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...gularly, shall use the columns of any such publication for the printing of any threats, direct or implied, in the columns of any such publication for the purpose of controlling or intimidating candidates for public office. Such person shall not directly or indirectly solicit, receive, or accept any payment, promise, or compensation for influencing or attempting to influence votes through any printing matter, except t...

...Whoever knowingly violates division (A) of section 3513.052 is guilty of seeking nomination or election to more than one prohibited office at the same election and shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars.

...o prohibit a reasonable inquiry as to such candidate's views on such question or legislation. Whoever violates this section is guilty of a corrupt practice and shall be fined not less than five hundred nor more than one thousand dollars.

...oter registration place shall knowingly fail to return any registration form entrusted to that person to any board of elections or the office of the secretary of state within ten days after that regsitration form is completed, or on or before the thirtieth day before the election, whichever day is earlier, unless the registration form is received by the person within twenty-four hours of the thirtieth day before the ...

...(A) As used in this section, "registering a voter" or "registering voters" includes any effort, for compensation, to provide voter registration forms or to assist persons in completing or returning those forms. (B) No person shall receive compensation on a fee per signature or fee per volume basis for circulating any declaration of candidacy, nominating petition, initiative petition, referendum petition, recall peti...

...or general election in a precinct in which that person is not a legally qualified elector; (2) Vote or attempt to vote more than once at the same election by any means, including voting or attempting to vote both by absent voter's ballots under division (G) of section 3503.16 of the Revised Code and by regular ballot at the polls at the same election, or voting or attempting to vote both by absent voter's ballots u...

...ified to sign it; (2) Knowingly sign such a petition more than once; (3) Except as otherwise provided in section 3501.382 of the Revised Code, sign a name other than the person's own on such a petition; (4) Accept anything of value for signing such a petition; (5) Seek by intimidation or threats to influence any person to sign or refrain from signing such a petition, or from circulating or abstaining from circula...

...alse, forged, or fictitious names; (9) Fail to fill out truthfully and file all itemized statements required by law in connection with the petition or declaration. (B) Whoever violates division (A) of this section is guilty of a felony of the fifth degree.

...lly destroy or mutilate any initiative, supplementary, referendum, recall, or nominating petition, or any part of a petition, that is being or has been lawfully circulated; provided that the words "purchase" and "sell" do not apply to persons paying or receiving pay for soliciting signatures to or circulating a petition or petition paper. Whoever violates this section is guilty of a felony of the fifth degree.

...y 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 form, or willfully or knowingly report as false or fraudulent any such genuine signature; (C) Willfully add to or subtract from the votes actually cast at an election ...

... a voter registration agency through which any particular person registered to vote are not public records for purposes of this section. (C) Whoever violates division (B) of this section is guilty of prohibiting inspection of election records, a minor misdemeanor, and shall, upon conviction, be dismissed from his position as director of elections, deputy director of elections, or employee of the board of elections.

...il 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 oath prescribed by section 3501.31 of the Revised Code, unless excused by such board; (4) Refuse or sanction the refusal of another registrar or precinct election official to administer an oath required by law; (5) Fail to send notice to the board of th...

...r; (4) Neglect, unlawfully execute, or fail to execute any duty enjoined upon that person as an election official, person assisting in the registration of electors, or police officer. (B) Whoever violates division (A) of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree.

...ial, fail to deliver, or destroy any such packages, papers, or material; (3) Receive or sanction the reception of a ballot from a person not a qualified elector or from a person who refused to answer a question in accordance with the election law; (4) Refuse to receive or sanction the rejection of a ballot from a person, knowing that person to be a qualified elector; (5) Permit a fraudulent ballot to be placed...

...No person shall attempt to induce an elector to show how the elector marked the elector's ballot at an election; or, being an elector, allow the elector's ballot to be seen by another, except as provided by section 3505.24 of the Revised Code, with the apparent intention of letting it be known how the elector is about to vote; or make a false statement as to the elector's ability to mark the ballot; or knowingly mark...

...ng of such absent voter's ballot; (7) Fail to forward to the appropriate election official an absent voter's ballot application entrusted to that person to so forward; (8) Fail to forward to the appropriate election official an absent voter's ballot application entrusted to that person to so forward within ten days after that application is completed or within such a time period that the failure to so forward the...

...wingly permit to be taken away any of such ballots by a person other than the person authorized by law to do so; (4) Print such ballots on paper other than that provided in the contract with the board; (5) Package or deliver to the board fewer ballots than the number the board directed to be printed. (B) Whoever violates division (A) of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree.

... to deliver, or knowingly destroy any such forms or packages of ballots, or a ballot, pollbooks, cards of instruction, or other required papers; (3) Negligently lose or permit to be taken from the printer or other entrusted person any of the materials described in division (A)(2) of this section. (B) No person entrusted with the preparation, custody, or delivery of marking devices shall do either of the following: ...

...lace the pencils, cards of instruction, supplies, or other conveniences furnished to enable the voter to mark the voter's ballot. (B) Whoever violates division (A)(1) or (2) of this section is guilty of a felony of the fifth degree. Whoever violates division (A)(3), (4), (5), or (6) of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree.

...purpose of voting in it, knowing that such person is not qualified to vote in it; (3) Counsel, advise, or attempt to induce an election officer to permit a person to vote, knowing such person is not a qualified elector. (B) Whoever violates division (A) of this section is guilty of a felony of the fourth degree.

...orities; or fraudulently or deceitfully change a ballot of an elector, by which such elector is prevented from voting for such candidates or on an issue as the elector intends to do; or mark a ballot of an elector except as authorized by section 3505.24 of the Revised Code; or hand a marked ballot to an elector to vote, with intent to ascertain how the elector voted; or furnish a ballot to an elector who cannot read,...

...in the person's possession any voting machine that may be owned or leased by any county or any of the parts or the keys thereof. No person shall tamper or attempt to tamper with, deface, impair the use of, destroy, or otherwise injure in any manner any voting machine. No unauthorized person shall have in the person's possession any marking device, automatic tabulating equipment, or any of the parts, appurtenances, o...

...No person, with intent to defraud or deceive, shall write or sign the name of another person to any document, petition, registration card, or other book or record authorized or required by Title XXXV of the Revised Code. Whoever violates this section is guilty of a felony of the fifth degree.

...urns of an election, knowing it to be such, with intent to hinder, defeat, or prevent a fair expression of the popular will at such election. Whoever violates this section is guilty of a felony of the fifth degree.

...ndering or delaying an elector from reaching or leaving the polling place, soliciting or attempting, within one hundred feet of the polling place, to influence an elector in casting the elector's vote, or interfering with the registration of voters or casting and counting of the ballots. Whoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree.