Effective: September 23, 1974 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 237 – 110th General Assembly Any person for whom votes were cast in a primary election for nomination as a candidate for election to an office who was not declared nominated may file with the board of elections of a county a written application for a recount […]
Effective: July 4, 1984 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 79 – 115th General Assembly If the number of votes cast in any county or municipal election for the declared winning nominee, candidate, question, or issue does not exceed the number of votes cast for the declared defeated nominee, candidate, question, or issue by a margin of […]
Effective: October 1, 1953 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 – 100th General Assembly If the nomination or the candidacy for election, or the question or issue, concerning which a recount is applied for was submitted only to electors within a county, the application for recount shall be filed within five days after the day upon […]
Effective: May 2, 2006 Latest Legislation: House Bill 3 – 126th General Assembly Each application for recount shall separately list each precinct as to which a recount of the votes is requested, and the person filing the application shall, at the same time, deposit with the board of elections fifty dollars in currency, bank money […]
Effective: February 25, 2014 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 109 – 130th General Assembly At the time and place fixed for making a recount, the board of elections, in the presence of all observers who may be in attendance, shall open the sealed containers containing the ballots to be recounted, and shall recount them. Ballots shall […]
Effective: May 2, 2006 Latest Legislation: House Bill 3 – 126th General Assembly As required by 3 U.S.C. 5, any recount of votes conducted under this chapter for the election of presidential electors shall be completed not later than six days before the time fixed under federal law for the meeting of those presidential electors.
Effective: September 27, 1974 Latest Legislation: House Bill 662 – 110th General Assembly Upon completion of the recount of the ballots of all precincts listed in an application for a recount, or upon stopping the recount prior to such time, or in the case of a recount as provided in section 3515.011 of the Revised […]
Effective: July 4, 1984 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 79 – 115th General Assembly If, pursuant to section 3515.04 of the Revised Code, a person was declared nominated as a candidate for election to an office or elected to an office or position in an election and if it subsequently appears by the amended declaration of […]
Effective: May 2, 2006 Latest Legislation: House Bill 3 – 126th General Assembly The charges for making a recount of votes of precincts listed in an application for a recount filed with the board of elections shall be fixed by the board and shall include all expenses incurred by the board because of the application […]
Effective: July 1, 1985 Latest Legislation: House Bill 201 – 116th General Assembly If the board of elections in a county orders a recount in any county or municipal election pursuant to section 3515.011 of the Revised Code, the expense of the recount shall be paid from the county treasury in the same manner as […]
Effective: May 2, 2006 Latest Legislation: House Bill 3 – 126th General Assembly (A) In January of each odd-numbered year, the secretary of state, in accordance with this division and division (B) of this section, shall adjust each amount specified in sections 3515.03 and 3515.07 of the Revised Code. The adjustment shall be based on […]
Effective: May 2, 2006 Latest Legislation: House Bill 3 – 126th General Assembly (A) Except as otherwise provided in this division, the nomination or election of any person to any public office or party position or the approval or rejection of any issue or question, submitted to the voters, may be contested by qualified electors […]
Effective: October 1, 1953 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 – 100th General Assembly A contest of election shall be commenced by the filing of a petition with the clerk of the appropriate court signed by at least twenty-five voters who voted at the last election for or against a candidate for the office or for […]
Effective: October 1, 1953 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 – 100th General Assembly The court with which a petition to contest an election is filed shall fix a suitable time for hearing such contest, which shall be not less than fifteen nor more than thirty days after the filing of the petition. Such court shall […]
Effective: October 1, 1953 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 – 100th General Assembly The proceedings at the trial of the contest of an election shall be similar to those in judicial proceedings, in so far as practicable, and shall be under the control and direction of the court which shall hear and determine the matter […]
Effective: June 29, 1961 Latest Legislation: House Bill 876 – 104th General Assembly The court with which a petition to contest an election is filed may summon and compel the attendance of witnesses, including officers of such election, and compel the production of all ballot boxes, marking devices, lists, books, ballots, tally sheets, and other […]
Effective: June 1, 2006 Latest Legislation: House Bill 3 – 126th General Assembly If any contest of election involves a recount of the ballots in any precincts, the court shall immediately order the ballots of the precincts in which the recount is demanded to be sent to the court in such manner as the court […]
Effective: November 19, 1969 Latest Legislation: House Bill 121 – 108th General Assembly Upon completion of the trial of a contest of election, the court shall pronounce judgment as to which candidate was nominated or elected or whether the issue was approved or rejected by the voters; except that in the case of the contest […]
Effective: October 1, 1953 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 – 100th General Assembly The person against whom judgment is rendered in a contest of election may appeal on questions of law, within twenty days, to the supreme court; but such appeal shall not supersede the execution of the judgment of the court. Such appeal takes […]
Effective: October 1, 1953 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 – 100th General Assembly In a contest of election in the supreme court, all testimony shall be in the form of depositions. The contestor shall take and file his testimony within twenty days from the date of filing the petition, unless further time is allowed by […]
