Section 3599.41 | Person Violating Election Laws May Testify Against Other Violators.
Effective: October 1, 1953 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 – 100th General Assembly A person violating any provision of Title XXXV of the Revised Code is a competent witness against another person so offending, and may attend and testify at a trial, hearing, or investigation thereof.
Section 3599.42 | Prima-Facie Case of Fraud.
Effective: October 1, 1953 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 – 100th General Assembly A violation of any provision of Title XXXV of the Revised Code constitutes a prima-facie case of fraud within the purview of such title.
Section 3599.43 | Prohibitions Concerning Communication Purporting to Be From Board of Elections.
Effective: September 16, 1963 Latest Legislation: House Bill 709 – 105th General Assembly No person, not authorized by a board of elections, shall send or transmit to any other person any written or oral communication which purports to be a communication from a board of elections, or which reasonably construed appears to be a communication […]
Section 3599.45 | Candidates Prohibited From Accepting Contributions From Medicaid Providers.
Effective: September 29, 2013 Latest Legislation: House Bill 59 – 130th General Assembly (A) As used in this section: “Candidate,” “campaign committee,” and “contribution” have the same meanings as in section 3517.01 of the Revised Code. “Medicaid provider” has the same meaning as in section 5164.01 of the Revised Code. (B) No candidate for the […]
Section 3599.40 | General Penalty.
Effective: September 5, 2012 Latest Legislation: House Bill 326 – 129th General Assembly Except as otherwise provided in section 3599.39 of the Revised Code, whoever violates any provision of Title XXXV of the Revised Code, unless otherwise provided in such title, and whoever violates division (D) of section 9.03 of the Revised Code, is guilty […]
Section 3599.29 | Possession of False Records.
Effective: July 1, 1996 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 2 – 121st General Assembly No person shall have in the person’s possession a falsely made, altered, forged, or counterfeited registration card, form, or list, pollbook, tally sheet, or list of election returns of an election, knowing it to be such, with intent to hinder, defeat, or […]
Section 3599.31 | Failure of Officer of Law to Assist Election Officers.
Effective: February 25, 2014 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 109 – 130th General Assembly No officer of the law shall fail to obey forthwith an order of the voting location manager and aid in enforcing a lawful order of the voting location manager at an election, against persons unlawfully congregating or loitering within one hundred feet […]
Section 3599.32 | General Prohibition Concerning Election Officials.
Effective: December 9, 1997 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 116 – 122nd General Assembly No official upon whom a duty is imposed by an election law for the violation of which no penalty is otherwise provided shall knowingly disobey such election law. Whoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree.
Section 3599.33 | Fraudulent Marking or Altering Ballots or Election Records.
Effective: July 1, 1996 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 2 – 121st General Assembly No person, from the time ballots are cast or counted until the time has expired for using them as evidence in a recount or contest of election, shall willfully and with fraudulent intent make any mark or alteration on any ballot; or […]
Section 3599.34 | Prohibitions Concerning Destruction of Election Records.
Effective: July 1, 1996 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 2 – 121st General Assembly No person, from the time ballots are cast or voted until the time has expired for using them in a recount or as evidence in a contest of election, shall unlawfully destroy or attempt to destroy the ballots, or permit such ballots […]