Ohio Revised Code Search
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Section 3517.99 | [Former R.C. 3517.992, amended and renumbered as R.C. 3517.99 by H.B. 96, 136th General Assembly, effective 9/30/2025] Penalties.
... deposit into the state treasury to the credit of the Ohio election integrity commission fund all excess contributions not disposed of as required by division (E) of section 3517.102 of the Revised Code. (L) Whoever violates section 3517.105 of the Revised Code shall be fined one thousand dollars. (M)(1) Whoever solicits a contribution in violation of section 3517.092 or violates division (B) of section 3517.09... |
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Section 3517.991 | Penalty determined by time of violation.
... of the Revised Code shall be sentenced under the law as it existed at the time the violation occurred. |
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Section 3519.01 | Initiative and referendum petitions.
... the Ohio ballot board for its approval under division (A) of section 3505.062 of the Revised Code. If the Ohio ballot board returns the submitted petition to the attorney general with its certification as described in that division, the attorney general shall then file with the secretary of state a verified copy of the proposed law or constitutional amendment together with its title and summary and the attorney gene... |
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Section 3519.02 | Designation of committee.
...e in any initiative, referendum, or supplementary petition and on each of the several parts of such petition a committee of not less than three nor more than five of their number who shall represent them in all matters relating to such petitions. Notice of all matters or proceedings pertaining to such petitions may be served on said committee, or any of them, either personally or by registered mail, or by leaving suc... |
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Section 3519.03 | Argument or explanation of petitions.
...ceed three hundred words and shall be filed with the secretary of state at least eighty days prior to the date of the election at which the measure is to be voted upon. (B)(1) If the committee named in an initiative petition, the committee named in a referendum petition, or other persons designated under division (A) of this section fail to prepare and file their arguments or explanations by the eightieth day befor... |
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Section 3519.04 | Estimate of annual expenditure of public funds proposed and annual yield of proposed taxes.
... state shall post the estimate on a web site of the office of secretary of state for thirty days before the election at which the proposed state law or constitutional amendment will be voted upon. |
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Section 3519.05 | Form of petitions.
...nded in my presence on the date set opposite each respective name, and are the signatures of the persons whose names they purport to be or of attorneys in fact acting pursuant to section 3501.382 of the Revised Code, and that the electors signing this petition did so with knowledge of the contents of same. I am employed to circulate this petition by ________________________________ (Name and address of employer). (Th... |
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Section 3519.051 | Original ink signatures required for initiative and referendum.
...e original signatures in ink shall be filed with the office of the secretary of state or a board of elections. |
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Section 3519.06 | Verification of petition.
... of the Revised Code is not properly filled out; (B) That the statement is not properly signed; (C) That the statement is altered by erasure, interlineation, or otherwise; (D) That the statement is false in any respect; (E) That any one person has affixed more than one signature thereto. |
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Section 3519.07 | Web site postings required for initiative or referendum proposals.
...ments and explanations exceeding three hundred words under section 3519.03 of the Revised Code. |
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Section 3519.08 | Withdrawal of petition - ballot procedure.
...proposing that initiative or referendum under section 3519.02 of the Revised Code may withdraw the petition by giving written notice of the withdrawal to the secretary of state. (B) After a majority of the members of the committee named to represent the petitioners gives notice to the secretary of state that the petition proposing the initiative or referendum is withdrawn under division (A) of this section, al... |
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Section 3519.10 | Qualifications of signers - format of signing.
...h voting residence is located, if in a municipal corporation, 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 mo... |
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Section 3519.14 | Minimum number of signatures.
...t, proposed law, or law to be submitted under the initiative or referendum power. |
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Section 3519.15 | Part-petitions.
... by law. The boards shall make note opposite such signatures and submit a report to the secretary of state indicating the sufficiency or insufficiency of such signatures and indicating whether or not each part-petition is properly verified, eliminating, for the purpose of such report, all signatures on any part-petition that are not properly verified. In determining the sufficiency of such a petition, only the signa... |
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Section 3519.16 | Jurisdiction over challenges to petitions; part-petitions.
... the secretary of state's official web site and shall transmit the form electronically to the boards of elections. Upon request, a board of elections shall provide a paper or electronic copy of the form to any person. No additional signatures shall be collected or submitted to the secretary of state by the committee interested in the petition, or by any person acting on behalf of the committee, during the per... |
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Section 3519.18 | Power of board in hearing protests.
...oards of elections, the boards may subpoena witnesses, compel the production of books, records, and other evidence, administer oaths, and take evidence. |
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Section 3519.21 | Ballot title and order.
...oted upon in a district larger than a county, and by the board of elections in a county in the case of a proposition to be voted upon in a county or a political subdivision thereof. In preparing such a ballot title the secretary of state or the board shall give a true and impartial statement of the measures in such language that the ballot title shall not be likely to create prejudice for or against the measure. The ... |
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Section 3519.22 | Election not affected by insufficient signatures - number of signatures.
...tive or void on account of the insufficiency of the petitions by which such submission was procured. The basis upon which the required number of petitioners in any case is determined shall be 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. |
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Section 3521.01 | Congressional district apportionment.
...Revised Code. (B) For the purpose of election of representatives to congress, the state is divided into districts as described in sections 3521.011 to 3521.0115 of the Revised Code. Any county or part of a county of the state that has not been described as included in one of those districts is included within the district that contains the least population according to the 2020 decennial census referred to in this ... |
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Section 3521.011 | First congressional district.
...0007001024 390610007001025 390610007001026 390610007001027 |
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Section 3521.012 | Second congressional district.
...0056002022 390610056002023 390610056002026 |
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Section 3521.013 | Third congressional district.
...ine-break/>390490003102025 390490003102026 390490003102027 390490003102028 |
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Section 3521.014 | Fourth congressional district.
...9714001024 391499714001025 391499714001026 391499714001027 |
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Section 3521.015 | Fifth congressional district.
...90930104001025 |
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Section 3521.016 | Sixth congressional district.
...0201011024 391670201011025 391670201011026 391670201011027 |