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... center, or for a municipal or township office. When a petition of a candidate has been accepted for filing by a board of elections, the petition shall not be deemed invalid if, upon verification of signatures contained in the petition, the board of elections finds the number of signatures accepted exceeds three times the minimum number of signatures required. A board of elections may discontinue verifying peti...

...nating all other candidates for public office in that year; (2) That nominating petitions shall be filed with the board of elections not later than four p.m. of the ninetieth day before the day of the primary election; (3) That the primary election shall take place only if the number of candidates for nomination for a position on that board, as verified by the board of elections, is at least one more than two...

...tion filed by joint candidates for the offices of governor and lieutenant governor shall be filed, heard, and determined in the same manner as a protest against the nominating petition of a candidate who files individually.

... 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 candidate for congress; (2) The candidate for congress of any other major political party under eith...

...vised 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 nomination so created shall be filled in accordance with division (B) of this section as soon as reason...

...any nomination, or for election to any office or position, or upon any question or issue, other than the votes shown on such ballots for the nomination, election, question, or issue concerning which a recount of ballots was applied for. At any time before the ballots from all of the precincts listed in an application for the recount or involved in a recount pursuant to section 3515.011 of the Revised Code hav...

...r a nomination or for an election to an office or position in any precinct, if the total number of votes cast in such precinct for the applicant, as recorded by the recount, is more than four per cent larger than the number of votes for the applicant in that precinct recorded in the original certified abstract, nor shall any charge per precinct be deducted for a recount of votes cast in any precinct upon a question o...

...lable for inspection and copying at the office of the secretary of state. (4) On or before the twenty-fifth day of February of each odd-numbered year, the secretary of state shall transmit the report to the general assembly and shall send the report by electronic mail or other form of electronic communication to the board of elections of each county.

...ent is rendered is in possession of the office.

...py of the notice shall be posted in the office of the secretary of state or board of elections, as the case may be, at least five days prior to any such meeting. The meeting shall be called to order by the retiring chairman or secretary or if there is no such officer, or if such officer is absent, then by a member of such committee designated by the secretary of state in the case of the state committees, and by a mem...

... be filed with the appropriate federal office or officer under the Federal Election Campaign Act, copies of the following pages from that report: (1) The summary page; (2) The detailed summary page; (3) The page or pages that contain an itemized list of the contributions, expenditures, and independent expenditures made in connection with state and local elections in Ohio. The total amount of contributions, e...

... a civil action for removal from public office or employment, based on facts and circumstances covered by the opinion. An advisory opinion issued by the Ohio elections commission that is in effect as of the effective date of this amendment is considered an advisory opinion of the Ohio election integrity commission, unless and until the Ohio election integrity commission amends or rescinds the advisory opinion. (C) ...

...ion, or credit union with its principal office in this state. (2) "Political party" means only a major political party. (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 ...

...act on file in the secretary of state's office containing the law, section, or item of law, determine whether the text is correct and, if it is, so certify. (3) Not later than ten business days after receiving a copy of the petition, measure, title, and summary, the attorney general shall examine the title and summary and, if in the attorney general's opinion, the title and summary are fair and truthful statements ...

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

...tion, and the rural route or other post-office address and township in which such voting residence is located, if outside a municipal corporation. Each signer may also print his name so as to clearly identify his signature. Each part-petition which is filed shall contain signatures of electors of only one county. Petitions containing signatures of electors of more than one county shall not thereby be declared invalid...

... the total number of votes cast for the office of governor, in the case of state, county, or municipal referendum, at the most recent election therefor.

...When a vacancy in the office of representative to congress occurs, the governor, upon satisfactory information thereof, shall issue a writ of election directing that a special election be held to fill such vacancy in the territory entitled to fill it on a day specified in the writ. Such writ shall be directed to the board of elections within such territory which shall give notice of the time and places of ...

...If there is a vacancy in the convention caused by the death or disability of any delegate or any other cause, such vacancy shall be filled by appointment by the majority vote of the delegates comprising the group from which such delegate was elected. If the convention contains no other delegate of that group, such vacancy shall be filled by the governor.

... constructing and equipping a principal office of the lake facilities authority; the cost of diverting highways, interchange of highways, and access roads to private property, including the cost of land or easements for the access roads, the cost of public utility and common carrier relocation or duplication, the cost of all machinery, furnishings, and equipment, financing charges, interest prior to and during ...

...ities authority determines. In case any officer whose signature or a facsimile of whose signature appears on any bonds, notes, or coupons, ceases to be such officer before delivery of bonds or notes, the signature or facsimile shall nevertheless be sufficient for all purposes the same as if the officer had remained in office until such delivery, and in case the seal of the lake facilities authority has been cha...

...ed and excluded from holding any public office for five years immediately following such conviction.

...te for election or nomination to public office, a political action committee including a political action committee of the corporation or labor organization, a legislative campaign fund, or any organization that supports or opposes any such candidate, or for any partisan political purpose, shall violate any law requiring the filing of an affidavit or statement respecting such use of those funds, or shall pay or use t...

...g 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 through matter inserted in such publication as "paid advertisement" and so designated. Whoever violates this section is guilty of a corrupt practice and shall be fined not les...

...absent voter's ballot of another to the office of a board of elections, unless either of the following apply: (a) The person is a relative who is authorized to do so under division (C)(1) of section 3509.05 of the Revised Code; (b) The person is, and is acting as, an employee or contractor of the United States postal service or a private carrier. (10) Except as authorized under Chapters 3509. and 3511. of the R...