§ 3501.01 Election procedure – election officials definitions
§ 3501.011 Legal mark of registered elector
§ 3501.012 Voter application not to be refused due to specified requirements
§ 3501.02 General election – time for holding
§ 3501.021 Certification in electronic or paper form
§ 3501.022 When August special election may be held
§ 3501.03 Notice of election
§ 3501.04 Secretary of state is chief election officer
§ 3501.05 Election duties of secretary of state
§ 3501.051 Simulated election programs for minors
§ 3501.052 State officials not to serve as campaign officials
§ 3501.053 Instructions regarding conduct of elections – web publication
§ 3501.054 Public officials and election-related activities
§ 3501.06 County board of elections
§ 3501.07 Filling vacancies on county boards of elections
§ 3501.08 Oath of members
§ 3501.09 Organization of county board
§ 3501.091 Chairman or director replaced with member of opposite party
§ 3501.10 Offices and records of board
§ 3501.11 Board duties
§ 3501.12 Compensation of board members
§ 3501.13 Duties of director
§ 3501.14 Compensation of director, deputy director, and employees of board
§ 3501.141 Insurance coverage of board members and employees
§ 3501.15 Election officials not to be candidates – exceptions
§ 3501.16 Secretary of state may remove or suspend from office
§ 3501.161 Filling vacancy in office of chairman or director with member of opposite party
§ 3501.17 Expenditures and costs
§ 3501.18 Division of political subdivision into precincts
§ 3501.20 State or national home for disabled soldiers may be a precinct
§ 3501.21 Change of precinct or polling place notice
§ 3501.22 Precinct officials
§ 3501.221 Appointment of interpreters
§ 3501.23 Special elections precinct officials
§ 3501.26 Procedure upon closing of polls
§ 3501.27 Qualifications of precinct officials
§ 3501.28 Compensation of precinct officials
§ 3501.29 Polling places
§ 3501.30 Polling place supplies
§ 3501.301 Supplies other than ballots
§ 3501.302 Agreements for the bulk purchase of election supplies
§ 3501.31 Notice of election mailed to precinct officials
§ 3501.32 Hours for polling places
§ 3501.33 Authority of precinct officials
§ 3501.34 Duties of police as to elections
§ 3501.35 No loitering or congregating near polling places
§ 3501.36 Fees and mileage for officials delivering or returning election supplies
§ 3501.37 Safekeeping of election booths and equipment
§ 3501.38 General rules for petitions and declarations of candidacy
§ 3501.381 Compensation regarding signature gathering activities – forms to be filed with secretary of state
§ 3501.382 Attorney in fact may sign for disabled voter
§ 3501.39 Grounds for rejection of petition or declaration of candidacy
§ 3501.40 Public officials’ orders concerning elections
§ 3501.90 Civil action by elector for harassment

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Terms Used In Ohio Code > Chapter 3501 - Election Procedure; Election Officials

  • Affirmed: In the practice of the appellate courts, the decree or order is declared valid and will stand as rendered in the lower court.
  • Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
  • Another: when used to designate the owner of property which is the subject of an offense, includes not only natural persons but also every other owner of property. See Ohio Code 1.02
  • Answer: The formal written statement by a defendant responding to a civil complaint and setting forth the grounds for defense.
  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
  • Bond: includes an undertaking. See Ohio Code 1.02
  • Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
  • Equitable: Pertaining to civil suits in "equity" rather than in "law." In English legal history, the courts of "law" could order the payment of damages and could afford no other remedy. See damages. A separate court of "equity" could order someone to do something or to cease to do something. See, e.g., injunction. In American jurisprudence, the federal courts have both legal and equitable power, but the distinction is still an important one. For example, a trial by jury is normally available in "law" cases but not in "equity" cases. Source: U.S. Courts
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
  • Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
  • in writing: includes any representation of words, letters, symbols, or figures; this provision does not affect any law relating to signatures. See Ohio Code 1.59
  • Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury.
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
  • Oath: includes affirmation, and "swear" includes affirm. See Ohio Code 1.59
  • Oath: A promise to tell the truth.
  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
  • Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
  • Person: includes an individual, corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, and association. See Ohio Code 1.59
  • Population: means that shown by the most recent regular federal census. See Ohio Code 1.59
  • Power of attorney: A written instrument which authorizes one person to act as another's agent or attorney. The power of attorney may be for a definite, specific act, or it may be general in nature. The terms of the written power of attorney may specify when it will expire. If not, the power of attorney usually expires when the person granting it dies. Source: OCC
  • Property: means real and personal property. See Ohio Code 1.59
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
  • Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
  • Rule: includes regulation. See Ohio Code 1.59
  • Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
  • state: means the state of Ohio. See Ohio Code 1.59
  • state agency: except as otherwise provided in the title, means every organized body, office, or agency established by the laws of the state for the exercise of any function of state government. See Ohio Code 1.60
  • Testify: Answer questions in court.
  • United States: includes all the states. See Ohio Code 1.59
  • Venue: The geographical location in which a case is tried.
  • Whoever: includes all persons, natural and artificial; partners; principals, agents, and employees; and all officials, public or private. See Ohio Code 1.02
  • Writ: A formal written command, issued from the court, requiring the performance of a specific act.