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..., 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) "A...

... contribution to a campaign committee, political action committee, legislative campaign fund, political party, or political contributing entity. (3) No treasurer of a transition fund shall make a disbursement from the fund to reimburse any personal expenses of the beneficiary of the transition fund, except to reimburse the beneficiary of the transition fund for costs incurred for transition activities and inau...

...Each person licensed under Chapter 3772. of the Revised Code shall disclose quarterly to the secretary of state any contribution of one hundred dollars or more made to any ballot issue.

...(A) Prior to receiving a contribution or making an expenditure, the circulator or committee in charge of an initiative or referendum petition, or supplementary petition for additional signatures, for the submission of a constitutional amendment, proposed law, section, or item of any law shall appoint a treasurer and shall file with the secretary of state, on a form prescribed by the secretary of state, a designation ...

...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 country. (B) No foreign national shall, directly or indirectly through any person or entity, do any of the following: (1) Make a contribution, expenditure, or independ...

...a contribution to a campaign committee, political action committee, political contributing entity, legislative campaign fund, political party, or person making disbursements to pay the direct costs of producing or airing electioneering communications in the name of another person. (b) A person does not make a contribution in the name of another when either of the following applies: (i) An individual makes a con...

...city, township, or other committee of a political party or an officer of the executive committee of the state central committee, a county central committee, or a district, city, township, or other committee of a political party; (d) Be a legislative agent as defined in section 101.70 of the Revised Code or an executive agency lobbyist as defined in section 121.60 of the Revised Code; (e) Solicit or be involved in...

...(A)(1) No prosecution shall commence for a violation of a provision in sections 145.054, 742.043, 3307.073, 3309.073, 3517.08 to 3517.12, 3517.13, 3517.20 to 3517.22, 3599.03, 3599.031, or 5505.045 of the Revised Code unless a complaint has been filed with the secretary of state under section 3517.16 of the Revised Code and all proceedings under sections 3517.16 to 3517.18 of the Revised Code are completed. (2) A ...

...(A)(1) Any person who has personal knowledge of a violation of a provision of the Revised Code listed in division (A) of section 3517.15 of the Revised Code may file a complaint with the secretary of state, on a form prescribed by the secretary of state and signed under penalty of perjury. (2) An official at a board of elections may file a complaint with the secretary of state, on a form prescribed by the secretary...

...mmittee or the committee's candidate, a political party, a legislative campaign fund, a political action committee, or a political contributing entity, that is required to file a statement of contributions and expenditures with the secretary of state under division (A) of section 3517.11 of the Revised Code, the prosecutor of Franklin county; (2) In the case of a violation of law involving any other person, one of ...

...(A)(1) Except as otherwise provided in divisions (A)(2) and (D) of this section, when section 3517.17 of the Revised Code authorizes the imposition of an administrative fine, the secretary of state or the Ohio election integrity commission, as applicable, may impose an administrative fine for each violation that does not exceed the maximum fine a court could impose for the violation. (2) When section 3517.17 of the...

...(A) A complaint shall be filed with the secretary of state under section 3517.16 of the Revised Code within two years after the occurrence of the act or failure to act that is the subject of the complaint, except that if the act or failure to act involves fraud, concealment, or misrepresentation and was not discovered during that two-year period, a complaint may be filed within one year after discovery of such act or...

...s 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 name or logo of the politica...

...lection to public office or office of a political party, shall knowingly and with intent to affect the outcome of such campaign do any of the following: (1) Serve, or place another person to serve, as an agent or employee in the election campaign organization of a candidate for the purpose of acting to impede the conduct of the candidate's campaign for nomination or election or of reporting information to the emplo...

...(A) No person during the course of any campaign in advocacy of or in opposition to the adoption of any proposition or issue submitted to the voters shall knowingly and with intent to affect the outcome of such campaign do any of the following: (1) Serve, or place another person to serve, as an agent or employee in the election campaign organization of a committee which advocates or is in opposition to the adoption ...

... Code and shall provide each candidate, political action committee, political contributing entity, legislative campaign fund, political party, and person making disbursements to pay the direct costs of producing or airing electioneering communications with written instructions and explanations in order to ensure compliance with sections 3517.08 to 3517.13, 3517.20 to 3517.22, 3599.03, and 3599.031 of the Revised Code...

... (G) A state or county committee of a political party that violates division (B)(1) of section 3517.18 of the Revised Code as that section existed before its repeal by H.B. 166 of the 133rd general assembly shall be fined not more than twice the amount of the improper expenditure. (H) An entity that violates division (H) of section 3517.101 of the Revised Code shall be fined not more than twice the amount of the...

...A person who is convicted of a violation of this chapter or section 145.054, 742.043, 3307.073, 3309.073, 3599.03, 3599.031, or 5505.045 of the Revised Code shall be sentenced under the law as it existed at the time the violation occurred.