Union Township J. Batavia Village A. Miami Township M1M. Union Township K. Bethel Village A. Miami Township N1N. Union Township L. Bethel Village B. Miami Township O1O. Union Township M. Felicity Village. Miami Township P1P. Union Township N. Franklin Township A. Miami Township Q1Q. Union Township O. Franklin Township B. Milford City A. Union Township P. Franklin Township D. Milford City B. Union Township Q. Goshen Township A. Milford City D. Union Township R. Goshen Township B. Milford City E.
Union Township T. Goshen Township D. Milford City F. Union Township U. Goshen Township E. Milford City G. Union Township W. Goshen Township F. Milford City H. Union Township X. Goshen Township G. Monroe Township A. Union Township Y. Goshen Township I. Monroe Township B. Union Township Z. Goshen Township J. Monroe Township C. Union Township B1B. Goshen Township K. Monroe Township D. Union Township C1C. Goshen Township L.
Monroe Township E. Union Township D1D. Goshen Township M. Monroe Township I. Union Township E1E. Goshen Township N. New Richmond Village A. Union Township F1F. Jackson Township A. New Richmond Village B. Union Township J1J. Jackson Township B. Ohio Township A.
Union Township K1K. Jackson Township C. Ohio Township B. Union Township L1L. Loveland City A. Union Township M1M. Loveland City B. Owensville Village. Union Township P1P. Miami Township A. Pierce Township A. Union Township R1R. Miami Township C.
Pierce Township B. Union Township S1S. Miami Township D. Pierce Township C. Union Township U1U. Miami Township E. Pierce Township D. Union Township V1V. Miami Township F. Pierce Township E. Washington Township A.
Miami Township G. The focus of the research was on the election law that governed the conduct of the election. The Secretary is responsible for appointing all members of county boards of elections and issuing instructions on the conduct of elections. The Secretary also maintains the statewide voter registration list, approves ballot language, receives initiative and referendum petitions, and can require reports from the boards of elections. The Secretary investigates election fraud and irregularities.
The board hires a director of elections and a deputy director. The director must be from a different political party than both the county board chair and the deputy director. County boards of elections establish election precincts and places to register to vote. County boards also purchase voting equipment, booths, and ballot boxes. Additionally, they make rules and instructions, contract for the printing of ballots, investigate irregularities, receive the return of elections, certify elections, and make annual reports.
Finally, they determine whether voters are qualified to participate in elections, and establish and maintain a voter registration database.
A directory of county boards of elections is available at this website. Any U. Individuals who are not yet 18 years old but will be by the date of the next general election are eligible to vote in the corresponding primary election.
However, any individual who is convicted of or pleads guilty to a felony is ineligible to vote in Ohio while in prison. Voters can register in person at any state or local office of a designated government agency, the office of the registrar or deputy registrar of the bureau of motor vehicles, and public high schools and libraries.
Further, Ohio now provides for online voter registration through a secure website established and maintained by the Secretary of State.
Online registration was not operational until January 1, Regardless of registration method, voters must register 30 days prior to the election in which they wish to vote. A voter also may be removed from the database if they do not vote for four years, including two federal general elections, and fail to respond to a mailed confirmation notice.
At the time of the election, the U. Phillip Randolph Inst. Husted , F. Husted , S. Statutory Overview , Ohio is one of the few states that makes current versions of its voter registration database available for easy download, which may be done through the Voter Files Download Page.
At least thirty days prior to Election Day for the election, this period was twenty days, see Ohio Laws File 82 Sub. Ohio does not provide any other statutory limitations or guidance on the proper basis for a challenge. For Election Day challenges, Ohio law enumerates four separate bases for challenge although there is no indication that these are exhaustive : 1 the prospective voter is not a citizen, 2 the prospective voter has not resided in the state for thirty days immediately preceding the election, 3 the prospective voter is not a resident in the precinct in which the voter wishes to vote, and 4 the prospective voter is not of legal voting age.
Upon receiving a pre-Election Day challenge, the county board of elections must first review its own records concerning the challenged voter.
If, solely on the basis of these records, the board can determine the outcome of the challenge, it must immediately grant or deny the challenge. However, if the board is unable to make this determination, the board must set a hearing date and notify the challenged voter of the hearing.
The challenged voter has the right to appear, testify, call witnesses, and be represented by counsel at the hearing. If, after the hearing, the board determines that the voter is not qualified to vote, he or she must be removed from the voter registry. For Election Day challenges, Ohio law provides that election inspectors must ask challenged voters a series of questions based upon the grounds of the challenge.
Inspectors ask a different set of questions for citizenship challenges, residence challenges, precinct challenges, and voting age challenges. However, in , a federal district court held that three of the four questions specified for citizenship challenges were unconstitutional, and permanently enjoined the state from enforcing this statutory text. Boustani v. Blackwell , F. Ohio Generally, so long as the challenged voter answers the questions truthfully under penalty of election falsification and the answers demonstrate that the voter is qualified, the voter can vote by regular ballot.
However, even if the challenged voter does not answer the questions, or does not prove to be qualified, the voter is still able to vote a provisional ballot. After being notified that they are eligible to vote only provisionally, an individual must complete and execute a written affirmation at the polling place stating that the individual is a registered voter in the precinct in which the voter desires to vote and is eligible to vote in the applicable election.
Once the affirmation is submitted, the individual may vote provisionally. Provisional voters who fail to provide acceptable identification on the day of the election must produce such identification to the county board of elections within seven days after the election.
Before opening and counting the provisional ballots, the board first determines if they are valid. Provisional ballots are valid if the information provided by the provisional voter matches information in the state registration database, and the individual is properly registered to vote and eligible to vote in the precinct and for the election in which the individual cast a provisional ballot. Voters submit written absentee ballot applications to the director of elections of the county of their voting residence.
Upon receiving an application for an absentee ballot that lacks one or more of the above requirements, the director of the board of elections must notify the applicant concerning the additional information that is required. Voters who cast an absentee vote in person must present proof of identification and sign a signature book at the board of elections. Once an in-person absentee vote has been cast and scanned into the electronic vote tabulating equipment, a voter cannot receive a replacement ballot.
Voters casting a mail-in ballot must mail the ballot or deliver it in person to the board of elections from which it was received. Ballots delivered to the board of elections in-person must be delivered no later than the close of polls on Election Day.
Mail-in ballots received in envelopes postmarked before Election Day will be counted if received within ten days after Election Day; ballots received later than ten days following the election will not be counted. The voter must provide the information necessary to correct the defect to the board of elections no later than seven days after the election. Military service members, as well as their spouses and dependents, may cast an absentee vote in the precinct in which the voter has a voting residence, defined as the place in which the service member resided immediately before entry into military service.
Citizens who are overseas and wish to vote absentee in Ohio may also do so in the precinct in which the overseas voter resided immediately before leaving the United States.
The director of the board of elections must keep a record of the name and address of each person who applied for an absentee ballot under section Ballots from service members and overseas citizens must be mailed or otherwise submitted for return no later than a. Ohio uses a mix of optical scan ballots and touch screen ballots, with each county choosing its own voting system.
Ohio counties also may opt to use electronic poll books instead of paper poll lists or signature books. All voting equipment and electronic poll books must be certified by the Secretary of State pursuant to the criteria in O. The Board of Voting Machine Examiners maintains a website with extensive information about voting systems and electronic poll books used in the state, including lists of systems used by the counties.
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