Effective: October 17, 2019 Latest Legislation: House Bill 166 – 133rd General Assembly (A) Except as otherwise provided in this section and section 3517.012 of the Revised Code, primary elections shall be held as provided in division (E) of section 3501.01 of the Revised Code for the purpose of nominating persons as candidates of political […]
Effective: August 15, 2012 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 295 – 129th General Assembly If, in any odd-numbered year, no valid declaration of candidacy is filed for nomination as a candidate of a political party for election to any of the offices to be voted for at the general election to be held in such year, […]
Effective: March 23, 1981 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1062 – 113th General Assembly The board of elections shall have all the powers and perform all the duties in connection with primary elections which are imposed by the provisions of Title XXXV of the Revised Code governing general elections. The election officials for primary elections shall […]
Effective: February 5, 2014 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 193 – 130th General Assembly Candidates for party nominations to state, district, county, and municipal offices or positions, for which party nominations are provided by law, and for election as members of party controlling committees shall have their names printed on the official primary ballot by filing […]
Effective: July 2, 2010 Latest Legislation: House Bill 48 – 128th General Assembly A write-in space shall be provided on the ballot for every office, except in an election for which the board of elections has received no valid declarations of intent to be a write-in candidate under this section. Write-in votes shall not be […]
Effective: February 5, 2014 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 193 – 130th General Assembly Each person desiring to become a candidate for a party nomination at a primary election or for election to an office or position to be voted for at a primary election, except persons desiring to become joint candidates for the offices of […]
Effective: September 20, 1999 Latest Legislation: House Bill 157 – 123rd General Assembly (A) The county central committee of a political party in a particular county may determine, not later than one hundred twenty days prior to the next primary election at which candidates for member of the county central committee are elected, that each […]
Effective: July 2, 2010 Latest Legislation: House Bill 48 – 128th General Assembly (A) No person shall seek nomination or election to any of the following offices or positions at the same election by filing a declaration of candidacy and petition, a declaration of intent to be a write-in candidate, or a nominating petition, or […]
Effective: August 22, 1995 Latest Legislation: House Bill 99 – 121st General Assembly If any person desiring to become a candidate for public office has had a change of name within five years immediately preceding the filing of the person’s declaration of candidacy, the person’s declaration of candidacy and petition shall both contain, immediately following […]
Effective: June 1, 2006 Latest Legislation: House Bill 3 – 126th General Assembly The form of declaration of candidacy and petition of a person desiring to be a candidate for a party nomination or a candidate for election to an office or position to be voted for at a primary election shall be substantially as […]
Effective: March 23, 1981 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1062 – 113th General Assembly Each person filing a declaration of candidacy for nomination at a primary election as a candidate for election to the office of judge of the supreme court, court of appeals, court of common pleas, probate court, and such other courts as are […]
Effective: June 1, 2006 Latest Legislation: House Bill 3 – 126th General Assembly If the petition required by section 3513.07 of the Revised Code to be filed with a declaration of candidacy consists of more than one separate petition paper, the declaration of candidacy of the candidate named need be signed by the candidate, or […]
Effective: March 31, 2005 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1SPECIALSESSION – 125th General Assembly (A) At the time of filing a declaration of candidacy for nomination for any office, or a declaration of intent to be a write-in candidate, each candidate, except joint candidates for governor and lieutenant governor, shall pay a fee as follows: For […]
Effective: August 22, 1995 Latest Legislation: House Bill 99 – 121st General Assembly In the year 1952 and in each second year thereafter, each major political party in the state may hold a state convention. If a major political party holds a state convention, it shall comply with the requirements of this section. A state […]
Effective: September 23, 1992 Latest Legislation: House Bill 438 – 119th General Assembly (A) Any major political party that does not hold a state convention under section 3513.11 of the Revised Code shall nominate candidates for election as presidential electors in accordance with this section. (B) In accordance with party rules, in 1992 and in […]
Effective: October 17, 2019 Latest Legislation: House Bill 166 – 133rd General Assembly At a presidential primary election, which shall be held as provided in division (E)(2) of section 3501.01 of the Revised Code, delegates and alternates to the national conventions of the different major political parties shall be chosen by direct vote of the […]
Effective: January 20, 2012 Latest Legislation: House Bill 318 – 129th General Assembly (A) Any candidate for the presidency of the United States who has raised at least five thousand dollars for the primary election in each of twenty states from individuals, with a maximum of two hundred fifty dollars per contributor counting toward the […]
Effective: July 2, 2010 Latest Legislation: House Bill 48 – 128th General Assembly Political parties shall be eligible to elect delegates and alternates to national conventions or conferences of their respective political parties, other than conventions provided for in section 3513.12 of the Revised Code, if they notify the secretary of state that they will […]
Effective: August 22, 1995 Latest Legislation: House Bill 99 – 121st General Assembly Separate primary election ballots shall be provided by the board of elections for each political party having candidates for nomination or election in a primary election. Section 3505.08 of the Revised Code governing the kind of paper, the kind of ink, and […]
Effective: February 25, 2014 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 109 – 130th General Assembly In the event two or more persons with identical surnames run for the same office in a primary election on the same ballot, the names of the candidates shall be differentiated on the ballot by varying combinations of first and middle names […]
