December following that general election. (6) "State candidate fund" means the state candidate fund established by a state or county political party under division (D)(3)(c) of section 3517.10 of the Revised Code. (7) "Postgeneral election statement" means the statement filed under division (A)(2) of section 3517.10 of the Revised Code by the campaign committee of a candidate after t...

...enditures does not exceed five hundred dollars at any time during an election period. After the candidate's campaign committee reimburses the candidate for any direct expenditure of personal funds, the amount that was reimbursed is no longer included in the aggregate total of expenditures of personal funds subject to the five-hundred-dollar limit.

...ease shall be multiplied by the actual dollar figure for each office or entity specified in section 3517.102 of the Revised Code and by each actual dollar figure specified in division (B)(4)(e) of section 3517.10 and in division (B) of section 3517.101 of the Revised Code as determined in the previous odd-numbered year, and the product shall be added to or subtracted from its corresponding actual dollar figure,...

...A)(1) As used in this section, "public political advertising" means advertising to the general public through a broadcasting station, newspaper, magazine, poster, yard sign, or outdoor advertising facility, by direct mail, or by any other means of advertising to the general public. (2) For purposes of this section and section 3517.20 of the Revised Code, a person is a member of a political action committee if the pe...

...retary of state shall store all of the following information on computer: (1) The information contained in statements of contributions and expenditures and monthly statements required to be filed under section 3517.10 of the Revised Code and in statements of independent expenditures required to be filed under section 3517.105 of the Revised Code with the secretary of state and the information transmitted to the secr...

...(A) As used in this section, "federal political committee" means a political committee, as defined in the Federal Election Campaign Act, that is registered with the federal election commission under that act. (B) Any federal political committee may make contributions, expenditures, or independent expenditures from its federal account in connection with any state or local election in Ohio. Prior to making any ...

...ds on the thirty-first day of December following that general election. (3) A "primary election period" begins on the first day of January of the year following the year in which the general election was held for the office that the candidate seeks, including any mid-term election, and ends on the day of the primary election. (B) Whenever the campaign committee of a candidate has unpaid debt at the end of a primary...

...gregate contribution" means all of the following: (a) In the case of a contribution from a contributor whose contributions are subject to the contribution limits described in division (B)(1), (2), (3), (6)(a), or (7) of section 3517.102 of the Revised Code, that portion of the amount of the contributor's aggregate contribution that does not exceed the preprimary contribution limit applicable to that contributor. ...

...ommunication" when it is either of the following: (i) Based on information about a candidate's plans, projects, or needs provided to the person making the disbursement by the candidate or the candidate's campaign committee, by an officer, agent, employee, or consultant of the candidate or the candidate's campaign committee, or by a former officer, former agent, former employee, or former consultant of the candidate ...

...(A)(1) Each state and county political party shall establish a restricted fund that is separate from all other accounts of the political party. (2) A state or county political party shall deposit into its restricted fund all gifts that are made to or accepted by the political party from a corporation or labor organization subject to the applicable limitations prescribed in division (X) of section 3517.13 of the Rev...

... or anything of value given to a state political party that is specifically designated and used to defray any cost incurred on or after the effective date of this section for voter registration, voter identification, get-out-the-vote, or generic campaign activities, and that is not used for the purpose of directly influencing the election of any individual candidate in any particular election for any office. (2) "Ad...

...ivities associated with either of the following: (a) The transfer of power or authority from one officeholder to another following a general or special election or appointment to office; (b) Ceremonies, events, or activities commemorating the commencement of a term or the commencement of an unexpired term of an officeholder. "Costs incurred for transition activities and inaugural celebrations" includes, but ...

... state any contribution of one hundred dollars or more made to any ballot issue.

...ffice or the state board of education, political action committees or political contributing entities that make contributions to campaign committees of candidates that are required to file the statements prescribed by section 3517.10 of the Revised Code with the secretary of state, political action committees or political contributing entities that make contributions to campaign committees of candidates for member of...

...n falsification, showing in detail the following: (1) All money or things of value paid, given, promised, or received for circulating the petitions; (2) All appointments, promotions, or increases in salary, in positions which were given, promised, or received, or to obtain which assistance was given, promised, or received as a consideration for work done in circulating petitions; (3) Full names and addresses, incl...

...2) "Foreign national" means any of the following, as applicable: (a) In the case of an individual, an individual who is not a United States citizen or national; (b) A government of a foreign country or of a political subdivision of a foreign country; (c) A foreign political party; (d) A person, other than an individual, that is organized under the laws of, or has its principal place of business in, a foreign ...

... person totaling more than one hundred dollars in each primary, special, or general election. (G)(1) No person shall knowingly conceal or misrepresent contributions given or received, expenditures made, or any other information required to be reported by a provision in sections 3517.08 to 3517.13 of the Revised Code. (2)(a) No person shall make a contribution to a campaign committee, political action committee, p...

...e central committee of each of the two political parties having the highest total vote cast at the previous election for the office of governor. The four members of the commission so appointed shall by a majority vote appoint a fifth member who is to serve as a member and as chairman of the commission for five years from July 23, 1974. Thereafter, the term of office of the chairman of the commission shall be for fiv...

...es an act or failure to act that is a violation of section 3517.13 of the Revised Code, former divisions (A) to (R) of that section apply to the act or failure to act if it occurred before August 24, 1995, former divisions (A) to (U) of that section apply to the act or failure to act if it occurs on or after August 24, 1995, but before July 13, 1998, former divisions (A) to (V) of that section apply to the act or fai...