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...red consecutively beginning with number 1 by printing such number upon both of the stubs attached to the ballot. On ballots bearing the names of candidates, each candidate's name shall be printed in twelve point boldface upper case type in an enclosed rectangular space, and an enclosed blank rectangular space shall be provided at the left of the candidate's name. The name of the political party of a candidate n...

...In election precincts composed of a township or a part thereof, and a municipal corporation or a part thereof, separate ballots for each precinct shall be provided for all elections, so as to enable electors residing in such precincts to cast their votes for the proper candidates in such precincts. Separate ballots shall be provided for each district portion of each precinct which shall contain the names of the candi...

...printed the following instructions: "(1) To vote for the candidates for president and vice-president whose names are printed below, record your vote in the manner provided next to the names of such candidates. That recording of the vote will be counted as a vote for each of the candidates for presidential elector whose names have been certified to the secretary of state and who are members of the same politic...

...to be printed under this section. (B)(1) If the board of elections uses a ballots on demand voting system, as defined in section 3506.01 of the Revised Code, the board shall have prepared for each precinct at least five per cent more ballots for an election than the number specified below for that kind of election: (a) For a primary election or a special election held on the day of a primary election, the total n...

...The board of elections shall cause to be printed in English in twelvepoint type on paper or cardboard instructions as issued by the secretary of state for the guidance of electors in marking their ballots. Such instructions shall inform the voters as to how to prepare the ballots for voting, how to obtain a new ballot in case of accidentally spoiling one, and, in a smaller type, a summary of the important secti...

...his section, in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code.

...the ballots as provided in section 3505.13 of the Revised Code, the board of elections shall secure from the printer printed proofs of the ballot, and shall notify the chairperson of the local executive committee of each party or group represented on the ballot by candidates or issues, and post such proofs in a public place in the office of the board for a period of at least twenty-four hours for inspection and corre...

...The board of elections shall make adequate provision for the inspection of the printing of the ballots. The person to whom the contract for printing the ballots is let shall seal them securely in packages, one package for each precinct in the county or civil division in which the election is to be held, place a paper cover over them, and indicate on such cover the number of ballots contained therein with a space to i...

...Before the opening of the polls, the package of supplies and the ballot box shall be opened in the presence of the precinct officials. The ballot box, the package of ballots, registration forms, and other supplies shall at all times be in full sight of the observers, and no ballot box or unused ballots during the balloting or counting shall be removed or screened from their full sight until the counting has bee...

...If by accident or casualty the ballots or other required papers, lists, or supplies are lost or destroyed, or in case none are delivered at the polling place, or if during the time the polls are open additional ballots or supplies are required, the board of elections, upon requisition by telephone or in writing and signed by a majority of the precinct election officials of the precinct stating why such addition...

...(A)(1) When an elector appears in a polling place to vote, the elector shall announce to the precinct election officials the elector's full name and current address and provide photo identification. (2) If an elector does not have or is unable to provide photo identification to the precinct election officials, the elector may cast a provisional ballot under section 3505.181 of the Revised Code. (B) After the ele...

...a provisional ballot at an election: (1) An individual who declares that the individual is a registered voter in the precinct in which the individual desires to vote and that the individual is eligible to vote in an election, but the name of the individual does not appear on the official list of eligible voters for the precinct or an election official asserts that the individual is not eligible to vote; (2) An in...

...a provisional ballot under section 3505.181 of the Revised Code shall execute a written affirmation. The form of the written affirmation shall be printed upon the face of the provisional ballot envelope and shall be as follows: "Provisional Ballot Affirmation (A) Clearly print your full name: ___________________ (B) Write your date of birth: _______________________ (C)(1) Write your current address: _________...

...alid and entitled to be counted. (B)(1) To determine whether a provisional ballot is valid and entitled to be counted, the board shall examine its records and determine whether the individual who cast the provisional ballot is registered and eligible to vote in the applicable election. The board shall examine the information contained in the written affirmation executed by the individual who cast the provisional b...

...id if either of the following apply: (1) The last four digits of the elector's social security number, as provided on the affidavit, are different from the last four digits of the elector's social security number in the statewide voter registration database. (2) The registrar of motor vehicles or a deputy registrar has issued a currently unexpired photo identification to the elector.

...ls shall put the following questions: (1) Are you a citizen of the United States? (2) Are you a native or naturalized citizen? (3) Where were you born? (4) What official documentation do you possess to prove your citizenship? Please provide that documentation. If the person offering to vote claims to be a naturalized citizen of the United States, the person shall, before the vote is received, produce for inspect...

...re or on the day that the observers are scheduled to serve at the office of the board. Upon the filing of a certificate, the person named as observer in the certificate shall be permitted to be in and about the applicable polling place during the casting of the ballots and shall be permitted to watch every proceeding of the precinct election officials from the time of the opening until the closing of the polls. The ...

...a provisional ballot under section 3505.181 of the Revised Code.

...er the "Help America Vote Act of 2002," 116 Stat. 1704, 42 U.S.C. 15481. Except as otherwise provided by section 3505.24 of the Revised Code, no voter shall occupy a voting compartment or machine with another person or speak to anyone, nor shall anyone speak to the voter, while the voter is in a voting compartment or machine. In precincts that do not use voting machines the following procedure shall be followed:...

... section may be assisted as follows: (1) The elector may be aided by any person of the elector's choice and, if applicable, may be accompanied in the voting booth by that person, provided that none of the following persons may assist an elector under division (B)(1) of this section: (a) The elector's employer; (b) An agent of the elector's employer; (c) An officer or agent of the elector's union; (d) A cand...

...At the time for closing the polls, the voting location manager shall by proclamation announce that the polls are closed. The precinct election officials shall then in the presence of observers proceed as follows: (A) Count the number of electors who voted, as shown on the pollbooks; (B) Count the unused ballots without removing stubs; (C) Count the soiled and defaced ballots; (D) Insert the totals of (A), (...

...Unless otherwise ordered by the secretary of state or the board of elections, the counting and tallying of ballots shall be conducted according to procedures prescribed by the board of elections that assure an accurate count of all votes cast and that include all of the following: (A) The counting and tallying of ballots at the appropriate office, as designated by the board, in the full view of members of the board ...

...No ballot shall be counted which is marked contrary to law, except that no ballot shall be rejected for any technical error unless it is impossible to determine the voter's choice. If two or more ballots are found folded together among the ballots removed from a ballot box, they shall be deemed to be fraudulent. Such ballots shall not be counted. They shall be marked "Fraudulent" and shall be placed in an envel...

...From the time the ballot box is opened and the count of ballots begun until the ballots are counted and certificates of votes cast are made out, signed, certified and given to the voting location manager for delivery to the headquarters of the board of elections, the precinct election officials in each precinct shall not separate, nor shall a precinct election official leave the polling place except from unavo...

...When the results of the ballots have been ascertained, such results shall be embodied in a summary statement to be prepared by the precinct election officials in duplicate, on forms provided by the board of elections. One copy shall be certified by the precinct election officials and posted on the front of the polling place, and one copy, similarly certified, shall be transmitted without delay to the board in a seale...