Section 3599.23 | Prohibitions Concerning Election Materials or Papers.
Effective: December 9, 1997 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 116 – 122nd General Assembly (A) No printer or other person entrusted with the printing, custody, or delivery of registration cards or forms, ballots, blanks, pollbooks, cards of instruction, or other required papers shall do any of the following: (1) Knowingly and unlawfully open or permit to […]
Section 3599.24 | Interference With Conduct of Election.
Effective: May 2, 2006 Latest Legislation: House Bill 3 – 126th General Assembly (A) No person shall do any of the following: (1) By force, fraud, or other improper means, obtain or attempt to obtain possession of the ballots, ballot boxes, or pollbooks; (2) Recklessly destroy any property used in the conduct of elections; (3) […]
Section 3599.25 | Inducing Illegal Voting.
Effective: December 9, 1997 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 116 – 122nd General Assembly (A) No person shall knowingly do any of the following: (1) Counsel or advise another to vote at an election, knowing that the person is not a qualified voter; (2) Advise, aid, or assist another person to go or come into a […]
Section 3599.26 | Tampering With Ballots.
Effective: July 1, 1996 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 2 – 121st General Assembly No person shall fraudulently put a ballot or ticket into a ballot box; or knowingly and willfully vote a ballot other than an official ballot lawfully obtained by the person from the precinct election authorities; or fraudulently or deceitfully change a ballot […]
Section 3599.27 | Possession of or Tampering With Voting Machine, Automatic Tabulating Equipment, or Marking Device Prohibited.
Effective: July 1, 1996 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 2 – 121st General Assembly No unauthorized person shall have in the person’s possession any voting machine that may be owned or leased by any county or any of the parts or the keys thereof. No person shall tamper or attempt to tamper with, deface, impair the […]
Section 3599.13 | Signing of Petitions.
Effective: May 2, 2006 Latest Legislation: House Bill 3 – 126th General Assembly (A) No person shall do any of the following: (1) Sign an initiative, supplementary, referendum, recall, or nominating petition knowing that the person is not at the time qualified to sign it; (2) Knowingly sign such a petition more than once; (3) […]
Section 3599.14 | Prohibited Acts Concerning Declarations or Petitions.
Effective: May 2, 2006 Latest Legislation: House Bill 3 – 126th General Assembly (A) No person shall knowingly, directly or indirectly, do any of the following in connection with any declaration of candidacy and petition, declaration of intent to be a write-in candidate, nominating petition, or other petition presented to or filed with the secretary […]
Section 3599.15 | Purchase, Theft, Sale, Destruction, or Mutilation of Petitions.
Effective: July 1, 1996 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 2 – 121st General Assembly No person shall purchase, steal, attempt to steal, sell, attempt to sell, or willfully destroy or mutilate any initiative, supplementary, referendum, recall, or nominating petition, or any part of a petition, that is being or has been lawfully circulated; provided that the […]
Section 3599.16 | Misconduct of Member, Director, or Employee of Board of Elections – Dismissal.
Effective: July 1, 1983 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 199 – 114th General Assembly No member, director, or employee of a board of elections shall: (A) Willfully or negligently violate or neglect to perform any duty imposed upon him by law, or willfully perform or neglect to perform it in such a way as to hinder […]
Section 3599.161 | Prohibiting Inspection of Election Records.
Effective: January 1, 1995 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 300 – 120th General Assembly (A) The director of elections, deputy director of elections, or an employee of the board of elections designated by the director or deputy director shall be available during normal office hours to provide any person with access to the public records filed […]