Bill Text: OH HB305 | 2013-2014 | 130th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: That is scheduled to take effect January 1, 2017, to continue the provisions of this act on and after that effective date to require that an elector's political party affiliation be determined by the party the elector indicated on the elector's voter registration form and to specify that currently registered electors retain their current party affiliations unless they update their registrations.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-10-16 - To Policy and Legislative Oversight [HB305 Detail]

Download: Ohio-2013-HB305-Introduced.html

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As Introduced

130th General Assembly Regular Session 2013-2014

H. B. No. 305

Representative Becker 

Cosponsor: Representative Hood 

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A BILL

To amend sections 3501.01, 3503.10, 3503.11, 3503.14,

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3503.15, 3503.16, 3503.19, 3503.23, 3505.181,

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3505.182, 3505.183, 3509.03, 3511.02, 3513.05,

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3513.18, 3513.19, 3513.191, 3513.192, 3517.013,

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3599.02, 3599.11, 3599.18, and 4507.06; to repeal

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sections 3513.20, 3517.014, 3517.015, and 3517.016

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of the Revised Code; and to amend the version of

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section 4507.06 of the Revised Code that is

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scheduled to take effect January 1, 2017, to

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continue the provisions of this act on and after

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that effective date to require that an elector's

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political party affiliation be determined by the

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party the elector indicated on the elector's voter

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registration form and to specify that currently

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registered electors retain their current party

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affiliations unless they update their

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registrations.

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BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:

Section 1. That sections 3501.01, 3503.10, 3503.11, 3503.14,	18
3503.15, 3503.16, 3503.19, 3503.23, 3505.181, 3505.182, 3505.183,	19
3509.03, 3511.02, 3513.05, 3513.18, 3513.19, 3513.191, 3513.192,	20
3517.013, 3599.02, 3599.11, 3599.18, and 4507.06 of the Revised	21
Code be amended to read as follows:	22

Sec. 3501.01.  As used in the sections of the Revised Code	23
relating to elections and political communications:	24

(A) "General election" means the election held on the first	25
Tuesday after the first Monday in each November.	26

(B) "Regular municipal election" means the election held on	27
the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November in each	28
odd-numbered year.	29

(C) "Regular state election" means the election held on the	30
first Tuesday after the first Monday in November in each	31
even-numbered year.	32

(D) "Special election" means any election other than those	33
elections defined in other divisions of this section. A special	34
election may be held only on the first Tuesday after the first	35
Monday in February, May, August, or November, or on the day	36
authorized by a particular municipal or county charter for the	37
holding of a primary election, except that in any year in which a	38
presidential primary election is held, no special election shall	39
be held in February or May, except as authorized by a municipal or	40
county charter, but may be held on the first Tuesday after the	41
first Monday in March.	42

(E)(1) "Primary" or "primary election" means an election held	43
for the purpose of nominating persons as candidates of political	44
parties for election to offices, and for the purpose of electing	45
persons as members of the controlling committees of political	46
parties and as delegates and alternates to the conventions of	47
political parties. Primary elections shall be held on the first	48
Tuesday after the first Monday in May of each year except in years	49
in which a presidential primary election is held.	50

(2) "Presidential primary election" means a primary election	51
as defined by division (E)(1) of this section at which an election	52
is held for the purpose of choosing delegates and alternates to	53
the national conventions of the major political parties pursuant	54
to section 3513.12 of the Revised Code. Unless otherwise	55
specified, presidential primary elections are included in	56
references to primary elections. In years in which a presidential	57
primary election is held, all primary elections shall be held on	58
the first Tuesday after the first Monday in March except as	59
otherwise authorized by a municipal or county charter.	60

(F) "Political party" means any group of voters meeting the	61
requirements set forth in section 3517.01 of the Revised Code for	62
the formation and existence of a political party.	63

(1) "Major political party" means any political party	64
organized under the laws of this state whose candidate for	65
governor or nominees for presidential electors received no less	66
than twenty per cent of the total vote cast for such office at the	67
most recent regular state election.	68

(2) "Intermediate political party" means any political party	69
organized under the laws of this state whose candidate for	70
governor or nominees for presidential electors received less than	71
twenty per cent but not less than ten per cent of the total vote	72
cast for such office at the most recent regular state election.	73

(3) "Minor political party" means any political party	74
organized under the laws of this state whose candidate for	75
governor or nominees for presidential electors received less than	76
ten per cent but not less than five per cent of the total vote	77
cast for such office at the most recent regular state election or	78
which has filed with the secretary of state, subsequent to any	79
election in which it received less than five per cent of such	80
vote, a petition signed by qualified electors equal in number to	81
at least one per cent of the total vote cast for such office in	82
the last preceding regular state election, except that a newly	83
formed political party shall be known as a minor political party	84
until the time of the first election for governor or president	85
which occurs not less than twelve months subsequent to the	86
formation of such party, after which election the status of such	87
party shall be determined by the vote for the office of governor	88
or president.	89

(G) "Dominant party in a precinct" or "dominant political	90
party in a precinct" means that political party whose candidate	91
for election to the office of governor at the most recent regular	92
state election at which a governor was elected received more votes	93
than any other person received for election to that office in such	94
precinct at such election.	95

(H) "Candidate" means any qualified person certified in	96
accordance with the provisions of the Revised Code for placement	97
on the official ballot of a primary, general, or special election	98
to be held in this state, or any qualified person who claims to be	99
a write-in candidate, or who knowingly assents to being	100
represented as a write-in candidate by another at either a	101
primary, general, or special election to be held in this state.	102

(I) "Independent candidate" means any candidate who claimsis	103
not to be affiliated with a political party, and whose name has	104
been certified on the office-type ballot at a general or special	105
election through the filing of a statement of candidacy and	106
nominating petition, as prescribed in section 3513.257 of the	107
Revised Code.	108

(J) "Nonpartisan candidate" means any candidate whose name is	109
required, pursuant to section 3505.04 of the Revised Code, to be	110
listed on the nonpartisan ballot, including all candidates for	111
judicial office, for member of any board of education, for	112
municipal or township offices in which primary elections are not	113
held for nominating candidates by political parties, and for	114
offices of municipal corporations having charters that provide for	115
separate ballots for elections for these offices.	116

(K) "Party candidate" means any candidate who claims to beis	117
a member of a political party, whose name has been certified on	118
the office-type ballot at a general or special election through	119
the filing of a declaration of candidacy and petition of	120
candidate, and who has won the primary election of the candidate's	121
party for the public office the candidate seeks or is selected by	122
party committee in accordance with section 3513.31 of the Revised	123
Code.	124

(L) "Officer of a political party" includes, but is not	125
limited to, any member, elected or appointed, of a controlling	126
committee, whether representing the territory of the state, a	127
district therein, a county, township, a city, a ward, a precinct,	128
or other territory, of a major, intermediate, or minor political	129
party.	130

(M) "Question or issue" means any question or issue certified	131
in accordance with the Revised Code for placement on an official	132
ballot at a general or special election to be held in this state.	133

(N) "Elector" or "qualified elector" means a person having	134
the qualifications provided by law to be entitled to vote.	135

(O) "Voter" means an elector who votes at an election.

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(P) "Voting residence" means that place of residence of an	137
elector which shall determine the precinct in which the elector	138
may vote.	139

(Q) "Precinct" means a district within a county established	140
by the board of elections of such county within which all	141
qualified electors having a voting residence therein may vote at	142
the same polling place.	143

(R) "Polling place" means that place provided for each	144
precinct at which the electors having a voting residence in such	145
precinct may vote.	146

(S) "Board" or "board of elections" means the board of	147
elections appointed in a county pursuant to section 3501.06 of the	148
Revised Code.	149

(T) "Political subdivision" means a county, township, city,	150
village, or school district.	151

(U) "Election officer" or "election official" means any of	152
the following:	153

(1) Secretary of state;

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(2) Employees of the secretary of state serving the division	155
of elections in the capacity of attorney, administrative officer,	156
administrative assistant, elections administrator, office manager,	157
or clerical supervisor;	158

(3) Director of a board of elections;

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(4) Deputy director of a board of elections;

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(5) Member of a board of elections;

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(6) Employees of a board of elections;

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(7) Precinct polling place judges;

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(8) Employees appointed by the boards of elections on a	164
temporary or part-time basis.	165

(V) "Acknowledgment notice" means a notice sent by a board of	166
elections, on a form prescribed by the secretary of state,	167
informing a voter registration applicant or an applicant who	168
wishes to change the applicant's residence or name of the status	169
of the application; the information necessary to complete or	170
update the application, if any; and if the application is	171
complete, the precinct in which the applicant is to vote.	172

(W) "Confirmation notice" means a notice sent by a board of	173
elections, on a form prescribed by the secretary of state, to a	174
registered elector to confirm the registered elector's current	175
address.	176

(X) "Designated agency" means an office or agency in the	177
state that provides public assistance or that provides	178
state-funded programs primarily engaged in providing services to	179
persons with disabilities and that is required by the National	180
Voter Registration Act of 1993 to implement a program designed and	181
administered by the secretary of state for registering voters, or	182
any other public or government office or agency that implements a	183
program designed and administered by the secretary of state for	184
registering voters, including the department of job and family	185
services, the program administered under section 3701.132 of the	186
Revised Code by the department of health, the department of mental	187
health and addiction services, the department of developmental	188
disabilities, the opportunities for Ohioans with disabilities	189
agency, and any other agency the secretary of state designates.	190
"Designated agency" does not include public high schools and	191
vocational schools, public libraries, or the office of a county	192
treasurer.	193

(Y) "National Voter Registration Act of 1993" means the	194
"National Voter Registration Act of 1993," 107 Stat. 77, 42	195
U.S.C.A. 1973gg.	196

(Z) "Voting Rights Act of 1965" means the "Voting Rights Act	197
of 1965," 79 Stat. 437, 42 U.S.C.A. 1973, as amended.	198

(AA) "Photo identification" means a document that meets each	199
of the following requirements:	200

(1) It shows the name of the individual to whom it was	201
issued, which shall conform to the name in the poll list or	202
signature pollbook.	203

(2) It shows the current address of the individual to whom it	204
was issued, which shall conform to the address in the poll list or	205
signature pollbook, except for a driver's license or a state	206
identification card issued under section 4507.50 of the Revised	207
Code, which may show either the current or former address of the	208
individual to whom it was issued, regardless of whether that	209
address conforms to the address in the poll list or signature	210
pollbook.	211

(3) It shows a photograph of the individual to whom it was	212
issued.	213

(4) It includes an expiration date that has not passed.

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(5) It was issued by the government of the United States or	215
this state.	216

Sec. 3503.10.  (A) Each designated agency shall designate one	217
person within that agency to serve as coordinator for the voter	218
registration program within the agency and its departments,	219
divisions, and programs. The designated person shall be trained	220
under a program designed by the secretary of state and shall be	221
responsible for administering all aspects of the voter	222
registration program for that agency as prescribed by the	223
secretary of state. The designated person shall receive no	224
additional compensation for performing such duties.	225

(B) Every designated agency, public high school and	226
vocational school, public library, and office of a county	227
treasurer shall provide in each of its offices or locations voter	228
registration applications and assistance in the registration of	229
persons qualified to register to vote, in accordance with this	230
chapter.	231

(C) Every designated agency shall distribute to its	232
applicants, prior to or in conjunction with distributing a voter	233
registration application, a form prescribed by the secretary of	234
state that includes all of the following:	235

(1) The question, "Do you want to register to vote or update	236
your current voter registration?"--followed by boxes for the	237
applicant to indicate whether the applicant would like to register	238
or decline to register to vote, and the statement, highlighted in	239
bold print, "If you do not check either box, you will be	240
considered to have decided not to register to vote at this time.";	241

(2) If the agency provides public assistance, the statement,	242
"Applying to register or declining to register to vote will not	243
affect the amount of assistance that you will be provided by this	244
agency.";	245

(3) The statement, "If you would like help in filling out the	246
voter registration application form, we will help you. The	247
decision whether to seek or accept help is yours. You may fill out	248
the application form in private.";	249

(4) The statement, "If you believe that someone has	250
interfered with your right to register or to decline to register	251
to vote, your right to privacy in deciding whether to register or	252
in applying to register to vote, or your right to choose your own	253
political party or other political preference, you may file a	254
complaint with the prosecuting attorney of your county or with the	255
secretary of state," with the address and telephone number for	256
each such official's office.	257

(D) Each designated agency shall distribute a voter	258
registration form prescribed by the secretary of state to each	259
applicant with each application for service or assistance, and	260
with each written application or form for recertification,	261
renewal, or change of address.	262

(E) Each designated agency shall do all of the following:

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(1) Have employees trained to administer the voter	264
registration program in order to provide to each applicant who	265
wishes to register to vote and who accepts assistance, the same	266
degree of assistance with regard to completion of the voter	267
registration application as is provided by the agency with regard	268
to the completion of its own form;	269

(2) Accept completed voter registration applications, voter	270
registration change of residence forms, and voter registration	271
change of name forms, and voter registration change of political	272
party affiliation forms, regardless of whether the application or	273
form was distributed by the designated agency, for transmittal to	274
the office of the board of elections in the county in which the	275
agency is located. Each designated agency and the appropriate	276
board of elections shall establish a method by which the voter	277
registration applications and other voter registration forms are	278
transmitted to that board of elections within five days after	279
being accepted by the agency.	280

(3) If the designated agency is one that is primarily engaged	281
in providing services to persons with disabilities under a	282
state-funded program, and that agency provides services to a	283
person with disabilities at a person's home, provide the services	284
described in divisions (E)(1) and (2) of this section at the	285
person's home;	286

(4) Keep as confidential, except as required by the secretary	287
of state for record-keeping purposes, the identity of an agency	288
through which a person registered to vote or updated the person's	289
voter registration records, and information relating to a	290
declination to register to vote made in connection with a voter	291
registration application issued by a designated agency.	292

(F) The secretary of state shall prepare and transmit written	293
instructions on the implementation of the voter registration	294
program within each designated agency, public high school and	295
vocational school, public library, and office of a county	296
treasurer. The instructions shall include directions as follows:	297

(1) That each person designated to assist with voter	298
registration maintain strict neutrality with respect to a person's	299
political philosophies, a person's right to register or decline to	300
register, and any other matter that may influence a person's	301
decision to register or not register to vote;	302

(2) That each person designated to assist with voter	303
registration not seek to influence a person's decision to register	304
or not register to vote, not display or demonstrate any political	305
preference or party allegiance, and not make any statement to a	306
person or take any action the purpose or effect of which is to	307
lead a person to believe that a decision to register or not	308
register has any bearing on the availability of services or	309
benefits offered, on the grade in a particular class in school, or	310
on credit for a particular class in school;	311

(3) Regarding when and how to assist a person in completing	312
the voter registration application, what to do with the completed	313
voter registration application or voter registration update form,	314
and when the application must be transmitted to the appropriate	315
board of elections;	316

(4) Regarding what records must be kept by the agency and	317
where and when those records should be transmitted to satisfy	318
reporting requirements imposed on the secretary of state under the	319
National Voter Registration Act of 1993;	320

(5) Regarding whom to contact to obtain answers to questions	321
about voter registration forms and procedures.	322

(G) If the voter registration activity is part of an in-class	323
voter registration program in a public high school or vocational	324
school, whether prescribed by the secretary of state or	325
independent of the secretary of state, the board of education	326
shall do all of the following:	327

(1) Establish a schedule of school days and hours during	328
these days when the person designated to assist with voter	329
registration shall provide voter registration assistance;	330

(2) Designate a person to assist with voter registration from	331
the public high school's or vocational school's staff;	332

(3) Make voter registration applications and materials	333
available, as outlined in the voter registration program	334
established by the secretary of state pursuant to section 3501.05	335
of the Revised Code;	336

(4) Distribute the statement, "applying to register or	337
declining to register to vote, or registering as affiliated with a	338
particular political party or registering to vote and remaining	339
unaffiliated, will not affect or be a condition of your receiving	340
a particular grade in or credit for a school course or class,	341
participating in a curricular or extracurricular activity,	342
receiving a benefit or privilege, or participating in a program or	343
activity otherwise available to pupils enrolled in this school	344
district's schools.";	345

(5) Establish a method by which the voter registration	346
application and other voter registration forms are transmitted to	347
the board of elections within five days after being accepted by	348
the public high school or vocational school.	349

(H) Any person employed by the designated agency, public high	350
school or vocational school, public library, or office of a county	351
treasurer may be designated to assist with voter registration	352
pursuant to this section. The designated agency, public high	353
school or vocational school, public library, or office of a county	354
treasurer shall provide the designated person, and make available	355
such space as may be necessary, without charge to the county or	356
state.	357

(I) The secretary of state shall prepare and cause to be	358
displayed in a prominent location in each designated agency a	359
notice that identifies the person designated to assist with voter	360
registration, the nature of that person's duties, and where and	361
when that person is available for assisting in the registration of	362
voters.	363

A designated agency may furnish additional supplies and	364
services to disseminate information to increase public awareness	365
of the existence of a person designated to assist with voter	366
registration in every designated agency.	367

(J) This section does not limit any authority a board of	368
education, superintendent, or principal has to allow, sponsor, or	369
promote voluntary election registration programs within a high	370
school or vocational school, including programs in which pupils	371
serve as persons designated to assist with voter registration,	372
provided that no pupil is required to participate.	373

(K) Each public library and office of the county treasurer	374
shall establish a method by which voter registration forms are	375
transmitted to the board of elections within five days after being	376
accepted by the public library or office of the county treasurer.	377

(L) The department of job and family services and its	378
departments, divisions, and programs shall limit administration of	379
the aspects of the voter registration program for the department	380
to the requirements prescribed by the secretary of state and the	381
requirements of this section and the National Voter Registration	382
Act of 1993.	383

Sec. 3503.11.  When any person applies for a driver's	384
license, commercial driver's license, a state of Ohio	385
identification card issued under section 4507.50 of the Revised	386
Code, or motorcycle operator's license or endorsement, or the	387
renewal or duplicate of any license or endorsement under Chapter	388
4506. or 4507. of the Revised Code, the registrar of motor	389
vehicles or deputy registrar shall offer the applicant the	390
opportunity to register to vote or to update the applicant's voter	391
registration. The registrar of motor vehicles or deputy registrar	392
also shall make available to all other customers voter	393
registration applications and change of residence and, change of	394
name, and change of political party affiliation forms, but is not	395
required to offer assistance to these customers in completing a	396
voter registration application or other form.	397

The registrar or deputy registrar shall send any completed	398
registration application or any completed change of residence or,	399
change of name, or change of political party affiliation form to	400
the board of elections of the county in which the office of the	401
registrar or deputy registrar is located, within five days after	402
accepting the application or other form.	403

The registrar shall collect from each deputy registrar	404
through the reports filed under division (J) of section 4503.03 of	405
the Revised Code and transmit to the secretary of state	406
information on the number of voter registration applications and	407
change of residence or, change of name, or change of political	408
party affiliation forms completed or declined, and any additional	409
information required by the secretary of state to comply with the	410
National Voter Registration Act of 1993. No information relating	411
to an applicant's decision to decline to register or update the	412
applicant's voter registration at the office of the registrar or	413
deputy registrar may be used for any purpose other than voter	414
registration record-keeping required by the secretary of state,	415
and all such information shall be kept confidential.	416

The secretary of state shall prescribe voter registration	417
applications and change of residence and, change of name, and	418
change of political party affiliation forms for use by the bureau	419
of motor vehicles. The bureau of motor vehicles shall supply all	420
of its deputy registrars with a sufficient number of voter	421
registration applications and change of residence and, change of	422
name, and change of political party affiliation forms.	423

Sec. 3503.14.  (A) The secretary of state shall prescribe the	424
form and content of the registration, change of residence, and	425
change of name, and change of political party affiliation forms	426
used in this state. The forms shall meet the requirements of the	427
National Voter Registration Act of 1993 and shall include spaces	428
for all of the following:	429

(1) The voter's name;

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(2) The voter's address;

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(3) The current date;

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(4) The voter's date of birth;

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(5) The voter to provide one or more of the following:

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(a) The voter's driver's license number, if any;

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(b) The last four digits of the voter's social security	436
number, if any;	437

(c) A copy of a current and valid photo identification, a	438
copy of a military identification, or a copy of a current utility	439
bill, bank statement, government check, paycheck, or other	440
government document, other than a notice of voter registration	441
mailed by a board of elections under section 3503.19 of the	442
Revised Code, that shows the voter's name and address.	443

(6) The voter's signature.

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The registration form shall include a list of the political	445
parties that are recognized in this state at the time the form is	446
printed, accompanied by boxes for the applicant to check to select	447
a party with which the applicant wishes to be affiliated. The form	448
also shall include a space for the applicant to write the name of	449
a recognized political party that is not listed on the form, if	450
the applicant wishes to be affiliated with that party, and a box	451
for the applicant to check to indicate that the applicant does not	452
wish to be affiliated with a political party. The form shall	453
instruct the applicant to select or write the name of only one	454
recognized political party and shall state that the applicant is	455
not required to select a political party. If the applicant does	456
not select or write the name of a recognized political party with	457
which the applicant wishes to be affiliated, or if the applicant	458
indicates that the applicant does not wish to be affiliated with a	459
political party, the applicant, upon registration, shall not be	460
affiliated with any political party.	461

The registration form shall include a space on which the	462
person registering an applicant shall sign the person's name and	463
provide the person's address and a space on which the person	464
registering an applicant shall name the employer who is employing	465
that person to register the applicant.	466

Except for forms prescribed by the secretary of state under	467
section 3503.11 of the Revised Code, the secretary of state shall	468
permit boards of elections to produce forms that have subdivided	469
spaces for each individual alphanumeric character of the	470
information provided by the voter so as to accommodate the	471
electronic reading and conversion of the voter's information to	472
data and the subsequent electronic transfer of that data to the	473
statewide voter registration database established under section	474
3503.15 of the Revised Code.	475

(B) None of the following persons who are registering an	476
applicant in the course of that official's or employee's normal	477
duties shall sign the person's name, provide the person's address,	478
or name the employer who is employing the person to register an	479
applicant on a form prepared under this section:	480

(1) An election official;

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(2) A county treasurer;

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(3) A deputy registrar of motor vehicles;

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(4) An employee of a designated agency;

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(5) An employee of a public high school;

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(6) An employee of a public vocational school;

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(7) An employee of a public library;

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(8) An employee of the office of a county treasurer;

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(9) An employee of the bureau of motor vehicles;

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(10) An employee of a deputy registrar of motor vehicles;

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(11) An employee of an election official.

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(C) Except as provided in section 3501.382 of the Revised	492
Code, any applicant who is unable to sign the applicant's own name	493
shall make an "X," if possible, which shall be certified by the	494
signing of the name of the applicant by the person filling out the	495
form, who shall add the person's own signature. If an applicant is	496
unable to make an "X," the applicant shall indicate in some manner	497
that the applicant desires to register to vote or to change the	498
applicant's name or, residence, or political party affiliation.	499
The person registering the applicant shall sign the form and	500
attest that the applicant indicated that the applicant desired to	501
register to vote or to change the applicant's name or, residence,	502
or political party affiliation.	503

(D) No registration, change of residence, or change of name,	504
or change of political party affiliation form shall be rejected	505
solely on the basis that a person registering an applicant failed	506
to sign the person's name or failed to name the employer who is	507
employing that person to register the applicant as required under	508
division (A) of this section.	509

(E) As used in this section, "registering an applicant"	510
includes any effort, for compensation, to provide voter	511
registration forms or to assist persons in completing or returning	512
those forms.	513

Sec. 3503.15.  (A) The secretary of state shall establish and	514
maintain a statewide voter registration database that shall be	515
continuously available to each board of elections and to other	516
agencies as authorized by law.	517

(B) The statewide voter registration database established	518
under this section shall be the official list of registered voters	519
for all elections conducted in this state.	520

(C) The statewide voter registration database established	521
under this section shall, at a minimum, include all of the	522
following:	523

(1) An electronic network that connects all board of	524
elections offices with the office of the secretary of state and	525
with the offices of all other boards of elections;	526

(2) A computer program that harmonizes the records contained	527
in the database with records maintained by each board of	528
elections;	529

(3) An interactive computer program that allows access to the	530
records contained in the database by each board of elections and	531
by any persons authorized by the secretary of state to add,	532
delete, modify, or print database records, and to conduct updates	533
of the database;	534

(4) A search program capable of verifying registered voters	535
and their registration information by name, driver's license	536
number, birth date, social security number, or current address;	537

(5) Safeguards and components to ensure that the integrity,	538
security, and confidentiality of the voter registration	539
information is maintained.	540

(D) The secretary of state shall adopt rules pursuant to	541
Chapter 119. of the Revised Code doing all of the following:	542

(1) Specifying the manner in which existing voter	543
registration records maintained by boards of elections shall be	544
converted to electronic files for inclusion in the statewide voter	545
registration database;	546

(2) Establishing a uniform method for entering voter	547
registration records into the statewide voter registration	548
database on an expedited basis, but not less than once per day, if	549
new registration information is received;	550

(3) Establishing a uniform method for purging canceled voter	551
registration records from the statewide voter registration	552
database in accordance with section 3503.21 of the Revised Code;	553

(4) Specifying the persons authorized to add, delete, modify,	554
or print records contained in the statewide voter registration	555
database and to make updates of that database;	556

(5) Establishing a process for annually auditing the	557
information contained in the statewide voter registration	558
database.	559

(E) A board of elections promptly shall purge a voter's name	560
and voter registration information from the statewide voter	561
registration database in accordance with the rules adopted by the	562
secretary of state under division (D)(3) of this section after the	563
cancellation of a voter's registration under section 3503.21 of	564
the Revised Code.	565

(F) The secretary of state shall provide training in the	566
operation of the statewide voter registration database to each	567
board of elections and to any persons authorized by the secretary	568
of state to add, delete, modify, or print database records, and to	569
conduct updates of the database.	570

(G)(1) The statewide voter registration database established	571
under this section shall be made available on a web site of the	572
office of the secretary of state as follows:	573

(a) Except as otherwise provided in division (G)(1)(b) of	574
this section, only the following information from the statewide	575
voter registration database regarding a registered voter shall be	576
made available on the web site:	577

(i) The voter's name;

578

(ii) The voter's address;

579

(iii) The voter's precinct number;

580

(iv) The voter's political party affiliation, if any;

581

(v) The voter's voting history.

582

(b) During the thirty days before the day of a primary or	583
general election, the web site interface of the statewide voter	584
registration database shall permit a voter to search for the	585
polling location at which that voter may cast a ballot.	586

(2) The secretary of state shall establish, by rule adopted	587
under Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, a process for boards of	588
elections to notify the secretary of state of changes in the	589
locations of precinct polling places for the purpose of updating	590
the information made available on the secretary of state's web	591
site under division (G)(1)(b) of this section. Those rules shall	592
require a board of elections, during the thirty days before the	593
day of a primary or general election, to notify the secretary of	594
state within one business day of any change to the location of a	595
precinct polling place within the county.	596

(3) During the thirty days before the day of a primary or	597
general election, not later than one business day after receiving	598
a notification from a county pursuant to division (G)(2) of this	599
section that the location of a precinct polling place has changed,	600
the secretary of state shall update that information on the	601
secretary of state's web site for the purpose of division	602
(G)(1)(b) of this section.	603

Sec. 3503.16.  (A) Whenever a registered elector changes the	604
place of residence of that registered elector from one precinct to	605
another within a county or from one county to another, or has a	606
change of name, or wishes to change the elector's political party	607
affiliation, that registered elector shall report the change by	608
delivering a change of residence or, change of name, or change of	609
political party affiliation form, whichever is appropriate, as	610
prescribed by the secretary of state under section 3503.14 of the	611
Revised Code to the state or local office of a designated agency,	612
a public high school or vocational school, a public library, the	613
office of the county treasurer, the office of the secretary of	614
state, any office of the registrar or deputy registrar of motor	615
vehicles, or any office of a board of elections in person or by a	616
third person. Any voter registration, change of address, or change	617
of name, or change of political party affiliation application,	618
returned by mail, may be sent only to the secretary of state or	619
the board of elections.	620

A registered elector also may update the registration of that	621
registered elector by filing a change of residence or, change of	622
name, or change of political party affiliation form on the day of	623
a special, primary, or general election at the polling place in	624
the precinct in which that registered elector resides or at the	625
board of elections or at another site designated by the board. A	626
registered elector may file a change of name or change of address	627
form, but not a change of political party affiliation form, on the	628
day of a primary election at those places.	629

(B)(1)(a) Any registered elector who moves within a precinct	630
on or prior to the day of a general, primary, or special election	631
and has not filed a notice of change of residence with the board	632
of elections may vote in that election by going to that registered	633
elector's assigned polling place, completing and signing a notice	634
of change of residence, showing identification in the form of a	635
current and valid photo identification, a military identification,	636
or a copy of a current utility bill, bank statement, government	637
check, paycheck, or other government document, other than a notice	638
of voter registration mailed by a board of elections under section	639
3503.19 of the Revised Code, that shows the name and current	640
address of the elector, and casting a ballot. If the elector	641
provides either a driver's license or a state identification card	642
issued under section 4507.50 of the Revised Code that does not	643
contain the elector's current residence address, the elector shall	644
provide the last four digits of the elector's driver's license	645
number or state identification card number, and the precinct	646
election official shall mark the poll list or signature pollbook	647
to indicate that the elector has provided a driver's license or	648
state identification card number with a former address and record	649
the last four digits of the elector's driver's license number or	650
state identification card number.	651

(b) Any registered elector who changes the name of that	652
registered elector and remains within a precinct on or prior to	653
the day of a general, primary, or special election and has not	654
filed a notice of change of name with the board of elections may	655
vote in that election by going to that registered elector's	656
assigned polling place, completing and signing a notice of a	657
change of name, and casting a provisional ballot under section	658
3505.181 of the Revised Code.	659

(2) Any registered elector who moves from one precinct to	660
another within a county or moves from one precinct to another and	661
changes the name of that registered elector on or prior to the day	662
of a general, primary, or special election and has not filed a	663
notice of change of residence or change of name, whichever is	664
appropriate, with the board of elections may vote in that election	665
if that registered elector complies with division (G) of this	666
section or does all of the following:	667

(a) Appears at anytime during regular business hours on or	668
after the twenty-eighth day prior to the election in which that	669
registered elector wishes to vote or, if the election is held on	670
the day of a presidential primary election, the twenty-fifth day	671
prior to the election, through noon of the Saturday prior to the	672
election at the office of the board of elections, appears at any	673
time during regular business hours on the Monday prior to the	674
election at the office of the board of elections, or appears on	675
the day of the election at either of the following locations:	676

(i) The polling place in the precinct in which that	677
registered elector resides;	678

(ii) The office of the board of elections or, if pursuant to	679
division (C) of section 3501.10 of the Revised Code the board has	680
designated another location in the county at which registered	681
electors may vote, at that other location instead of the office of	682
the board of elections.	683

(b) Completes and signs, under penalty of election	684
falsification, a notice of change of residence or change of name,	685
whichever is appropriate, and files it with election officials at	686
the polling place, at the office of the board of elections, or, if	687
pursuant to division (C) of section 3501.10 of the Revised Code	688
the board has designated another location in the county at which	689
registered electors may vote, at that other location instead of	690
the office of the board of elections, whichever is appropriate;	691

(c) Votes a provisional ballot under section 3505.181 of the	692
Revised Code at the polling place, at the office of the board of	693
elections, or, if pursuant to division (C) of section 3501.10 of	694
the Revised Code the board has designated another location in the	695
county at which registered electors may vote, at that other	696
location instead of the office of the board of elections,	697
whichever is appropriate, using the address to which that	698
registered elector has moved or the name of that registered	699
elector as changed, whichever is appropriate;	700

(d) Completes and signs, under penalty of election	701
falsification, a statement attesting that that registered elector	702
moved or had a change of name, whichever is appropriate, on or	703
prior to the day of the election, has voted a provisional ballot	704
at the polling place in the precinct in which that registered	705
elector resides, at the office of the board of elections, or, if	706
pursuant to division (C) of section 3501.10 of the Revised Code	707
the board has designated another location in the county at which	708
registered electors may vote, at that other location instead of	709
the office of the board of elections, whichever is appropriate,	710
and will not vote or attempt to vote at any other location for	711
that particular election. The statement required under division	712
(B)(2)(d) of this section shall be included on the notice of	713
change of residence or change of name, whichever is appropriate,	714
required under division (B)(2)(b) of this section.	715

(C) Any registered elector who moves from one county to	716
another county within the state on or prior to the day of a	717
general, primary, or special election and has not registered to	718
vote in the county to which that registered elector moved may vote	719
in that election if that registered elector complies with division	720
(G) of this section or does all of the following:	721

(1) Appears at any time during regular business hours on or	722
after the twenty-eighth day prior to the election in which that	723
registered elector wishes to vote or, if the election is held on	724
the day of a presidential primary election, the twenty-fifth day	725
prior to the election, through noon of the Saturday prior to the	726
election at the office of the board of elections or, if pursuant	727
to division (C) of section 3501.10 of the Revised Code the board	728
has designated another location in the county at which registered	729
electors may vote, at that other location instead of the office of	730
the board of elections, appears during regular business hours on	731
the Monday prior to the election at the office of the board of	732
elections or, if pursuant to division (C) of section 3501.10 of	733
the Revised Code the board has designated another location in the	734
county at which registered electors may vote, at that other	735
location instead of the office of the board of elections, or	736
appears on the day of the election at the office of the board of	737
elections or, if pursuant to division (C) of section 3501.10 of	738
the Revised Code the board has designated another location in the	739
county at which registered electors may vote, at that other	740
location instead of the office of the board of elections;	741

(2) Completes and signs, under penalty of election	742
falsification, a notice of change of residence and files it with	743
election officials at the board of elections or, if pursuant to	744
division (C) of section 3501.10 of the Revised Code the board has	745
designated another location in the county at which registered	746
electors may vote, at that other location instead of the office of	747
the board of elections;	748

(3) Votes a provisional ballot under section 3505.181 of the	749
Revised Code at the office of the board of elections or, if	750
pursuant to division (C) of section 3501.10 of the Revised Code	751
the board has designated another location in the county at which	752
registered electors may vote, at that other location instead of	753
the office of the board of elections, using the address to which	754
that registered elector has moved;	755

(4) Completes and signs, under penalty of election	756
falsification, a statement attesting that that registered elector	757
has moved from one county to another county within the state on or	758
prior to the day of the election, has voted at the office of the	759
board of elections or, if pursuant to division (C) of section	760
3501.10 of the Revised Code the board has designated another	761
location in the county at which registered electors may vote, at	762
that other location instead of the office of the board of	763
elections, and will not vote or attempt to vote at any other	764
location for that particular election. The statement required	765
under division (C)(4) of this section shall be included on the	766
notice of change of residence required under division (C)(2) of	767
this section.	768

(D) A person who votes by absent voter's ballots pursuant to	769
division (G) of this section shall not make written application	770
for the ballots pursuant to Chapter 3509. of the Revised Code.	771
Ballots cast pursuant to division (G) of this section shall be set	772
aside in a special envelope and counted during the official	773
canvass of votes in the manner provided for in sections 3505.32	774
and 3509.06 of the Revised Code insofar as that manner is	775
applicable. The board shall examine the pollbooks to verify that	776
no ballot was cast at the polls or by absent voter's ballots under	777
Chapter 3509. or 3511. of the Revised Code by an elector who has	778
voted by absent voter's ballots pursuant to division (G) of this	779
section. Any ballot determined to be insufficient for any of the	780
reasons stated above or stated in section 3509.07 of the Revised	781
Code shall not be counted.	782

Subject to division (C) of section 3501.10 of the Revised	783
Code, a board of elections may lease or otherwise acquire a site	784
different from the office of the board at which registered	785
electors may vote pursuant to division (B) or (C) of this section.	786

(E) Upon receiving a change of residence or, change of name,	787
or change of political party affiliation form, the board of	788
elections shall immediately send the registrant an acknowledgment	789
notice. If the change of residence or, change of name, or change	790
of political party affiliation form is valid, the board shall	791
update the voter's registration as appropriate. If that form is	792
incomplete, the board shall inform the registrant in the	793
acknowledgment notice specified in this division of the	794
information necessary to complete or update that registrant's	795
registration.	796

(F) ChangeExcept as otherwise provided in this division,	797
change of residence and, change of name, and change of political	798
party affiliation forms shall be available at each polling place,	799
and when these forms are completed, noting changes of residence	800
or, name, or political party affiliation, as appropriate, they	801
shall be filed with election officials at the polling place.	802
Change of political party affiliation forms shall not be available	803
at polling places on the day of a primary election. Election	804
officials shall return completed forms, together with the	805
pollbooks and tally sheets, to the board of elections.	806

The board of elections shall provide change of residence and,	807
change of name, and change of political party affiliation forms to	808
the probate court and court of common pleas. The court shall	809
provide the forms to any person eighteen years of age or older who	810
has a change of name by order of the court or who applies for a	811
marriage license. The court shall forward all completed forms to	812
the board of elections within five days after receiving them.	813

(G) A registered elector who otherwise would qualify to vote	814
under division (B) or (C) of this section but is unable to appear	815
at the office of the board of elections or, if pursuant to	816
division (C) of section 3501.10 of the Revised Code the board has	817
designated another location in the county at which registered	818
electors may vote, at that other location, on account of personal	819
illness, physical disability, or infirmity, may vote on the day of	820
the election if that registered elector does all of the following:	821

(1) Makes a written application that includes all of the	822
information required under section 3509.03 of the Revised Code to	823
the appropriate board for an absent voter's ballot on or after the	824
twenty-seventh day prior to the election in which the registered	825
elector wishes to vote through noon of the Saturday prior to that	826
election and requests that the absent voter's ballot be sent to	827
the address to which the registered elector has moved if the	828
registered elector has moved, or to the address of that registered	829
elector who has not moved but has had a change of name;	830

(2) Declares that the registered elector has moved or had a	831
change of name, whichever is appropriate, and otherwise is	832
qualified to vote under the circumstances described in division	833
(B) or (C) of this section, whichever is appropriate, but that the	834
registered elector is unable to appear at the board of elections	835
because of personal illness, physical disability, or infirmity;	836

(3) Completes and returns along with the completed absent	837
voter's ballot a notice of change of residence indicating the	838
address to which the registered elector has moved, or a notice of	839
change of name, whichever is appropriate;	840

(4) Completes and signs, under penalty of election	841
falsification, a statement attesting that the registered elector	842
has moved or had a change of name on or prior to the day before	843
the election, has voted by absent voter's ballot because of	844
personal illness, physical disability, or infirmity that prevented	845
the registered elector from appearing at the board of elections,	846
and will not vote or attempt to vote at any other location or by	847
absent voter's ballot mailed to any other location or address for	848
that particular election.	849

Sec. 3503.19.  (A) Persons qualified to register or to change	850
their registration because of a change of address or, change of	851
name, or change of political party affiliation may register or	852
change their registration in person at any state or local office	853
of a designated agency, at the office of the registrar or any	854
deputy registrar of motor vehicles, at a public high school or	855
vocational school, at a public library, at the office of a county	856
treasurer, or at a branch office established by the board of	857
elections, or in person, through another person, or by mail at the	858
office of the secretary of state or at the office of a board of	859
elections. A registered elector may also change the elector's	860
registration on election day at any polling place where the	861
elector is eligible to vote, in the manner provided under section	862
3503.16 of the Revised Code, except that a registered elector may	863
not change the elector's political party affiliation on the day of	864
a primary election.	865

Any state or local office of a designated agency, the office	866
of the registrar or any deputy registrar of motor vehicles, a	867
public high school or vocational school, a public library, or the	868
office of a county treasurer shall transmit any voter registration	869
application or change of registration form that it receives to the	870
board of elections of the county in which the state or local	871
office is located, within five days after receiving the voter	872
registration application or change of registration form.	873

An otherwise valid voter registration application that is	874
returned to the appropriate office other than by mail must be	875
received by a state or local office of a designated agency, the	876
office of the registrar or any deputy registrar of motor vehicles,	877
a public high school or vocational school, a public library, the	878
office of a county treasurer, the office of the secretary of	879
state, or the office of a board of elections no later than the	880
thirtieth day preceding a primary, special, or general election	881
for the person to qualify as an elector eligible to vote at that	882
election. An otherwise valid registration application received	883
after that day entitles the elector to vote at all subsequent	884
elections.	885

An otherwise valid application to change a registered	886
elector's political party affiliation that is returned to the	887
appropriate office other than by mail must be received by a state	888
or local office of a designated agency, the office of the	889
registrar or any deputy registrar of motor vehicles, a public high	890
school or vocational school, a public library, the office of a	891
county treasurer, the office of the secretary of state, or the	892
office of a board of elections not later than the thirtieth day	893
preceding a primary election for the elector to qualify as	894
affiliated with the elector's new political party for the purpose	895
of voting at the party's primary election. An otherwise valid	896
change of political party affiliation form received after that day	897
entitles the elector to vote at the elector's new political	898
party's subsequent primary elections.	899

Any state or local office of a designated agency, the office	900
of the registrar or any deputy registrar of motor vehicles, a	901
public high school or vocational school, a public library, or the	902
office of a county treasurer shall date stamp a registration	903
application or change of name or, change of address, or change of	904
political party affiliation form it receives using a date stamp	905
that does not disclose the identity of the state or local office	906
that receives the registration.	907

Voter registration applications, if otherwise valid, that are	908
returned by mail to the office of the secretary of state or to the	909
office of a board of elections must be postmarked no later than	910
the thirtieth day preceding a primary, special, or general	911
election in order for the person to qualify as an elector eligible	912
to vote at that election. If an otherwise valid voter registration	913
application that is returned by mail does not bear a postmark or a	914
legible postmark, the registration shall be valid for that	915
election if received by the office of the secretary of state or	916
the office of a board of elections no later than twenty-five days	917
preceding any special, primary, or general election.	918

An otherwise valid application to change a registered	919
elector's political party affiliation that is returned by mail to	920
the office of the secretary of state or to the office of a board	921
of elections must be postmarked not later than the thirtieth day	922
preceding a primary election for the elector to qualify as	923
affiliated with the elector's new political party for the purpose	924
of voting at the party's primary election. If an otherwise valid	925
application to change a registered elector's political party	926
affiliation that is returned by mail does not bear a postmark or a	927
legible postmark, the application shall be valid for that primary	928
election if received by the office of the secretary of state or	929
the office of a board of elections not later than twenty-five days	930
preceding the primary election.	931

(B)(1) Any person may apply in person, by telephone, by mail,	932
or through another person for voter registration forms to the	933
office of the secretary of state or the office of a board of	934
elections. An individual who is eligible to vote as a uniformed	935
services voter or an overseas voter in accordance with 42 U.S.C.	936
1973ff-6 also may apply for voter registration forms by electronic	937
means to the office of the secretary of state or to the board of	938
elections of the county in which the person's voting residence is	939
located pursuant to section 3503.191 of the Revised Code.	940

(2)(a) An applicant may return the applicant's completed	941
registration form in person or by mail to any state or local	942
office of a designated agency, to a public high school or	943
vocational school, to a public library, to the office of a county	944
treasurer, to the office of the secretary of state, or to the	945
office of a board of elections. An applicant who is eligible to	946
vote as a uniformed services voter or an overseas voter in	947
accordance with 42 U.S.C. 1973ff-6 also may return the applicant's	948
completed voter registration form electronically to the office of	949
the secretary of state or to the board of elections of the county	950
in which the person's voting residence is located pursuant to	951
section 3503.191 of the Revised Code.	952

(b) Subject to division (B)(2)(c) of this section, an	953
applicant may return the applicant's completed registration form	954
through another person to any board of elections or the office of	955
the secretary of state.	956

(c) A person who receives compensation for registering a	957
voter shall return any registration form entrusted to that person	958
by an applicant to any board of elections or to the office of the	959
secretary of state.	960

(d) If a board of elections or the office of the secretary of	961
state receives a registration form under division (B)(2)(b) or (c)	962
of this section before the thirtieth day before an election, the	963
board or the office of the secretary of state, as applicable,	964
shall forward the registration to the board of elections of the	965
county in which the applicant is seeking to register to vote	966
within ten days after receiving the application. If a board of	967
elections or the office of the secretary of state receives a	968
registration form under division (B)(2)(b) or (c) of this section	969
on or after the thirtieth day before an election, the board or the	970
office of the secretary of state, as applicable, shall forward the	971
registration to the board of elections of the county in which the	972
applicant is seeking to register to vote within thirty days after	973
that election.	974

(C)(1) A board of elections that receives a voter	975
registration application and is satisfied as to the truth of the	976
statements made in the registration form shall register the	977
applicant not later than twenty business days after receiving the	978
application, unless that application is received during the thirty	979
days immediately preceding the day of an election. The board shall	980
promptly notify the applicant in writing of each of the following:	981

(a) The applicant's registration;

982

(b) The political party, if any, with which the applicant is	983
registered as affiliated;	984

(c) The precinct in which the applicant is to vote;

985

(c)(d) In bold type as follows:

986

"Voters must bring identification to the polls in order to	987
verify identity. Identification may include a current and valid	988
photo identification, a military identification, or a copy of a	989
current utility bill, bank statement, government check, paycheck,	990
or other government document, other than this notification, that	991
shows the voter's name and current address. Voters who do not	992
provide one of these documents will still be able to vote by	993
casting a provisional ballot. Voters who do not have any of the	994
above forms of identification, including a social security number,	995
will still be able to vote by signing an affirmation swearing to	996
the voter's identity under penalty of election falsification and	997
by casting a provisional ballot."	998

The notification shall be by nonforwardable mail. If the mail	999
is returned to the board, it shall investigate and cause the	1000
notification to be delivered to the correct address.	1001

(2) If, after investigating as required under division (C)(1)	1002
of this section, the board is unable to verify the voter's correct	1003
address, it shall cause the voter's name in the official	1004
registration list and in the poll list or signature pollbook to be	1005
marked to indicate that the voter's notification was returned to	1006
the board.	1007

At the first election at which a voter whose name has been so	1008
marked appears to vote, the voter shall be required to provide	1009
identification to the election officials and to vote by	1010
provisional ballot under section 3505.181 of the Revised Code. If	1011
the provisional ballot is counted pursuant to division (B)(3) of	1012
section 3505.183 of the Revised Code, the board shall correct that	1013
voter's registration, if needed, and shall remove the indication	1014
that the voter's notification was returned from that voter's name	1015
on the official registration list and on the poll list or	1016
signature pollbook. If the provisional ballot is not counted	1017
pursuant to division (B)(4)(a)(i), (v), or (vi), or (vii) of	1018
section 3505.183 of the Revised Code, the voter's registration	1019
shall be canceled. The board shall notify the voter by United	1020
States mail of the cancellation.	1021

(3) If a notice of the disposition of an otherwise valid	1022
registration application is sent by nonforwardable mail and is	1023
returned undelivered, the person shall be registered as provided	1024
in division (C)(2) of this section and sent a confirmation notice	1025
by forwardable mail. If the person fails to respond to the	1026
confirmation notice, update the person's registration, or vote by	1027
provisional ballot as provided in division (C)(2) of this section	1028
in any election during the period of two federal elections	1029
subsequent to the mailing of the confirmation notice, the person's	1030
registration shall be canceled.	1031

Sec. 3503.23.  (A) Fourteen days before an election, the	1032
board of elections shall cause to be prepared from the statewide	1033
voter registration database established under section 3503.15 of	1034
the Revised Code a complete and official registration list for	1035
each precinct, containing the names, addresses, and political	1036
party whose ballot the elector voted in the most recent primary	1037
election within the current year and the immediately preceding two	1038
calendar years,affiliations of all qualified registered voters in	1039
the precinct. All	1040

An elector's political party affiliation shall be determined	1041
based on the elector's registration form or most recent change of	1042
political party affiliation form. If the elector was registered	1043
before the effective date of this amendment, the elector's	1044
registration form shall be deemed to indicate an affiliation with	1045
the political party whose ballot the elector voted at the most	1046
recent primary election within the year of that effective date and	1047
the immediately preceding two calendar years.	1048

All the names, insofar as practicable, shall be arranged in	1049
alphabetical order. The lists may be prepared either in sheet form	1050
on one side of the paper or in electronic form, at the discretion	1051
of the board. Each precinct list shall be headed "Register of	1052
Voters," and under the heading shall be indicated the district or	1053
ward and precinct.	1054

Appended to each precinct list shall be attached the names of	1055
the members of the board and the name of the director. A	1056
sufficient number of such lists shall be provided for distribution	1057
to the candidates, political parties, or organized groups that	1058
apply for them. The board shall have each precinct list available	1059
at the board for viewing by the public during normal business	1060
hours. The board shall ensure that, by the opening of the polls on	1061
the day of a general or primary election, each precinct has a	1062
paper copy of the registration list of voters in that precinct.	1063

(B) On the day of a general or primary election, precinct	1064
election officials shall do both of the following:	1065

(1) By the time the polls open, conspicuously post and	1066
display at the polling place one copy of the registration list of	1067
voters in that precinct in an area of the polling place that is	1068
easily accessible;	1069

(2) At 11 a.m. and 4 p.m. place a mark, on the official	1070
registration list posted at the polling place, before the name of	1071
those registered voters who have voted.	1072

(C) Notwithstanding division (B) of section 3501.35 of the	1073
Revised Code, any person may enter the polling place for the sole	1074
purpose of reviewing the official registration list posted in	1075
accordance with division (B) of this section, provided that the	1076
person does not engage in conduct that would constitute harassment	1077
in violation of the election law, as defined in section 3501.90 of	1078
the Revised Code.	1079

Sec. 3505.181.  (A) All of the following individuals shall be	1080
permitted to cast a provisional ballot at an election:	1081

(1) An individual who declares that the individual is a	1082
registered voter in the jurisdiction in which the individual	1083
desires to vote and that the individual is eligible to vote in an	1084
election, but the name of the individual does not appear on the	1085
official list of eligible voters for the polling place or an	1086
election official asserts that the individual is not eligible to	1087
vote;	1088

(2) An individual who has a social security number and	1089
provides to the election officials the last four digits of the	1090
individual's social security number as permitted by division	1091
(A)(2) of section 3505.18 of the Revised Code;	1092

(3) An individual who has but is unable to provide to the	1093
election officials any of the forms of identification required	1094
under division (A)(1) of section 3505.18 of the Revised Code and	1095
who has a social security number but is unable to provide the last	1096
four digits of the individual's social security number as	1097
permitted under division (A)(2) of that section;	1098

(4) An individual who does not have any of the forms of	1099
identification required under division (A)(1) of section 3505.18	1100
of the Revised Code, who cannot provide the last four digits of	1101
the individual's social security number under division (A)(2) of	1102
that section because the individual does not have a social	1103
security number, and who has executed an affirmation as permitted	1104
under division (A)(4) of that section;	1105

(5) An individual whose name in the poll list or signature	1106
pollbook has been marked under section 3509.09 or 3511.13 of the	1107
Revised Code as having requested an absent voter's ballot or an	1108
armed service absent voter's ballot for that election and who	1109
appears to vote at the polling place;	1110

(6) An individual whose notification of registration has been	1111
returned undelivered to the board of elections and whose name in	1112
the official registration list and in the poll list or signature	1113
pollbook has been marked under division (C)(2) of section 3503.19	1114
of the Revised Code;	1115

(7) An individual who is challenged under section 3505.20 of	1116
the Revised Code and the election officials determine that the	1117
person is ineligible to vote or are unable to determine the	1118
person's eligibility to vote;	1119

(8) An individual whose application or challenge hearing has	1120
been postponed until after the day of the election under division	1121
(D)(1) of section 3503.24 of the Revised Code;	1122

(9) An individual who changes the individual's name and	1123
remains within the precinct, moves from one precinct to another	1124
within a county, moves from one precinct to another and changes	1125
the individual's name, or moves from one county to another within	1126
the state, and completes and signs the required forms and	1127
statements under division (B) or (C) of section 3503.16 of the	1128
Revised Code;	1129

(10) An individual whose signature, in the opinion of the	1130
precinct officers under section 3505.22 of the Revised Code, is	1131
not that of the person who signed that name in the registration	1132
forms;	1133

(11) An individual who is challenged under section 3513.20	1134
3513.19 of the Revised Code who refuses to make the statement	1135
required under that section or whobecause a majority of the	1136
precinct officials find that the individual lacks any of the	1137
qualifications to make the individual a qualified elector or	1138
because the individual's name does not appear in the poll list as	1139
affiliated with the political party whose ballot the individual	1140
seeks to vote;	1141

(12) An individual who does not have any of the forms of	1142
identification required under division (A)(1) of section 3505.18	1143
of the Revised Code, who cannot provide the last four digits of	1144
the individual's social security number under division (A)(2) of	1145
that section because the person does not have a social security	1146
number, and who declines to execute an affirmation as permitted	1147
under division (A)(4) of that section;	1148

(13) An individual who has but declines to provide to the	1149
precinct election officials any of the forms of identification	1150
required under division (A)(1) of section 3501.18 of the Revised	1151
Code or who has a social security number but declines to provide	1152
to the precinct election officials the last four digits of the	1153
individual's social security number.	1154

(B) An individual who is eligible to cast a provisional	1155
ballot under division (A) of this section shall be permitted to	1156
cast a provisional ballot as follows:	1157

(1) An election official at the polling place shall notify	1158
the individual that the individual may cast a provisional ballot	1159
in that election.	1160

(2) The individual shall be permitted to cast a provisional	1161
ballot at that polling place upon the execution of a written	1162
affirmation by the individual before an election official at the	1163
polling place stating that the individual is both of the	1164
following:	1165

(a) A registered voter in the jurisdiction in which the	1166
individual desires to vote;	1167

(b) Eligible to vote in that election.

1168

(3) An election official at the polling place shall transmit	1169
the ballot cast by the individual, the voter information contained	1170
in the written affirmation executed by the individual under	1171
division (B)(2) of this section, or the individual's name if the	1172
individual declines to execute such an affirmation to an	1173
appropriate local election official for verification under	1174
division (B)(4) of this section.	1175

(4) If the appropriate local election official to whom the	1176
ballot or voter or address information is transmitted under	1177
division (B)(3) of this section determines that the individual is	1178
eligible to vote, the individual's provisional ballot shall be	1179
counted as a vote in that election.	1180

(5)(a) At the time that an individual casts a provisional	1181
ballot, the appropriate local election official shall give the	1182
individual written information that states that any individual who	1183
casts a provisional ballot will be able to ascertain under the	1184
system established under division (B)(5)(b) of this section	1185
whether the vote was counted, and, if the vote was not counted,	1186
the reason that the vote was not counted.	1187

(b) The appropriate state or local election official shall	1188
establish a free access system, in the form of a toll-free	1189
telephone number, that any individual who casts a provisional	1190
ballot may access to discover whether the vote of that individual	1191
was counted, and, if the vote was not counted, the reason that the	1192
vote was not counted. The free access system established under	1193
this division also shall provide to an individual whose	1194
provisional ballot was not counted information explaining how that	1195
individual may contact the board of elections to register to vote	1196
or to resolve problems with the individual's voter registration.	1197

The appropriate state or local election official shall	1198
establish and maintain reasonable procedures necessary to protect	1199
the security, confidentiality, and integrity of personal	1200
information collected, stored, or otherwise used by the free	1201
access system established under this division. Access to	1202
information about an individual ballot shall be restricted to the	1203
individual who cast the ballot.	1204

(6) If, at the time that an individual casts a provisional	1205
ballot, the individual provides identification in the form of a	1206
current and valid photo identification, a military identification,	1207
or a copy of a current utility bill, bank statement, government	1208
check, paycheck, or other government document, other than a notice	1209
of voter registration mailed by a board of elections under section	1210
3503.19 of the Revised Code, that shows the individual's name and	1211
current address, or provides the last four digits of the	1212
individual's social security number, or executes an affirmation	1213
that the elector does not have any of those forms of	1214
identification or the last four digits of the individual's social	1215
security number because the individual does not have a social	1216
security number, or declines to execute such an affirmation, the	1217
appropriate local election official shall record the type of	1218
identification provided, the social security number information,	1219
the fact that the affirmation was executed, or the fact that the	1220
individual declined to execute such an affirmation and include	1221
that information with the transmission of the ballot or voter or	1222
address information under division (B)(3) of this section. If the	1223
individual declines to execute such an affirmation, the	1224
appropriate local election official shall record the individual's	1225
name and include that information with the transmission of the	1226
ballot under division (B)(3) of this section.	1227

(7) If an individual casts a provisional ballot pursuant to	1228
division (A)(3), (7), (8), (12), or (13) of this section, the	1229
election official shall indicate, on the provisional ballot	1230
verification statement required under section 3505.182 of the	1231
Revised Code, that the individual is required to provide	1232
additional information to the board of elections or that an	1233
application or challenge hearing has been postponed with respect	1234
to the individual, such that additional information is required	1235
for the board of elections to determine the eligibility of the	1236
individual who cast the provisional ballot.	1237

(8) During the ten days after the day of an election, an	1238
individual who casts a provisional ballot pursuant to division	1239
(A)(3), (7), (12), or (13) of this section shall appear at the	1240
office of the board of elections and provide to the board any	1241
additional information necessary to determine the eligibility of	1242
the individual who cast the provisional ballot.	1243

(a) For a provisional ballot cast pursuant to division	1244
(A)(3), (12), or (13) of this section to be eligible to be	1245
counted, the individual who cast that ballot, within ten days	1246
after the day of the election, shall do any of the following:	1247

(i) Provide to the board of elections proof of the	1248
individual's identity in the form of a current and valid photo	1249
identification, a military identification, or a copy of a current	1250
utility bill, bank statement, government check, paycheck, or other	1251
government document, other than a notice of voter registration	1252
mailed by a board of elections under section 3503.19 of the	1253
Revised Code, that shows the individual's name and current	1254
address;	1255

(ii) Provide to the board of elections the last four digits	1256
of the individual's social security number;	1257

(iii) In the case of a provisional ballot executed pursuant	1258
to division (A)(12) of this section, execute an affirmation as	1259
permitted under division (A)(4) of section 3505.18 of the Revised	1260
Code.	1261

(b) For a provisional ballot cast pursuant to division (A)(7)	1262
of this section to be eligible to be counted, the individual who	1263
cast that ballot, within ten days after the day of that election,	1264
shall provide to the board of elections any identification or	1265
other documentation required to be provided by the applicable	1266
challenge questions asked of that individual under section 3505.20	1267
of the Revised Code.	1268

(C)(1) If an individual declares that the individual is	1269
eligible to vote in a jurisdiction other than the jurisdiction in	1270
which the individual desires to vote, or if, upon review of the	1271
precinct voting location guide using the residential street	1272
address provided by the individual, an election official at the	1273
polling place at which the individual desires to vote determines	1274
that the individual is not eligible to vote in that jurisdiction,	1275
the election official shall direct the individual to the polling	1276
place for the jurisdiction in which the individual appears to be	1277
eligible to vote, explain that the individual may cast a	1278
provisional ballot at the current location but the ballot will not	1279
be counted if it is cast in the wrong precinct, and provide the	1280
telephone number of the board of elections in case the individual	1281
has additional questions.	1282

(2) If the individual refuses to travel to the polling place	1283
for the correct jurisdiction or to the office of the board of	1284
elections to cast a ballot, the individual shall be permitted to	1285
vote a provisional ballot at that jurisdiction in accordance with	1286
division (B) of this section. If any of the following apply, the	1287
provisional ballot cast by that individual shall not be opened or	1288
counted:	1289

(a) The individual is not properly registered in that	1290
jurisdiction.	1291

(b) The individual is not eligible to vote in that election	1292
in that jurisdiction.	1293

(c) The individual's eligibility to vote in that jurisdiction	1294
in that election cannot be established upon examination of the	1295
records on file with the board of elections.	1296

(D) The appropriate local election official shall cause	1297
voting information to be publicly posted at each polling place on	1298
the day of each election.	1299

(E) As used in this section and sections 3505.182 and	1300
3505.183 of the Revised Code:	1301

(1) "Jurisdiction" means the precinct in which a person is a	1302
legally qualified elector.	1303

(2) "Precinct voting location guide" means either of the	1304
following:	1305

(a) An electronic or paper record that lists the correct	1306
jurisdiction and polling place for either each specific	1307
residential street address in the county or the range of	1308
residential street addresses located in each neighborhood block in	1309
the county;	1310

(b) Any other method that a board of elections creates that	1311
allows a precinct election official or any elector who is at a	1312
polling place in that county to determine the correct jurisdiction	1313
and polling place of any qualified elector who resides in the	1314
county.	1315

(3) "Voting information" means all of the following:

1316

(a) A sample version of the ballot that will be used for that	1317
election;	1318

(b) Information regarding the date of the election and the	1319
hours during which polling places will be open;	1320

(c) Instructions on how to vote, including how to cast a vote	1321
and how to cast a provisional ballot;	1322

(d) Instructions for mail-in registrants and first-time	1323
voters under applicable federal and state laws;	1324

(e) General information on voting rights under applicable	1325
federal and state laws, including information on the right of an	1326
individual to cast a provisional ballot and instructions on how to	1327
contact the appropriate officials if these rights are alleged to	1328
have been violated;	1329

(f) General information on federal and state laws regarding	1330
prohibitions against acts of fraud and misrepresentation.	1331

(F) Nothing in this section or section 3505.183 of the	1332
Revised Code is in derogation of section 3505.24 of the Revised	1333
Code, which permits a blind, disabled, or illiterate elector to	1334
receive assistance in the marking of the elector's ballot by two	1335
precinct election officials of different political parties. A	1336
blind, disabled, or illiterate elector may receive assistance in	1337
marking that elector's provisional ballot and in completing the	1338
required affirmation in the same manner as an elector may receive	1339
assistance on the day of an election under that section.	1340

Sec. 3505.182.  Each individual who casts a provisional	1341
ballot under section 3505.181 of the Revised Code shall execute a	1342
written affirmation. The form of the written affirmation shall be	1343
printed upon the face of the provisional ballot envelope and shall	1344
be substantially as follows:	1345

"Provisional Ballot Affirmation	1346

STATE OF OHIO	1347

I, .................... (Name of provisional voter), solemnly	1348
swear or affirm that I am a registered voter in the jurisdiction	1349
in which I am voting this provisional ballot and that I am	1350
eligible to vote in the election in which I am voting this	1351
provisional ballot. If this election is a primary election, I	1352
swear or affirm that I am registered as affiliated with the	1353
political party whose ballot I am voting.	1354

I understand that, if the above-provided information is not	1355
fully completed and correct, if the board of elections determines	1356
that I am not registered to vote, a resident of this precinct, or	1357
eligible to vote in this election, or, if applicable, registered	1358
as affiliated with the political party whose primary election	1359
ballot I have voted, or if the board of elections determines that	1360
I have already voted in this election, my provisional ballot will	1361
not be counted. I further understand that knowingly providing	1362
false information is a violation of law and subjects me to	1363
possible criminal prosecution.	1364

I hereby declare, under penalty of election falsification,	1365
that the above statements are true and correct to the best of my	1366
knowledge and belief.	1367

			1368
	(Signature of Voter)		1369
			1370
	(Voter's date of birth)		1371

	The last four digits of the voter's social security number		1372
			1373
	(To be provided if the voter is unable to provide a current and valid photo identification, a military identification, or a current utility bill, bank statement, government check, paycheck, or other government document, other than a notice of voter registration mailed by a board of elections under section 3503.19 of the Revised Code, that shows the voter's name and current address but is able to provide these last four digits)		1374
	The political party with which the voter is registered as affiliated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (To be provided if the provisional ballot is a primary election ballot.)		1375

WHOEVER COMMITS ELECTION FALSIFICATION IS GUILTY OF A FELONY	1376
OF THE FIFTH DEGREE.	1377

Additional Information For Determining Ballot Validity	1378

(May be completed at voter's discretion)	1379

Voter's current address:				1380
Voter's former address if photo identification does not contain voter's current address				1381
Voter's driver's license number or, if not provided above, the last four digits of voter's social security number				1382
(Please circle number type)				1383
(Voter may attach a copy of any of the following for identification purposes: a current and valid photo identification, a military identification, or a current utility bill, bank statement, government check, paycheck, or other government document, other than a notice of voter registration mailed by a board of elections under section 3503.19 of the Revised Code, that shows the voter's name and current address.)				1384
Reason for voting provisional ballot (Check one):				1385
..... Requested, but did not receive, absent voter's ballot				1386
..... Other				1387

Verification Statement	1388

(To be completed by election official)	1389

The Provisional Ballot Affirmation printed above was	1390
subscribed and affirmed before me this .......... day of	1391
.......... (Month), .......... (Year).	1392

(If applicable, the election official must check the	1393
following true statement concerning additional information needed	1394
to determine the eligibility of the provisional voter.)	1395

...... The provisional voter is required to provide	1396
additional information to the board of elections.	1397

...... An application or challenge hearing regarding this	1398
voter has been postponed until after the election.	1399

(The election official must check the following true	1400
statement concerning identification provided by the provisional	1401
voter, if any.)	1402

...... The provisional voter provided a current and valid	1403
photo identification.	1404

...... The provisional voter provided a current valid photo	1405
identification, other than a driver's license or a state	1406
identification card, with the voter's former address instead of	1407
current address and has provided the election official both the	1408
current and former addresses.	1409

...... The provisional voter provided a military	1410
identification or a copy of a current utility bill, bank	1411
statement, government check, paycheck, or other government	1412
document, other than a notice of voter registration mailed by a	1413
board of elections under section 3503.19 of the Revised Code, with	1414
the voter's name and current address.	1415

...... The provisional voter provided the last four digits of	1416
the voter's social security number.	1417

...... The provisional voter is not able to provide a current	1418
and valid photo identification, a military identification, or a	1419
copy of a current utility bill, bank statement, government check,	1420
paycheck, or other government document, other than a notice of	1421
voter registration mailed by a board of elections under section	1422
3503.19 of the Revised Code, with the voter's name and current	1423
address but does have one of these forms of identification. The	1424
provisional voter must provide one of the foregoing items of	1425
identification to the board of elections within ten days after the	1426
election.	1427

..... The provisional voter is not able to provide a current	1428
and valid photo identification, a military identification, or a	1429
copy of a current utility bill, bank statement, government check,	1430
paycheck, or other government document, other than a notice of	1431
voter registration mailed by a board of elections under section	1432
3503.19 of the Revised Code, with the voter's name and current	1433
address but does have one of these forms of identification.	1434
Additionally, the provisional voter does have a social security	1435
number but is not able to provide the last four digits of the	1436
voter's social security number before voting. The provisional	1437
voter must provide one of the foregoing items of identification or	1438
the last four digits of the voter's social security number to the	1439
board of elections within ten days after the election.	1440

..... The provisional voter does not have a current and valid	1441
photo identification, a military identification, a copy of a	1442
current utility bill, bank statement, government check, paycheck,	1443
or other government document with the voter's name and current	1444
address, or a social security number, but has executed an	1445
affirmation.	1446

..... The provisional voter does not have a current and valid	1447
photo identification, a military identification, a copy of a	1448
current utility bill, bank statement, government check, paycheck,	1449
or other government document with the voter's name and current	1450
address, or a social security number, and has declined to execute	1451
an affirmation.	1452

..... The provisional voter declined to provide a current and	1453
valid photo identification, a military identification, a copy of a	1454
current utility bill, bank statement, government check, paycheck,	1455
or other government document with the voter's name and current	1456
address, or the last four digits of the voter's social security	1457
number but does have one of these forms of identification or a	1458
social security number. The provisional voter must provide one of	1459
the foregoing items of identification or the last four digits of	1460
the voter's social security number to the board of elections	1461
within ten days after the election.	1462

			1463
	(Signature of Election Official)"		1464

In addition to any information required to be included on the	1465
written affirmation, an individual casting a provisional ballot	1466
may provide additional information to the election official to	1467
assist the board of elections in determining the individual's	1468
eligibility to vote in that election, including the date and	1469
location at which the individual registered to vote, if known.	1470

If the individual declines to execute the affirmation, an	1471
appropriate local election official shall comply with division	1472
(B)(6) of section 3505.181 of the Revised Code.	1473

Sec. 3505.183.  (A) When the ballot boxes are delivered to	1474
the board of elections from the precincts, the board shall	1475
separate the provisional ballot envelopes from the rest of the	1476
ballots. Teams of employees of the board consisting of one member	1477
of each major political party shall place the sealed provisional	1478
ballot envelopes in a secure location within the office of the	1479
board. The sealed provisional ballot envelopes shall remain in	1480
that secure location until the validity of those ballots is	1481
determined under division (B) of this section. While the	1482
provisional ballot is stored in that secure location, and prior to	1483
the counting of the provisional ballots, if the board receives	1484
information regarding the validity of a specific provisional	1485
ballot under division (B) of this section, the board may note, on	1486
the sealed provisional ballot envelope for that ballot, whether	1487
the ballot is valid and entitled to be counted.	1488

(B)(1) To determine whether a provisional ballot is valid and	1489
entitled to be counted, the board shall examine its records and	1490
determine whether the individual who cast the provisional ballot	1491
is registered and eligible to vote in the applicable election and,	1492
if the election is a primary election, whether the individual who	1493
cast the provisional ballot is registered as affiliated with the	1494
political party whose ballot the individual has voted. The board	1495
shall examine the information contained in the written affirmation	1496
executed by the individual who cast the provisional ballot under	1497
division (B)(2) of section 3505.181 of the Revised Code. If the	1498
individual declines to execute such an affirmation, the	1499
individual's name, written by either the individual or the	1500
election official at the direction of the individual, shall be	1501
included in a written affirmation in order for the provisional	1502
ballot to be eligible to be counted; otherwise, the following	1503
information shall be included in the written affirmation in order	1504
for the provisional ballot to be eligible to be counted:	1505

(a) The individual's name and signature;

1506

(b) A statement that the individual is a registered voter in	1507
the jurisdiction in which the provisional ballot is being voted;	1508

(c) A statement that the individual is eligible to vote in	1509
the election in which the provisional ballot is being voted;	1510

(d) If the election is a primary election, a statement that	1511
the individual is registered as affiliated with the political	1512
party whose ballot the individual has voted.	1513

(2) In addition to the information required to be included in	1514
an affirmation under division (B)(1) of this section, in	1515
determining whether a provisional ballot is valid and entitled to	1516
be counted, the board also shall examine any additional	1517
information for determining ballot validity provided by the	1518
provisional voter on the affirmation, provided by the provisional	1519
voter to an election official under section 3505.182 of the	1520
Revised Code, or provided to the board of elections during the ten	1521
days after the day of the election under division (B)(8) of	1522
section 3505.181 of the Revised Code, to assist the board in	1523
determining the individual's eligibility to vote.	1524

(3) If, in examining a provisional ballot affirmation and	1525
additional information under divisions (B)(1) and (2) of this	1526
section and comparing the information required under division	1527
(B)(1) of this section with the elector's information in the	1528
statewide voter registration database, the board determines that	1529
all of the following apply, the provisional ballot envelope shall	1530
be opened, and the ballot shall be placed in a ballot box to be	1531
counted:	1532

(a) The individual named on the affirmation is properly	1533
registered to vote.	1534

(b) The individual named on the affirmation is eligible to	1535
cast a ballot in the precinct and for the election in which the	1536
individual cast the provisional ballot.	1537

(c) If the election is a primary election, the individual	1538
named on the affirmation is registered as affiliated with the	1539
political party whose ballot the individual has voted.	1540

(d) The individual provided all of the information required	1541
under division (B)(1) of this section in the affirmation that the	1542
individual executed at the time the individual cast the	1543
provisional ballot.	1544

(d)(e) The last four digits of the elector's social security	1545
number or the elector's driver's license number or state	1546
identification number are not different from the last four digits	1547
of the elector's social security number or the elector's driver's	1548
license number or state identification number contained in the	1549
statewide voter registration database.	1550

(e)(f) If applicable, the individual provided any additional	1551
information required under division (B)(8) of section 3505.181 of	1552
the Revised Code within ten days after the day of the election.	1553

(f)(g) If applicable, the hearing conducted under division	1554
(B) of section 3503.24 of the Revised Code after the day of the	1555
election resulted in the individual's inclusion in the official	1556
registration list.	1557

(4)(a) If, in examining a provisional ballot affirmation and	1558
additional information under divisions (B)(1) and (2) of this	1559
section and comparing the information required under division	1560
(B)(1) of this section with the elector's information in the	1561
statewide voter registration database, the board determines that	1562
any of the following applies, the provisional ballot envelope	1563
shall not be opened, and the ballot shall not be counted:	1564

(i) The individual named on the affirmation is not qualified	1565
or is not properly registered to vote.	1566

(ii) The individual named on the affirmation is not eligible	1567
to cast a ballot in the precinct or for the election in which the	1568
individual cast the provisional ballot.	1569

(iii) If the election is a primary election, the individual	1570
named on the affirmation is not registered as affiliated with the	1571
political party whose ballot the individual has voted.	1572

(iv) The individual did not provide all of the information	1573
required under division (B)(1) of this section in the affirmation	1574
that the individual executed at the time the individual cast the	1575
provisional ballot.	1576

(iv)(v) The individual has already cast a ballot for the	1577
election in which the individual cast the provisional ballot.	1578

(v)(vi) If applicable, the individual did not provide any	1579
additional information required under division (B)(8) of section	1580
3505.181 of the Revised Code within ten days after the day of the	1581
election.	1582

(vi)(vii) If applicable, the hearing conducted under division	1583
(B) of section 3503.24 of the Revised Code after the day of the	1584
election did not result in the individual's inclusion in the	1585
official registration list.	1586

(vii)(viii) The individual failed to provide a current and	1587
valid photo identification, a military identification, a copy of a	1588
current utility bill, bank statement, government check, paycheck,	1589
or other government document, other than a notice of voter	1590
registration mailed by a board of elections under section 3503.19	1591
of the Revised Code, with the voter's name and current address, or	1592
the last four digits of the individual's social security number or	1593
to execute an affirmation under division (A) of section 3505.18 or	1594
division (B) of section 3505.181 of the Revised Code.	1595

(viii)(ix) The last four digits of the elector's social	1596
security number or the elector's driver's license number or state	1597
identification number are different from the last four digits of	1598
the elector's social security number or the elector's driver's	1599
license number or state identification number contained in the	1600
statewide voter registration database.	1601

(b) If, in examining a provisional ballot affirmation and	1602
additional information under divisions (B)(1) and (2) of this	1603
section and comparing the information required under division	1604
(B)(1) of this section with the elector's information in the	1605
statewide voter registration database, the board is unable to	1606
determine eitherany of the following are true, the provisional	1607
ballot envelope shall not be opened, and the ballot shall not be	1608
counted:	1609

(i) WhetherThe board is unable to determine whether the	1610
individual named on the affirmation is qualified or properly	1611
registered to vote;	1612

(ii) WhetherThe board is unable to determine whether the	1613
individual named on the affirmation is eligible to cast a ballot	1614
in the precinct or for the election in which the individual cast	1615
the provisional ballot;	1616

(iii) If the election is a primary election, the board is	1617
unable to determine whether the individual named on the	1618
affirmation is registered as affiliated with the political party	1619
whose ballot the individual has voted.	1620

(C)(1) For each provisional ballot rejected under division	1621
(B)(4) of this section, the board shall record the name of the	1622
provisional voter who cast the ballot, the identification number	1623
of the provisional ballot envelope, the names of the election	1624
officials who determined the validity of that ballot, the date and	1625
time that the determination was made, and the reason that the	1626
ballot was not counted.	1627

(2) Provisional ballots that are rejected under division	1628
(B)(4) of this section shall not be counted but shall be preserved	1629
in their provisional ballot envelopes unopened until the time	1630
provided by section 3505.31 of the Revised Code for the	1631
destruction of all other ballots used at the election for which	1632
ballots were provided, at which time they shall be destroyed.	1633

(D) Provisional ballots that the board determines are	1634
eligible to be counted under division (B)(3) of this section shall	1635
be counted in the same manner as provided for other ballots under	1636
section 3505.27 of the Revised Code. No provisional ballots shall	1637
be counted in a particular county until the board determines the	1638
eligibility to be counted of all provisional ballots cast in that	1639
county under division (B) of this section for that election.	1640
Observers, as provided in section 3505.21 of the Revised Code, may	1641
be present at all times that the board is determining the	1642
eligibility of provisional ballots to be counted and counting	1643
those provisional ballots determined to be eligible. No person	1644
shall recklessly disclose the count or any portion of the count of	1645
provisional ballots in such a manner as to jeopardize the secrecy	1646
of any individual ballot.	1647

(E)(1) Except as otherwise provided in division (E)(2) of	1648
this section, nothing in this section shall prevent a board of	1649
elections from examining provisional ballot affirmations and	1650
additional information under divisions (B)(1) and (2) of this	1651
section to determine the eligibility of provisional ballots to be	1652
counted during the ten days after the day of an election.	1653

(2) A board of elections shall not examine the provisional	1654
ballot affirmation and additional information under divisions	1655
(B)(1) and (2) of this section of any provisional ballot for which	1656
an election official has indicated under division (B)(7) of	1657
section 3505.181 of the Revised Code that additional information	1658
is required for the board of elections to determine the	1659
eligibility of the individual who cast that provisional ballot	1660
until the individual provides any information required under	1661
division (B)(8) of section 3505.181 of the Revised Code, until any	1662
hearing required to be conducted under section 3503.24 of the	1663
Revised Code with regard to the provisional voter is held, or	1664
until the eleventh day after the day of the election, whichever is	1665
earlier.	1666

Sec. 3509.03.  Except as provided in division (B) of section	1667
3509.08 of the Revised Code, any qualified elector desiring to	1668
vote absent voter's ballots at an election shall make written	1669
application for those ballots to the director of elections of the	1670
county in which the elector's voting residence is located. The	1671
application need not be in any particular form but shall contain	1672
all of the following:	1673

(A) The elector's name;

1674

(B) The elector's signature;

1675

(C) The address at which the elector is registered to vote;

1676

(D) The elector's date of birth;

1677

(E) One of the following:

1678

(1) The elector's driver's license number;

1679

(2) The last four digits of the elector's social security	1680
number;	1681

(3) A copy of the elector's current and valid photo	1682
identification, a copy of a military identification, or a copy of	1683
a current utility bill, bank statement, government check,	1684
paycheck, or other government document, other than a notice of	1685
voter registration mailed by a board of elections under section	1686
3503.19 of the Revised Code, that shows the name and address of	1687
the elector.	1688

(F) A statement identifying the election for which absent	1689
voter's ballots are requested;	1690

(G) A statement that the person requesting the ballots is a	1691
qualified elector;	1692

(H) If the request is for primary election ballots, the	1693
elector's:	1694

(1) The political party affiliationwith which the elector is	1695
registered as affiliated; or	1696

(2) A statement that the elector wishes to vote only for the	1697
questions and issues appearing on the ballot in a special election	1698
held on the day of the primary election; and	1699

(I) If the elector desires ballots to be mailed to the	1700
elector, the address to which those ballots shall be mailed.	1701

Each application for absent voter's ballots shall be	1702
delivered to the director not earlier than the first day of	1703
January of the year of the elections for which the absent voter's	1704
ballots are requested or not earlier than ninety days before the	1705
day of the election at which the ballots are to be voted,	1706
whichever is earlier, and not later than twelve noon of the third	1707
day before the day of the election at which the ballots are to be	1708
voted, or not later than six p.m. on the last Friday before the	1709
day of the election at which the ballots are to be voted if the	1710
application is delivered in person to the office of the board.	1711

Sec. 3511.02.  Notwithstanding any section of the Revised	1712
Code to the contrary, whenever any person applies for registration	1713
as a voter on a form adopted in accordance with federal	1714
regulations relating to the "Uniformed and Overseas Citizens	1715
Absentee Voting Act," 100 Stat. 924, 42 U.S.C.A. 1973ff (1986),	1716
this application shall be sufficient for voter registration and as	1717
a request for an absent voter's ballot. Uniformed services or	1718
overseas absent voter's ballots may be obtained by any person	1719
meeting the requirements of section 3511.011 of the Revised Code	1720
by applying electronically to the secretary of state or to the	1721
board of elections of the county in which the person's voting	1722
residence is located in accordance with section 3511.021 of the	1723
Revised Code or by applying to the director of the board of	1724
elections of the county in which the person's voting residence is	1725
located, in one of the following ways:	1726

(A) That person may make written application for those	1727
ballots. The person may personally deliver the application to the	1728
director or may mail it, send it by facsimile machine, send it by	1729
electronic mail, send it through internet delivery if such	1730
delivery is offered by the board of elections or the secretary of	1731
state, or otherwise send it to the director. The application need	1732
not be in any particular form but shall contain all of the	1733
following information:	1734

(1) The elector's name;

1735

(2) The elector's signature;

1736

(3) The address at which the elector is registered to vote;

1737

(4) The elector's date of birth;

1738

(5) One of the following:

1739

(a) The elector's driver's license number;

1740

(b) The last four digits of the elector's social security	1741
number;	1742

(c) A copy of the elector's current and valid photo	1743
identification, a copy of a military identification, or a copy of	1744
a current utility bill, bank statement, government check,	1745
paycheck, or other government document, other than a notice of	1746
voter registration mailed by a board of elections under section	1747
3503.19 of the Revised Code, that shows the name and address of	1748
the elector.	1749

(6) A statement identifying the election for which absent	1750
voter's ballots are requested;	1751

(7) A statement that the person requesting the ballots is a	1752
qualified elector;	1753

(8) A statement that the elector is an absent uniformed	1754
services voter or overseas voter as defined in 42 U.S.C. 1973ff-6;	1755

(9) A statement of the elector's length of residence in the	1756
state immediately preceding the commencement of service,	1757
immediately preceding the date of leaving to be with or near the	1758
service member, or immediately preceding leaving the United	1759
States, or a statement that the elector's parent or legal guardian	1760
resided in this state long enough to establish residency for	1761
voting purposes immediately preceding leaving the United States,	1762
whichever is applicable;	1763

(10) If the request is for primary election ballots, the	1764
elector's:	1765

(a) The political party affiliationwith which the elector is	1766
registered as affiliated; or	1767

(2) A statement that the elector wishes to vote only for the	1768
questions and issues appearing on the ballot in a special election	1769
held on the day of the primary election;	1770

(11) If the elector desires ballots to be mailed to the	1771
elector, the address to which those ballots shall be mailed;	1772

(12) If the elector desires ballots to be sent to the elector	1773
by facsimile machine, the telephone number to which they shall be	1774
so sent;	1775

(13) If the elector desires ballots to be sent to the elector	1776
by electronic mail or, if offered by the board of elections or the	1777
secretary of state, through internet delivery, the elector's	1778
electronic mail address or other internet contact information.	1779

(B) A voter or any relative of a voter listed in division (C)	1780
of this section may use a single federal post card application to	1781
apply for uniformed services or overseas absent voter's ballots	1782
for use at the primary and general elections in a given year and	1783
any special election to be held on the day in that year specified	1784
by division (E) of section 3501.01 of the Revised Code for the	1785
holding of a primary election, designated by the general assembly	1786
for the purpose of submitting constitutional amendments proposed	1787
by the general assembly to the voters of the state. A single	1788
federal postcard application shall be processed by the board of	1789
elections pursuant to section 3511.04 of the Revised Code the same	1790
as if the voter had applied separately for uniformed services or	1791
overseas absent voter's ballots for each election.	1792

(C) Application to have uniformed services or overseas absent	1793
voter's ballots mailed or sent by facsimile machine to such a	1794
person may be made by the spouse, father, mother, father-in-law,	1795
mother-in-law, grandfather, grandmother, brother or sister of the	1796
whole blood or half blood, son, daughter, adopting parent, adopted	1797
child, stepparent, stepchild, daughter-in-law, son-in-law, uncle,	1798
aunt, nephew, or niece of such a person. The application shall be	1799
in writing upon a blank form furnished only by the director or on	1800
a single federal post card as provided in division (B) of this	1801
section. The form of the application shall be prescribed by the	1802
secretary of state. The director shall furnish that blank form to	1803
any of the relatives specified in this division desiring to make	1804
the application, only upon the request of such a relative made in	1805
person at the office of the board or upon the written request of	1806
such a relative mailed to the office of the board. The	1807
application, subscribed and sworn to by the applicant, shall	1808
contain all of the following:	1809

(1) The full name of the elector for whom ballots are	1810
requested;	1811

(2) A statement that the elector is an absent uniformed	1812
services voter or overseas voter as defined in 42 U.S.C. 1973ff-6;	1813

(3) The address at which the elector is registered to vote;

1814

(4) A statement identifying the elector's length of residence	1815
in the state immediately preceding the commencement of service,	1816
immediately preceding the date of leaving to be with or near a	1817
service member, or immediately preceding leaving the United	1818
States, or a statement that the elector's parent or legal guardian	1819
resided in this state long enough to establish residency for	1820
voting purposes immediately preceding leaving the United States,	1821
as the case may be;	1822

(5) The elector's date of birth;

1823

(6) One of the following:

1824

(a) The elector's driver's license number;

1825

(b) The last four digits of the elector's social security	1826
number;	1827

(c) A copy of the elector's current and valid photo	1828
identification, a copy of a military identification, or a copy of	1829
a current utility bill, bank statement, government check,	1830
paycheck, or other government document, other than a notice of	1831
voter registration mailed by a board of elections under section	1832
3503.19 of the Revised Code, that shows the name and address of	1833
the elector.	1834

(7) A statement identifying the election for which absent	1835
voter's ballots are requested;	1836

(8) A statement that the person requesting the ballots is a	1837
qualified elector;	1838

(9) If the request is for primary election ballots, the	1839
elector's:	1840

(a) The political party affiliationwith which the elector is	1841
registered as affiliated; or	1842

(2) A statement that the elector wishes to vote only for the	1843
questions and issues appearing on the ballot in a special election	1844
held on the day of the primary election;	1845

(10) A statement that the applicant bears a relationship to	1846
the elector as specified in division (C) of this section;	1847

(11) The address to which ballots shall be mailed, the	1848
telephone number to which ballots shall be sent by facsimile	1849
machine, the electronic mail address to which ballots shall be	1850
sent by electronic mail, or, if internet delivery is offered by	1851
the board of elections or the secretary of state, the internet	1852
contact information to which ballots shall be sent through	1853
internet delivery;	1854

(12) The signature and address of the person making the	1855
application.	1856

Each application for uniformed services or overseas absent	1857
voter's ballots shall be delivered to the director not earlier	1858
than the first day of January of the year of the elections for	1859
which the uniformed services or overseas absent voter's ballots	1860
are requested or not earlier than ninety days before the day of	1861
the election at which the ballots are to be voted, whichever is	1862
earlier, and not later than twelve noon of the third day preceding	1863
the day of the election, or not later than six p.m. on the last	1864
Friday before the day of the election at which those ballots are	1865
to be voted if the application is delivered in person to the	1866
office of the board.	1867

(D) If the voter for whom the application is made is entitled	1868
to vote for presidential and vice-presidential electors only, the	1869
applicant shall submit to the director in addition to the	1870
requirements of divisions (A), (B), and (C) of this section, a	1871
statement to the effect that the voter is qualified to vote for	1872
presidential and vice-presidential electors and for no other	1873
offices.	1874

Sec. 3513.05.  Each person desiring to become a candidate for	1875
a party nomination or for election to an office or position to be	1876
voted for at a primary election, except persons desiring to become	1877
joint candidates for the offices of governor and lieutenant	1878
governor and except as otherwise provided in section 3513.051 of	1879
the Revised Code, shall, not later than four p.m. of the ninetieth	1880
day before the day of the primary election, file a declaration of	1881
candidacy and petition and pay the fees required under divisions	1882
(A) and (B) of section 3513.10 of the Revised Code. The	1883
declaration of candidacy and all separate petition papers shall be	1884
filed at the same time as one instrument. When the offices are to	1885
be voted for at a primary election, persons desiring to become	1886
joint candidates for the offices of governor and lieutenant	1887
governor shall, not later than four p.m. of the ninetieth day	1888
before the day of the primary election, comply with section	1889
3513.04 of the Revised Code. The prospective joint candidates'	1890
declaration of candidacy and all separate petition papers of	1891
candidacies shall be filed at the same time as one instrument. The	1892
secretary of state or a board of elections shall not accept for	1893
filing a declaration of candidacy and petition of a person seeking	1894
to become a candidate if that person, for the same election, has	1895
already filed a declaration of candidacy or a declaration of	1896
intent to be a write-in candidate, or has become a candidate by	1897
the filling of a vacancy under section 3513.30 of the Revised Code	1898
for any federal, state, or county office, if the declaration of	1899
candidacy is for a state or county office, or for any municipal or	1900
township office, if the declaration of candidacy is for a	1901
municipal or township office.	1902

If the declaration of candidacy declares a candidacy which is	1903
to be submitted to electors throughout the entire state, the	1904
petition, including a petition for joint candidates for the	1905
offices of governor and lieutenant governor, shall be signed by at	1906
least one thousand qualified electors who are members of the same	1907
political party as the candidate or joint candidates, and the	1908
declaration of candidacy and petition shall be filed with the	1909
secretary of state; provided that the secretary of state shall not	1910
accept or file any such petition appearing on its face to contain	1911
signatures of more than three thousand electors.	1912

Except as otherwise provided in this paragraph, if the	1913
declaration of candidacy is of one that is to be submitted only to	1914
electors within a district, political subdivision, or portion	1915
thereof, the petition shall be signed by not less than fifty	1916
qualified electors who are members of the same political party as	1917
the political party of which the candidate is a member. If the	1918
declaration of candidacy is for party nomination as a candidate	1919
for member of the legislative authority of a municipal corporation	1920
elected by ward, the petition shall be signed by not less than	1921
twenty-five qualified electors who are members of the political	1922
party of which the candidate is a member.	1923

No such petition, except the petition for a candidacy that is	1924
to be submitted to electors throughout the entire state, shall be	1925
accepted for filing if it appears to contain on its face	1926
signatures of more than three times the minimum number of	1927
signatures. When a petition of a candidate has been accepted for	1928
filing by a board of elections, the petition shall not be deemed	1929
invalid if, upon verification of signatures contained in the	1930
petition, the board of elections finds the number of signatures	1931
accepted exceeds three times the minimum number of signatures	1932
required. A board of elections may discontinue verifying	1933
signatures on petitions when the number of verified signatures	1934
equals the minimum required number of qualified signatures.	1935

If the declaration of candidacy declares a candidacy for	1936
party nomination or for election as a candidate of an intermediate	1937
or minor party, the minimum number of signatures on such petition	1938
is one-half the minimum number provided in this section, except	1939
that, when the candidacy is one for election as a member of the	1940
state central committee or the county central committee of a	1941
political party, the minimum number shall be the same for an	1942
intermediate or minor party as for a major party.	1943

If a declaration of candidacy is one for election as a member	1944
of the state central committee or the county central committee of	1945
a political party, the petition shall be signed by five qualified	1946
electors of the district, county, ward, township, or precinct	1947
within which electors may vote for such candidate. The electors	1948
signing such petition shall be members of the same political party	1949
as the political party of which the candidate is a member.	1950

For purposes of signing or circulating a petition of	1951
candidacy for party nomination or election, an elector is	1952
considered to be a member of a political party if the elector	1953
voted in that party's primary election within the preceding two	1954
calendar years, or if the elector did not vote in any other	1955
party's primary election within the preceding two calendar years	1956
elector's voter registration record indicates that the elector is	1957
affiliated with that political party.	1958

If the declaration of candidacy is of one that is to be	1959
submitted only to electors within a county, or within a district	1960
or subdivision or part thereof smaller than a county, the petition	1961
shall be filed with the board of elections of the county. If the	1962
declaration of candidacy is of one that is to be submitted only to	1963
electors of a district or subdivision or part thereof that is	1964
situated in more than one county, the petition shall be filed with	1965
the board of elections of the county within which the major	1966
portion of the population thereof, as ascertained by the next	1967
preceding federal census, is located.	1968

A petition shall consist of separate petition papers, each of	1969
which shall contain signatures of electors of only one county.	1970
Petitions or separate petition papers containing signatures of	1971
electors of more than one county shall not thereby be declared	1972
invalid. In case petitions or separate petition papers containing	1973
signatures of electors of more than one county are filed, the	1974
board shall determine the county from which the majority of	1975
signatures came, and only signatures from such county shall be	1976
counted. Signatures from any other county shall be invalid.	1977

Each separate petition paper shall be circulated by one	1978
person only, who shall be the candidate or a joint candidate or a	1979
member of the same political party as the candidate or joint	1980
candidates, and each separate petition paper shall be governed by	1981
the rules set forth in section 3501.38 of the Revised Code.	1982

The secretary of state shall promptly transmit to each board	1983
such separate petition papers of each petition accompanying a	1984
declaration of candidacy filed with the secretary of state as	1985
purport to contain signatures of electors of the county of such	1986
board. The board of the most populous county of a district shall	1987
promptly transmit to each board within such district such separate	1988
petition papers of each petition accompanying a declaration of	1989
candidacy filed with it as purport to contain signatures of	1990
electors of the county of each such board. The board of a county	1991
within which the major portion of the population of a subdivision,	1992
situated in more than one county, is located, shall promptly	1993
transmit to the board of each other county within which a portion	1994
of such subdivision is located such separate petition papers of	1995
each petition accompanying a declaration of candidacy filed with	1996
it as purport to contain signatures of electors of the portion of	1997
such subdivision in the county of each such board.	1998

All petition papers so transmitted to a board and all	1999
petitions accompanying declarations of candidacy filed with a	2000
board shall, under proper regulations, be open to public	2001
inspection until four p.m. of the eightieth day before the day of	2002
the next primary election. Each board shall, not later than the	2003
seventy-eighth day before the day of that primary election,	2004
examine and determine the validity or invalidity of the signatures	2005
on the petition papers so transmitted to or filed with it and	2006
shall return to the secretary of state all petition papers	2007
transmitted to it by the secretary of state, together with its	2008
certification of its determination as to the validity or	2009
invalidity of signatures thereon, and shall return to each other	2010
board all petition papers transmitted to it by such board,	2011
together with its certification of its determination as to the	2012
validity or invalidity of the signatures thereon. All other	2013
matters affecting the validity or invalidity of such petition	2014
papers shall be determined by the secretary of state or the board	2015
with whom such petition papers were filed.	2016

Protests against the candidacy of any person filing a	2017
declaration of candidacy for party nomination or for election to	2018
an office or position, as provided in this section, may be filed	2019
by any qualified elector who is a member of the same political	2020
party as the candidate and who is eligible to vote at the primary	2021
election for the candidate whose declaration of candidacy the	2022
elector objects to, or by the controlling committee of that	2023
political party. The protest shall be in writing, and shall be	2024
filed not later than four p.m. of the seventy-fourth day before	2025
the day of the primary election. The protest shall be filed with	2026
the election officials with whom the declaration of candidacy and	2027
petition was filed. Upon the filing of the protest, the election	2028
officials with whom it is filed shall promptly fix the time for	2029
hearing it, and shall forthwith mail notice of the filing of the	2030
protest and the time fixed for hearing to the person whose	2031
candidacy is so protested. They shall also forthwith mail notice	2032
of the time fixed for such hearing to the person who filed the	2033
protest. At the time fixed, such election officials shall hear the	2034
protest and determine the validity or invalidity of the	2035
declaration of candidacy and petition. If they find that such	2036
candidate is not an elector of the state, district, county, or	2037
political subdivision in which the candidate seeks a party	2038
nomination or election to an office or position, or has not fully	2039
complied with this chapter, the candidate's declaration of	2040
candidacy and petition shall be determined to be invalid and shall	2041
be rejected; otherwise, it shall be determined to be valid. That	2042
determination shall be final.	2043

A protest against the candidacy of any persons filing a	2044
declaration of candidacy for joint party nomination to the offices	2045
of governor and lieutenant governor shall be filed, heard, and	2046
determined in the same manner as a protest against the candidacy	2047
of any person filing a declaration of candidacy singly.	2048

The secretary of state shall, on the seventieth day before	2049
the day of a primary election, certify to each board in the state	2050
the forms of the official ballots to be used at the primary	2051
election, together with the names of the candidates to be printed	2052
on the ballots whose nomination or election is to be determined by	2053
electors throughout the entire state and who filed valid	2054
declarations of candidacy and petitions.	2055

The board of the most populous county in a district comprised	2056
of more than one county but less than all of the counties of the	2057
state shall, on the seventieth day before the day of a primary	2058
election, certify to the board of each county in the district the	2059
names of the candidates to be printed on the official ballots to	2060
be used at the primary election, whose nomination or election is	2061
to be determined only by electors within the district and who	2062
filed valid declarations of candidacy and petitions.	2063

The board of a county within which the major portion of the	2064
population of a subdivision smaller than the county and situated	2065
in more than one county is located shall, on the seventieth day	2066
before the day of a primary election, certify to the board of each	2067
county in which a portion of that subdivision is located the names	2068
of the candidates to be printed on the official ballots to be used	2069
at the primary election, whose nomination or election is to be	2070
determined only by electors within that subdivision and who filed	2071
valid declarations of candidacy and petitions.	2072

Sec. 3513.18.  Party primaries shall be held at the same	2073
place and time, but there shall be separate pollbooks, tally	2074
sheets, and ballot boxes provided at each polling place for each	2075
party participating in the election, and the ballot of each voter	2076
shall be placed in the ballot box of the party with which hethe	2077
voter is affiliated. Each ballot box shall be plainly marked with	2078
the name of the political party whose ballots are to be placed	2079
therein, by letters pasted or printed thereon or by a card	2080
attached thereto, or both, and so placed that the designation may	2081
be easily seen and read by the voter.	2082

If a special election on a question or issue is held on the	2083
day of a primary election, there shall be provided in the	2084
pollbooks pages on which shall be recorded the names of all	2085
electors voting on said question or issue and not voting in such	2086
primary. It shall not be necessary for electors desiring to vote	2087
only on the question or issue to declare theirbe affiliated with	2088
a political affiliationparty.	2089

Sec. 3513.19.  (A) It is the duty of any judge of elections,	2090
whenever any judge of elections doubts that a person attempting to	2091
vote at a primary election is legally entitled to vote at that	2092
election, to challenge the right of that person to vote. The right	2093
of a person to vote at a primary election may be challenged upon	2094
the following grounds:	2095

(1) That the person whose right to vote is challenged is not	2096
a legally qualified elector;	2097

(2) That the person has received or has been promised some	2098
valuable reward or consideration for the person's vote;	2099

(3) That the person is not affiliated with or is not a member	2100
of the political party whose ballot the person desires to vote.	2101
Such party affiliation shall be determined by examining the	2102
elector's votingregistration record for the current year and the	2103
immediately preceding two calendar years as shown on the voter's	2104
registration card, using the standards of affiliation specified in	2105
the seventh paragraph of section 3513.05 of the Revised Code.	2106
Division (A)(3) of this section and the seventh paragraph of	2107
section 3513.05 of the Revised Code do not prohibit a person who	2108
holds an elective office for which candidates are nominated at a	2109
party primary election from doing any of the following:	2110

(a) If the person voted as a member of a different political	2111
party at any primary election within the current year and the	2112
immediately preceding two calendar years, being a candidate for	2113
nomination at a party primary held during the times specified in	2114
division (C)(2) of section 3513.191 of the Revised Code provided	2115
that the person complies with the requirements of that section;	2116

(b) Circulating the person's own petition of candidacy for	2117
party nomination in the primary election.	2118

(B) When the right of a person to vote is challenged upon the	2119
ground set forth in division (A)(3) of this section, membership in	2120
or political affiliation with a political party shall be	2121
determined by the person's statement, made under penalty of	2122
election falsification, that the person desires to be affiliated	2123
with and supports the principles of the political party whose	2124
primary ballot the person desires to voteIf a majority of the	2125
precinct officials finds that the person lacks any of the	2126
qualifications required to make the person a qualified elector, or	2127
if the person's name does not appear in the poll list as	2128
affiliated with the political party whose ballot the person seeks	2129
to vote, the person shall be permitted to cast a provisional	2130
ballot under section 3505.181 of the Revised Code.	2131

Sec. 3513.191.  (A) No person shall be a candidate for	2132
nomination or election at a party primary if the person voted as a	2133
member of a different political party at any primary election	2134
within the current year and the immediately preceding two calendar	2135
yearsperson's voter registration record does not indicate that	2136
the person is affiliated with that political party.	2137

(B) Notwithstanding division (A) of this section, either of	2138
the following persons may be candidates for nomination of any	2139
political party at a party primary:	2140

(1) A person who does not hold an elective office;

2141

(2) A person who holds an elective office other than one for	2142
which candidates are nominated at a party primary.	2143

(C)(1) Notwithstanding division (A) of this section, aA	2144
person who holds an elective office for which candidates are	2145
nominated at a party primary may be a candidate at a primary	2146
election held during the times specified in division (C)(2)(B)(3)	2147
of this section for nomination as a candidate of a political party	2148
of which the person is prohibited from being a candidate for	2149
nomination under division (A) of this sectionother than the party	2150
that most recently nominated the person as a candidate for the	2151
office the person currently holds, only if the person files:	2152

(a) Registers to vote as a member of the person's new	2153
political party;	2154

(b) Files a declaration of intent to seek the nomination of	2155
thatthe person's new party and if, by filing the declaration, the	2156
person has; and	2157

(c) Has not violated division (C)(3)(B)(4) of this section.	2158
The	2159

(2) The declaration of intent shall:

2160

(a) Be filed not later than four p.m. of the thirtieth day	2161
before a declaration of candidacy and petition is required to be	2162
filed under section 3513.05 of the Revised Code;	2163

(b) Be filed with the same official with whom the person	2164
filing the declaration of intent is required to file a declaration	2165
of candidacy and petition;	2166

(c) Indicate the political party whose nomination in the	2167
primary election the person seeks;	2168

(d) Be on a form prescribed by the secretary of state.

2169

(2)(3) No person filing a declaration of intent under	2170
division (C)(B)(1) of this section shall be a candidate at any	2171
primary election for nomination for an elective office for which	2172
candidates are nominated at a party primary during the calendar	2173
year in which the person files the declaration or during the next	2174
calendar year except as a candidate of the party indicated under	2175
division (C)(1)(B)(2)(c) of this section.	2176

(3)(4) No person who files a declaration of intent under	2177
division (C)(B)(1) of this section shall file another such	2178
declaration for a period of ten years after the declaration is	2179
filed.	2180

(4) Notwithstanding the seventh paragraph of section 3513.05	2181
of the Revised Code, a person who complies with this section may	2182
circulate that person's own petition of candidacy for party	2183
nomination at the party primary at which the person seeks	2184
nomination under this section.	2185

Sec. 3513.192.  Any candidate nominated at a party primary	2186
election who, before that primary election, registers as	2187
affiliated with and votes in that primary election as a member of	2188
a political party different from the party that nominated the	2189
candidate shall forfeit the nomination, and the vacancy so created	2190
shall be filled in accordance with section 3513.31 of the Revised	2191
Code.	2192

Sec. 3517.013. SectionDivision (B) of section 3513.191 of	2193
the Revised Code does not apply to persons desiring to become	2194
candidates for party nomination of a newly formed political party	2195
meeting the requirements of sections 3517.011 and 3517.012 of the	2196
Revised Code for a period of four calendar years from the date of	2197
the party formation.	2198

Sec. 3599.02.  No person shall before, during, or after any	2199
primary, general, or special election or convention solicit,	2200
request, demand, receive, or contract for any money, gift, loan,	2201
property, influence, position, employment, or other thing of value	2202
for that person or for another person for doing any of the	2203
following:	2204

(A) Registering or refraining from registering to vote;

2205

(B) Agreeing to register or to refrain from registering to	2206
vote;	2207

(C) Agreeing to vote or to refrain from voting;

2208

(D) Voting or refraining from voting at any primary, general,	2209
or special election or convention for a particular person,	2210
question, or issue;	2211

(E) Registering or voting, or refraining from registering or	2212
voting, or voting or refraining from voting for a particular	2213
person, question, or issue;	2214

(F) Registering, or refraining from registering, as	2215
affiliated with a political party.	2216

Whoever violates this section is guilty of bribery, a felony	2217
of the fourth degree, and shall be disfranchised and excluded from	2218
holding any public office for five years immediately following	2219
such conviction.	2220

Sec. 3599.11.  (A) No person shall knowingly registerdo any	2221
of the following:	2222

(1) Knowingly register or make application or attempt to	2223
register in a precinct in which the person is not a qualified	2224
voter or as affiliated with a political party with which the	2225
person does not desire to be affiliated or whose principles the	2226
person does not support; or knowingly aid or abet any person to so	2227
register; or attempt to register or knowingly induce or attempt to	2228
induce any person to so register; or knowingly	2229

(2) Knowingly impersonate another or write or assume the name	2230
of another, real or fictitious, in registering or attempting to	2231
register; or by	2232

(3) By false statement or other unlawful means procure, aid,	2233
or attempt to procure the erasure or striking out on the register	2234
or duplicate list of the name of a qualified elector therein; or	2235
knowingly	2236

(4) Knowingly induce or attempt to induce a registrar or	2237
other election authority to refuse registration in a precinct to	2238
an elector thereof; or knowingly	2239

(5) Knowingly swear or affirm falsely upon a lawful	2240
examination by or before any registering officer; or make	2241

(6) Make, print, or issue any false or counterfeit	2242
certificate of registration or knowingly alter any certificate of	2243
registration.	2244

No person shall knowingly;

2245

(7) Knowingly register under more than one name or knowingly	2246
induce any person to so register.	2247

No person shall knowingly; or

2248

(8) Knowingly make any false statement on any form for	2249
registration or change of registration or upon any application or	2250
return envelope for an absent voter's ballot.	2251

Whoever violates this division (A) of this section is guilty	2252
of a felony of the fifth degree.	2253

(B)(1) No person who helps another person register outside an	2254
official voter registration place shall knowingly destroy, or	2255
knowingly help another person to destroy, any completed	2256
registration form.	2257

Whoever violates this division is guilty of election	2258
falsification, a felony of the fifth degree.	2259

(2)(a) No person who helps another person register outside an	2260
official voter registration place shall knowingly fail to return	2261
any registration form entrusted to that person to any board of	2262
elections or the office of the secretary of state within ten days	2263
after that regsitrationregistration form is completed, or on or	2264
before the thirtieth day before the election, whichever day is	2265
earlier, unless the registration form is received by the person	2266
within twenty-four hours of the thirtieth day before the election,	2267
in which case the person shall return the registration form to any	2268
board of elections or the office of the secretary of state within	2269
ten days of its receipt.	2270

Whoever violates this division is guilty of election	2271
falsification, a felony of the fifth degree, unless the person has	2272
not previously been convicted of a violation of division	2273
(B)(2)(a), (B)(2)(b), (C)(1), or (C)(2) of this section, the	2274
violation of this division does not cause any person to miss any	2275
voter registration deadline with regard to any election, and the	2276
number of voter registration forms that the violator has failed to	2277
properly return does not exceed forty-nine, in which case the	2278
violator is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree.	2279

(b) Subject to division (C)(2) of this section, no person who	2280
helps another person register outside an official registration	2281
place shall knowingly return any registration form entrusted to	2282
that person to any location other than any board of elections or	2283
the office of the secretary of state.	2284

Whoever violates this division is guilty of election	2285
falsification, a felony of the fifth degree, unless the person has	2286
not previously been convicted of a violation of division	2287
(B)(2)(a), (B)(2)(b), (C)(1), or (C)(2) of this section, the	2288
violation of this division does not cause any person to miss any	2289
voter registration deadline with regard to any election, and the	2290
number of voter registration forms that the violator has failed to	2291
properly return does not exceed forty-nine, in which case the	2292
violator is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree.	2293

(C)(1) No person who receives compensation for registering a	2294
voter shall knowingly fail to return any registration form	2295
entrusted to that person to any board of elections or the office	2296
of the secretary of state within ten days after that voter	2297
registration form is completed, or on or before the thirtieth day	2298
before the election, whichever is earlier, unless the registration	2299
form is received by the person within twenty-four hours of the	2300
thirtieth day before the election, in which case the person shall	2301
return the registration form to any board of elections or the	2302
office of the secrtarysecretary of state within ten days of its	2303
receipt.	2304

Whoever violates this division is guilty of election	2305
falsification, a felony of the fifth degree, unless the person has	2306
not previously been convicted of a violation of division	2307
(B)(2)(a), (B)(2)(b), (C)(1), or (C)(2) of this section, the	2308
violation of this division does not cause any person to miss any	2309
voter registration deadline with regard to any election, and the	2310
number of voter registration forms that the violator has failed to	2311
properly return does not exceed forty-nine, in which case the	2312
violator is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree.	2313

(2) No person who receives compensation for registering a	2314
voter shall knowingly return any registration form entrusted to	2315
that person to any location other than any board of elections or	2316
the office of the secretary of state.	2317

Whoever violates this division is guilty of election	2318
falsification, a felony of the fifth degree, unless the person has	2319
not previously been convicted of a violation of division	2320
(B)(2)(a), (B)(2)(b), (C)(1), or (C)(2) of this section, the	2321
violation of this division does not cause any person to miss any	2322
voter registration deadline with regard to any election, and the	2323
number of voter registration forms that the violator has failed to	2324
properly return does not exceed forty-nine, in which case the	2325
violator is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree.	2326

(D) As used in division (C) of this section, "registering a	2327
voter" includes any effort, for compensation, to provide voter	2328
registration forms or to assist persons in completing or returning	2329
those forms.	2330

Sec. 3599.18.  (A) No election official, person assisting in	2331
the registration of electors, or police officer shall knowingly do	2332
any of the following:	2333

(1) Refuse, neglect, or unnecessarily delay, hinder, or	2334
prevent the registration of a qualified elector, who in a lawful	2335
manner applies for registration;	2336

(2) Enter or consent to the entry of a fictitious name on a	2337
voter registration list;	2338

(3) Alter the name, political party affiliation, or lack of	2339
political party affiliation on, or remove or destroy, the	2340
registration card or form of any qualified elector;	2341

(4) Neglect, unlawfully execute, or fail to execute any duty	2342
enjoined upon that person as an election official, person	2343
assisting in the registration of electors, or police officer.	2344

(B) Whoever violates division (A) of this section is guilty	2345
of a misdemeanor of the first degree.	2346

Sec. 4507.06.  (A)(1) Every application for a driver's	2347
license or motorcycle operator's license or endorsement, or	2348
duplicate of any such license or endorsement, shall be made upon	2349
the approved form furnished by the registrar of motor vehicles and	2350
shall be signed by the applicant.	2351

Every application shall state the following:

2352

(a) The applicant's name, date of birth, social security	2353
number if such has been assigned, sex, general description,	2354
including height, weight, color of hair, and eyes, residence	2355
address, including county of residence, duration of residence in	2356
this state, and country of citizenship;	2357

(b) Whether the applicant previously has been licensed as an	2358
operator, chauffeur, driver, commercial driver, or motorcycle	2359
operator and, if so, when, by what state, and whether such license	2360
is suspended or canceled at the present time and, if so, the date	2361
of and reason for the suspension or cancellation;	2362

(c) Whether the applicant is now or ever has been afflicted	2363
with epilepsy, or whether the applicant now is suffering from any	2364
physical or mental disability or disease and, if so, the nature	2365
and extent of the disability or disease, giving the names and	2366
addresses of physicians then or previously in attendance upon the	2367
applicant;	2368

(d) Whether an applicant for a duplicate driver's license, or	2369
duplicate license containing a motorcycle operator endorsement has	2370
pending a citation for violation of any motor vehicle law or	2371
ordinance, a description of any such citation pending, and the	2372
date of the citation;	2373

(e) If an applicant has not certified the applicant's	2374
willingness to make an anatomical gift under section 2108.05 of	2375
the Revised Code, whether the applicant wishes to certify	2376
willingness to make such an anatomical gift, which shall be given	2377
no consideration in the issuance of a license or endorsement;	2378

(f) Whether the applicant has executed a valid durable power	2379
of attorney for health care pursuant to sections 1337.11 to	2380
1337.17 of the Revised Code or has executed a declaration	2381
governing the use or continuation, or the withholding or	2382
withdrawal, of life-sustaining treatment pursuant to sections	2383
2133.01 to 2133.15 of the Revised Code and, if the applicant has	2384
executed either type of instrument, whether the applicant wishes	2385
the applicant's license to indicate that the applicant has	2386
executed the instrument;	2387

(g) On and after October 7, 2009, whether the applicant is a	2388
veteran, active duty, or reservist of the armed forces of the	2389
United States and, if the applicant is such, whether the applicant	2390
wishes the applicant's license to indicate that the applicant is a	2391
veteran, active duty, or reservist of the armed forces of the	2392
United States by a military designation on the license.	2393

(2) Every applicant for a driver's license shall be	2394
photographed in color at the time the application for the license	2395
is made. The application shall state any additional information	2396
that the registrar requires.	2397

(B) The registrar or a deputy registrar, in accordance with	2398
section 3503.11 of the Revised Code, shall register as an elector	2399
any person who applies for a driver's license or motorcycle	2400
operator's license or endorsement under division (A) of this	2401
section, or for a renewal or duplicate of the license or	2402
endorsement, if the applicant is eligible and wishes to be	2403
registered as an elector. The decision of an applicant whether to	2404
register as an elector shall be given no consideration in the	2405
decision of whether to issue the applicant a license or	2406
endorsement, or a renewal or duplicate.	2407

(C) The registrar or a deputy registrar, in accordance with	2408
section 3503.11 of the Revised Code, shall offer the opportunity	2409
of completing a notice of change of residence or, change of name,	2410
or change of political party affiliation to any applicant for a	2411
driver's license or endorsement under division (A) of this	2412
section, or for a renewal or duplicate of the license or	2413
endorsement, if the applicant is a registered elector who has	2414
changed the applicant's residence or, name, or political party	2415
affiliation and has not filed such a notice.	2416

(D) In addition to any other information it contains, on and	2417
after October 7, 2009, the approved form furnished by the	2418
registrar of motor vehicles for an application for a driver's	2419
license or motorcycle operator's license or endorsement or an	2420
application for a duplicate of any such license or endorsement	2421
shall inform applicants that the applicant must present a copy of	2422
the applicant's DD-214 or an equivalent document in order to	2423
qualify to have the license or duplicate indicate that the	2424
applicant is a veteran, active duty, or reservist of the armed	2425
forces of the United States based on a request made pursuant to	2426
division (A)(1)(g) of this section.	2427

Section 2.  That existing sections 3501.01, 3503.10, 3503.11,	2428
3503.14, 3503.15, 3503.16, 3503.19, 3503.23, 3505.181, 3505.182,	2429
3505.183, 3509.03, 3511.02, 3513.05, 3513.18, 3513.19, 3513.191,	2430
3513.192, 3517.013, 3599.02, 3599.11, 3599.18, and 4507.06 and	2431
sections 3513.20, 3517.014, 3517.015, and 3517.016 of the Revised	2432
Code are hereby repealed.	2433

Section 3. That the version of section 4507.06 of the Revised	2434
Code that is scheduled to take effect January 1, 2017, be amended	2435
to read as follows:	2436

Sec. 4507.06.  (A)(1) Every application for a driver's	2437
license, motorcycle operator's license or endorsement, or	2438
motor-driven cycle or motor scooter license or endorsement, or	2439
duplicate of any such license or endorsement, shall be made upon	2440
the approved form furnished by the registrar of motor vehicles and	2441
shall be signed by the applicant.	2442

Every application shall state the following:

2443

(a) The applicant's name, date of birth, social security	2444
number if such has been assigned, sex, general description,	2445
including height, weight, color of hair, and eyes, residence	2446
address, including county of residence, duration of residence in	2447
this state, and country of citizenship;	2448

(b) Whether the applicant previously has been licensed as an	2449
operator, chauffeur, driver, commercial driver, or motorcycle	2450
operator and, if so, when, by what state, and whether such license	2451
is suspended or canceled at the present time and, if so, the date	2452
of and reason for the suspension or cancellation;	2453

(c) Whether the applicant is now or ever has been afflicted	2454
with epilepsy, or whether the applicant now is suffering from any	2455
physical or mental disability or disease and, if so, the nature	2456
and extent of the disability or disease, giving the names and	2457
addresses of physicians then or previously in attendance upon the	2458
applicant;	2459

(d) Whether an applicant for a duplicate driver's license,	2460
duplicate license containing a motorcycle operator endorsement, or	2461
duplicate license containing a motor-driven cycle or motor scooter	2462
endorsement has pending a citation for violation of any motor	2463
vehicle law or ordinance, a description of any such citation	2464
pending, and the date of the citation;	2465

(e) If an applicant has not certified the applicant's	2466
willingness to make an anatomical gift under section 2108.05 of	2467
the Revised Code, whether the applicant wishes to certify	2468
willingness to make such an anatomical gift, which shall be given	2469
no consideration in the issuance of a license or endorsement;	2470

(f) Whether the applicant has executed a valid durable power	2471
of attorney for health care pursuant to sections 1337.11 to	2472
1337.17 of the Revised Code or has executed a declaration	2473
governing the use or continuation, or the withholding or	2474
withdrawal, of life-sustaining treatment pursuant to sections	2475
2133.01 to 2133.15 of the Revised Code and, if the applicant has	2476
executed either type of instrument, whether the applicant wishes	2477
the applicant's license to indicate that the applicant has	2478
executed the instrument;	2479

(g) On and after October 7, 2009, whether the applicant is a	2480
veteran, active duty, or reservist of the armed forces of the	2481
United States and, if the applicant is such, whether the applicant	2482
wishes the applicant's license to indicate that the applicant is a	2483
veteran, active duty, or reservist of the armed forces of the	2484
United States by a military designation on the license.	2485

(2) Every applicant for a driver's license shall be	2486
photographed in color at the time the application for the license	2487
is made. The application shall state any additional information	2488
that the registrar requires.	2489

(B) The registrar or a deputy registrar, in accordance with	2490
section 3503.11 of the Revised Code, shall register as an elector	2491
any person who applies for a license or endorsement under division	2492
(A) of this section, or for a renewal or duplicate of the license	2493
or endorsement, if the applicant is eligible and wishes to be	2494
registered as an elector. The decision of an applicant whether to	2495
register as an elector shall be given no consideration in the	2496
decision of whether to issue the applicant a license or	2497
endorsement, or a renewal or duplicate.	2498

(C) The registrar or a deputy registrar, in accordance with	2499
section 3503.11 of the Revised Code, shall offer the opportunity	2500
of completing a notice of change of residence or, change of name,	2501
or change of political party affiliation to any applicant for a	2502
driver's license or endorsement under division (A) of this	2503
section, or for a renewal or duplicate of the license or	2504
endorsement, if the applicant is a registered elector who has	2505
changed the applicant's residence or, name, or political party	2506
affiliation and has not filed such a notice.	2507

(D) In addition to any other information it contains, on and	2508
after October 7, 2009, the approved form furnished by the	2509
registrar of motor vehicles for an application for a license or	2510
endorsement or an application for a duplicate of any such license	2511
or endorsement shall inform applicants that the applicant must	2512
present a copy of the applicant's DD-214 or an equivalent document	2513
in order to qualify to have the license or duplicate indicate that	2514
the applicant is a veteran, active duty, or reservist of the armed	2515
forces of the United States based on a request made pursuant to	2516
division (A)(1)(g) of this section.	2517

Section 4. That the existing version of section 4507.06 of	2518
the Revised Code that is scheduled to take effect January 1, 2017,	2519
is hereby repealed.	2520

Section 5.  Section 3505.181 of the Revised Code is presented	2521
in this act as a composite of the section as amended by both Am.	2522
S.B. 10 and Sub. S.B. 47 of the 130th General Assembly. The	2523
General Assembly, applying the principle stated in division (B) of	2524
section 1.52 of the Revised Code that amendments are to be	2525
harmonized if reasonably capable of simultaneous operation, finds	2526
that the composite is the resulting version of the section in	2527
effect prior to the effective date of the section as presented in	2528
this act.	2529