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Home » US Law » 2022 Ohio Revised Code » Title 35 | Elections » Chapter 3599 | Offenses and Penalties » 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 or a ballot box or pollbook used at an election to be destroyed; or destroy, falsify, mark, or write in a name on any such ballot that has been voted.

Whoever violates this section is guilty of a felony of the fifth degree.