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 […]
Section 3599.35 | Proxies Not to Be Given by Party Representatives – Impersonation of Representatives.
Effective: December 9, 1997 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 116 – 122nd General Assembly No party committeeperson or party delegate or alternate chosen at an election, or a delegate or alternate appointed to a convention provided by law, shall give or issue a proxy or authority to another person to act or vote in that person’s […]
Section 3599.36 | Election Falsification.
Effective: December 9, 1997 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 116 – 122nd General Assembly No person, either orally or in writing, on oath lawfully administered or in a statement made under penalty of election falsification, shall knowingly state a falsehood as to a material matter relating to an election in a proceeding before a court, tribunal, […]
Section 3599.20 | Prohibitions Concerning Ballots Generally.
Effective: December 9, 1997 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 116 – 122nd General Assembly No person shall attempt to induce an elector to show how the elector marked the elector’s ballot at an election; or, being an elector, allow the elector’s ballot to be seen by another, except as provided by section 3505.24 of the Revised […]
Section 3599.21 | Prohibitions Concerning Absent Voter’s Ballot.
Effective: May 2, 2006 Latest Legislation: House Bill 3 – 126th General Assembly (A) No person shall knowingly do any of the following: (1) Impersonate another, or make a false representation in order to obtain an absent voter’s ballot; (2) Aid or abet a person to vote an absent voter’s ballot illegally; (3) If the […]
Section 3599.22 | Prohibitions Concerning Printing of Ballots.
Effective: December 9, 1997 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 116 – 122nd General Assembly (A) No person employed to print or engage in printing the official ballots shall knowingly do any of the following: (1) Print or cause or permit to be printed an official ballot other than the official ballot furnished by the board of […]
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) […]