| (D) "Special election" means any election other than those | 16 |
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elections defined in other divisions of this section. A special | 17 |
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election may be held only on the first Tuesday after the first | 18 |
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Monday in February, May, August, or November, or on the day | 19 |
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authorized by a particular municipal or county charter for the | 20 |
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holding of a primary election, except that in any year in which a | 21 |
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presidential primary election is held, no special election shall | 22 |
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be held in February or May, except as authorized by a municipal or | 23 |
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county charter, but may be held on the first Tuesday after the | 24 |
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first Monday in March. | 25 |
| (E)(1) "Primary" or "primary election" means an election held | 26 |
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for the purpose of nominating persons as candidates of political | 27 |
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parties for election to offices, and for the purpose of electing | 28 |
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persons as members of the controlling committees of political | 29 |
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parties and as delegates and alternates to the conventions of | 30 |
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political parties. Primary elections shall be held on the first | 31 |
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Tuesday after the first Monday in May of each year except in years | 32 |
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in which a presidential primary election is held. | 33 |
| (2) "Presidential primary election" means a primary election | 34 |
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as defined by division (E)(1) of this section at which an election | 35 |
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is held for the purpose of choosing delegates and alternates to | 36 |
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the national conventions of the major political parties pursuant | 37 |
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to section 3513.12 of the Revised Code. Unless otherwise | 38 |
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specified, presidential primary elections are included in | 39 |
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references to primary elections. In years in which a presidential | 40 |
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primary election is held, all primary elections shall be held on | 41 |
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the first Tuesday after the first Monday in March except as | 42 |
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otherwise authorized by a municipal or county charter. | 43 |
| (3) "Minor political party" means any political party | 57 |
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organized under the laws of this state whose candidate for | 58 |
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governor or nominees for presidential electors received less than | 59 |
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ten per cent but not less than five per cent of the total vote | 60 |
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cast for such office at the most recent regular state election or | 61 |
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which has filed with the secretary of state, subsequent to any | 62 |
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election in which it received less than five per cent of such | 63 |
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vote, a petition signed by qualified electors equal in number to | 64 |
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at least one per cent of the total vote cast for such office in | 65 |
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the last preceding regular state election, except that a newly | 66 |
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formed political party shall be known as a minor political party | 67 |
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until the time of the first election for governor or president | 68 |
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which occurs not less than twelve months subsequent to the | 69 |
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formation of such party, after which election the status of such | 70 |
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party shall be determined by the vote for the office of governor | 71 |
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or president. | 72 |
| (H) "Candidate" means any qualified person certified in | 79 |
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accordance with the provisions of the Revised Code for placement | 80 |
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on the official ballot of a primary, general, or special election | 81 |
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to be held in this state, or any qualified person who claims to be | 82 |
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a write-in candidate, or who knowingly assents to being | 83 |
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represented as a write-in candidate by another at either a | 84 |
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primary, general, or special election to be held in this state. | 85 |
| (J) "Nonpartisan candidate" means any candidate whose name is | 92 |
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required, pursuant to section 3505.04 of the Revised Code, to be | 93 |
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listed on the nonpartisan ballot, including all candidates for | 94 |
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judicial office, for member of any board of education, for | 95 |
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municipal or township offices in which primary elections are not | 96 |
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held for nominating candidates by political parties, and for | 97 |
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offices of municipal corporations having charters that provide for | 98 |
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separate ballots for elections for these offices. | 99 |
| (K) "Party candidate" means any candidate who claims to be a | 100 |
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member of a political party, whose name has been certified on the | 101 |
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office-type ballot at a general or special election through the | 102 |
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filing of a declaration of candidacy and petition of candidate, | 103 |
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and who has won the primary election of the candidate's party for | 104 |
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the public office the candidate seeks or is selected by party | 105 |
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committee in accordance with section 3513.31 of the Revised Code. | 106 |
| (L) "Officer of a political party" includes, but is not | 107 |
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limited to, any member, elected or appointed, of a controlling | 108 |
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committee, whether representing the territory of the state, a | 109 |
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district therein, a county, township, a city, a ward, a precinct, | 110 |
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or other territory, of a major, intermediate, or minor political | 111 |
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party. | 112 |
| (V) "Acknowledgment notice" means a notice sent by a board of | 148 |
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elections, on a form prescribed by the secretary of state, | 149 |
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informing a voter registration applicant or an applicant who | 150 |
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wishes to change the applicant's residence or name of the status | 151 |
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of the application; the information necessary to complete or | 152 |
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update the application, if any; and if the application is | 153 |
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complete, the precinct in which the applicant is to vote. | 154 |
| (X) "Designated agency" means an office or agency in the | 159 |
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state that provides public assistance or that provides | 160 |
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state-funded programs primarily engaged in providing services to | 161 |
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persons with disabilities and that is required by the National | 162 |
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Voter Registration Act of 1993 to implement a program designed and | 163 |
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administered by the secretary of state for registering voters, or | 164 |
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any other public or government office or agency that implements a | 165 |
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program designed and administered by the secretary of state for | 166 |
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registering voters, including the department of job and family | 167 |
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services, the program administered under section 3701.132 of the | 168 |
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Revised Code by the department of health, the department of mental | 169 |
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health, the department of developmental disabilities, the | 170 |
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rehabilitation services commission, and any other agency the | 171 |
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secretary of state designates. "Designated agency" does not | 172 |
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include public high schools and vocational schools, public | 173 |
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libraries, or the office of a county treasurer. | 174 |
| (2) It shows the current address of the individual to whom it | 185 |
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was issued, which shall conform to the address in the poll list or | 186 |
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signature pollbook, except for a driver's license or a state | 187 |
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identification card issued under section 4507.50 of the Revised | 188 |
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Code, which may show either the current or former address of the | 189 |
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individual to whom it was issued, regardless of whether that | 190 |
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address conforms to the address in the poll list or signature | 191 |
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pollbook. | 192 |
| (BB) "Circulator" means a person who gathers signatures on a | 198 |
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petition under Title XXXV of the Revised Code for any lawful | 199 |
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purpose unrelated to the candidacy, nomination, or election of a | 200 |
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candidate, a person who gathers signatures on behalf of a | 201 |
|
candidate seeking the office of governor, lieutenant governor, | 202 |
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secretary of state, auditor of state, treasurer of state, attorney | 203 |
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general, or judge of the supreme court, or a person who gathers | 204 |
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signatures in order that the same person may become a nonstatewide | 205 |
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candidate for elective office in this state. | 206 |