As Introduced
136th General Assembly
Regular Session S. B. No. 107
2025-2026
Senator Brenner
Cosponsors: Senators Cirino, Lang, Wilkin, O'Brien
A B I L L
To amend sections 3501.01, 3505.03, 3505.04,
3513.254, 3513.255, 3513.256, and 3513.259 of
the Revised Code to require state and school
district board members to appear on the ballot
with a party designation.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:
Section 1. That sections 3501.01, 3505.03, 3505.04,
3513.254, 3513.255, 3513.256, and 3513.259 of the Revised Code
be amended to read as follows:
Sec. 3501.01. As used in the sections of the Revised Code
relating to elections and political communications:
(A) "General election" means the election held on the
first Tuesday after the first Monday in each November.
(B) "Regular municipal election" means the election held
on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November in each
odd-numbered year.
(C) "Regular state election" means the election held on
the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November in each
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even-numbered year.
(D) "Special election" means any election other than those
elections defined in other divisions of this section. A special
election may be held only on the first Tuesday after the first
Monday in May or November, on the first Tuesday after the first
Monday in August in accordance with section 3501.022 of the
Revised Code, or on the day authorized by a particular municipal
or county charter for the holding of a primary election, except
that in any year in which a presidential primary election is
held, no special election shall be held in May, except as
authorized by a municipal or county charter, but may be held on
the third Tuesday after the first Monday in March.
(E)(1) "Primary" or "primary election" means an election
held for the purpose of nominating persons as candidates of
political parties for election to offices, and for the purpose
of electing persons as members of the controlling committees of
political parties and as delegates and alternates to the
conventions of political parties. Primary elections shall be
held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in May of each
year except in years in which a presidential primary election is
held.
(2) "Presidential primary election" means a primary
election as defined by division (E)(1) of this section at which
an election is held for the purpose of choosing delegates and
alternates to the national conventions of the major political
parties pursuant to section 3513.12 of the Revised Code. Unless
otherwise specified, presidential primary elections are included
in references to primary elections. In years in which a
presidential primary election is held, all primary elections
shall be held on the third Tuesday after the first Monday in
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March except as otherwise authorized by a municipal or county
charter.
(F) "Political party" means any group of voters meeting
the requirements set forth in section 3517.01 of the Revised
Code for the formation and existence of a political party.
(1) "Major political party" means any political party
organized under the laws of this state whose candidate for
governor or nominees for presidential electors received not less
than twenty per cent of the total vote cast for such office at
the most recent regular state election.
(2) "Minor political party" means any political party
organized under the laws of this state that meets either of the
following requirements:
(a) Except as otherwise provided in this division, the
political party's candidate for governor or nominees for
presidential electors received less than twenty per cent but not
less than three per cent of the total vote cast for such office
at the most recent regular state election. A political party
that meets the requirements of this division remains a political
party for a period of four years after meeting those
requirements.
(b) The political party has filed with the secretary of
state, subsequent to its failure to meet the requirements of
division (F)(2)(a) of this section, a petition that meets the
requirements of section 3517.01 of the Revised Code.
A newly formed political party shall be known as a minor
political party until the time of the first election for
governor or president which occurs not less than twelve months
subsequent to the formation of such party, after which election
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the status of such party shall be determined by the vote for the
office of governor or president.
(G) "Dominant party in a precinct" or "dominant political
party in a precinct" means that political party whose candidate
for election to the office of governor at the most recent
regular state election at which a governor was elected received
more votes than any other person received for election to that
office in such precinct at such election.
(H) "Candidate" means any qualified person certified in
accordance with the provisions of the Revised Code for placement
on the official ballot of a primary, general, or special
election to be held in this state, or any qualified person who
claims to be a write-in candidate, or who knowingly assents to
being represented as a write-in candidate by another at either a
primary, general, or special election to be held in this state.
(I) "Independent candidate" means any candidate who claims
not to be affiliated with a political party, and whose name has
been certified on the office-type ballot at a general or special
election through the filing of a statement of candidacy and
nominating petition, as prescribed in section 3513.257 of the
Revised Code.
(J) "Nonpartisan candidate" means any candidate whose name
is required, pursuant to section 3505.04 of the Revised Code, to
be listed on the nonpartisan ballot, including all candidates
for judge of a municipal court, county court, or court of common
pleas, for member of any board of education, for municipal or
township offices in which primary elections are not held for
nominating candidates by political parties, and for offices of
municipal corporations having charters that provide for separate
ballots for elections for these offices.
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(K) "Party candidate" means any candidate who claims to be
a member of a political party and who has been certified to
appear on the office-type ballot at a general or special
election as the nominee of a political party because the
candidate has won the primary election of the candidate's party
for the public office the candidate seeks, has been nominated
under section 3517.012, or is selected by party committee in
accordance with section 3513.31 of the Revised Code.
(L) "Officer of a political party" includes, but is not
limited to, any member, elected or appointed, of a controlling
committee, whether representing the territory of the state, a
district therein, a county, township, a city, a ward, a
precinct, or other territory, of a major or minor political
party.
(M) "Question or issue" means any question or issue
certified in accordance with the Revised Code for placement on
an official ballot at a general or special election to be held
in this state.
(N) "Elector" or "qualified elector" means a person having
the qualifications provided by law to be entitled to vote.
(O) "Voter" means an elector who votes at an election.
(P) "Voting residence" means that place of residence of an
elector which shall determine the precinct in which the elector
may vote.
(Q) "Precinct" means a district within a county
established by the board of elections of such county within
which all qualified electors having a voting residence therein
may vote at the same polling place.
(R) "Polling place" means that place provided for each
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precinct at which the electors having a voting residence in such
precinct may vote.
(S) "Board" or "board of elections" means the board of
elections appointed in a county pursuant to section 3501.06 of
the Revised Code.
(T) "Political subdivision" means a county, township,
city, village, or school district.
(U) "Election officer" or "election official" means any of
the following:
(1) Secretary of state;
(2) Employees of the secretary of state serving the
division of elections in the capacity of attorney,
administrative officer, administrative assistant, elections
administrator, office manager, or clerical supervisor;
(3) Director of a board of elections;
(4) Deputy director of a board of elections;
(5) Member of a board of elections;
(6) Employees of a board of elections;
(7) Precinct election officials;
(8) Employees appointed by the boards of elections on a
temporary or part-time basis.
(V) "Acknowledgment notice" means a notice sent by a board
of elections, on a form prescribed by the secretary of state,
informing a voter registration applicant or an applicant who
wishes to change the applicant's residence or name of the status
of the application; the information necessary to complete or
update the application, if any; and if the application is
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complete, the precinct in which the applicant is to vote.
(W) "Confirmation notice" means a notice sent by a board
of elections, on a form prescribed by the secretary of state, to
a registered elector to confirm the registered elector's current
address.
(X) "Designated agency" means an office or agency in the
state that provides public assistance or that provides state-
funded programs primarily engaged in providing services to
persons with disabilities and that is required by the National
Voter Registration Act of 1993 to implement a program designed
and administered by the secretary of state for registering
voters, or any other public or government office or agency that
implements a program designed and administered by the secretary
of state for registering voters, including the department of job
and family services, the program administered under section
3701.132 of the Revised Code by the department of health, the
department of mental health and addiction services, the
department of developmental disabilities, the opportunities for
Ohioans with disabilities agency, and any other agency the
secretary of state designates. "Designated agency" does not
include public high schools and vocational schools, public
libraries, or the office of a county treasurer.
(Y) "National Voter Registration Act of 1993" means the
"National Voter Registration Act of 1993," 107 Stat. 77, 42
U.S.C.A. 1973gg.
(Z) "Voting Rights Act of 1965" means the "Voting Rights
Act of 1965," 79 Stat. 437, 42 U.S.C.A. 1973, as amended.
(AA)(1) "Photo identification" means one of the following
documents that includes the individual's name and photograph and
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is not expired:
(a) An Ohio driver's license, state identification card,
or interim identification form issued by the registrar of motor
vehicles or a deputy registrar under Chapter 4506. or 4507. of
the Revised Code;
(b) A United States passport or passport card;
(c) A United States military identification card, Ohio
national guard identification card, or United States department
of veterans affairs identification card.
(2) A "copy" of an individual's photo identification means
images of both the front and back of a document described in
division (AA)(1) of this section, except that if the document is
a United States passport, a copy of the photo identification
means an image of the passport's identification page that
includes the individual's name, photograph, and other
identifying information and the passport's expiration date.
(BB) "Driver's license" means a license or permit issued
by the registrar or a deputy registrar under Chapter 4506. or
4507. of the Revised Code that authorizes an individual to
drive. "Driver's license" includes a driver's license,
commercial driver's license, probationary license, restricted
license, motorcycle operator's license, or temporary instruction
permit identification card. "Driver's license" does not include
a limited term license issued under section 4507.09 of the
Revised Code.
(CC) "State identification card" means a card issued by
the registrar or a deputy registrar under sections 4507.50 to
4507.52 of the Revised Code.
(DD) "Interim identification form" means the document
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issued by the registrar or a deputy registrar to an applicant
for a driver's license or state identification card that
contains all of the information otherwise found on the license
or card and that an applicant may use as a form of
identification until the physical license or card arrives in the
mail.
Sec. 3505.03. (A) On the office type ballot shall be
printed the names of all candidates for election to offices,
except the office of judge of a municipal court, county court,
or court of common pleas, who were nominated at the most recent
primary election as candidates of a political party or who were
nominated in accordance with section 3513.02 of the Revised
Code, and the names of all candidates for election to offices
who were nominated by nominating petitions, except candidates
for the office of judge of a municipal court, county court, or
court of common pleas, for member of the state board of
education, for member of a board of education, for municipal
offices, and for township offices.
(B) The face of the ballot below the stub shall be
substantially in the following form:
"OFFICIAL OFFICE TYPE BALLOT
(1) To vote for a candidate record your vote in the manner
provided next to the name of such candidate.
(2) If you tear, soil, deface, or erroneously mark this
ballot, return it to the precinct election officers or, if you
cannot return it, notify the precinct election officers, and
obtain another ballot."
(C) The order in which the offices shall be listed on the
ballot shall be prescribed by, and certified to each board of
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elections by, the secretary of state; provided that for state,
district, and county offices the order from top to bottom shall
be as follows: governor and lieutenant governor, attorney
general, auditor of state, secretary of state, treasurer of
state, chief justice of the supreme court, justice of the
supreme court, United States senator, representative to
congress, state senator, state representative, judge of a court
of appeals, member of the state board of education, member of a
board of education, county commissioner, county auditor,
prosecuting attorney, clerk of the court of common pleas,
sheriff, county recorder, county treasurer, county engineer, and
coroner. The offices of governor and lieutenant governor shall
be printed on the ballot in a manner that requires a voter to
cast one vote jointly for the candidates who have been nominated
by the same political party or petition.
(D) Within the rectangular space within which the title of
each judicial office listed in division (C) of this section is
printed on the ballot and immediately below the title shall be
printed the date of the commencement of the term of the office,
if it is a full term, as follows: "Full term commencing
_______(Date)_______," or the date of the end of the term of the
office, if it is an unexpired term, as follows: "Unexpired term
ending _______(Date)________"
(E)(1) The names of all candidates for an office shall be
arranged in a group under the title of that office, and, except
for absentee ballots or when the number of candidates for a
particular office is the same as the number of candidates to be
elected for that office, shall be rotated from one precinct to
another. On absentee ballots, the names of all candidates for an
office shall be arranged in a group under the title of that
office and shall be so alternated that each name shall appear,
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insofar as may be reasonably possible, substantially an equal
number of times at the beginning, at the end, and in each
intermediate place, if any, of the group in which such name
belongs, unless the number of candidates for a particular office
is the same as the number of candidates to be elected for that
office.
(2) The secretary of state shall prescribe the information
and directions to the voter to be printed on the ballot within
the rectangular space in which the title of office of member of
the state board of education appears.
(3) Within the rectangular space within which the title of
each office for member of a board of education is printed on the
ballot shall be printed "For Member of Board of Education," and
the number to be elected, directions to the voter as to voting
for one, two, or more, and, if the office to be voted for is
member of a board of education of a city school district, words
shall be printed in said space on the ballot to indicate whether
candidates are to be elected from subdistricts or at large.
(4) The method of printing the ballots to meet the
rotation requirement of this section shall be as follows: the
least common multiple of the number of names in each of the
several groups of candidates shall be used, and the number of
changes made in the printer's forms in printing the ballots
shall correspond with that multiple. The board of elections
shall number all precincts in regular serial sequence. In the
first precinct, the names of the candidates in each group shall
be listed in alphabetical order. In each succeeding precinct,
the name in each group that is listed first in the preceding
precinct shall be listed last, and the name of each candidate
shall be moved up one place. In each precinct using paper
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ballots, the printed ballots shall then be assembled in tablets.
(F) Under the name of each candidate nominated at a
primary election, nominated by petition under section 3513.254,
3513.255, or 3513.259 of the Revised Code, nominated by petition
under section 3517.012 of the Revised Code, or certified by a
party committee to fill a vacancy under section 3513.31 of the
Revised Code shall be printed, in less prominent type face than
that in which the candidate's name is printed, the name of the
political party by which the candidate was nominated or
certified. Under the name of each candidate appearing on the
ballot who filed a nominating petition and requested a ballot
designation as a nonparty candidate under section 3513.257 of
the Revised Code shall be printed, in less prominent type face
than that in which the candidate's name is printed, the
designation of "nonparty candidate." Under the name of each
candidate appearing on the ballot who filed a nominating
petition and requested a ballot designation as an other-party
candidate under section 3513.257 of the Revised Code shall be
printed, in less prominent type face than that in which the
candidate's name is printed, the designation of "other-party
candidate." No designation shall appear under the name of a
candidate appearing on the ballot who filed a nominating
petition and requested that no ballot designation appear under
the candidate's name under section 3513.257 of the Revised Code,
or who filed a nominating petition and failed to request a
ballot designation either as a nonparty candidate or as an
other-party candidate under that section.
(G) Except as provided in this section, no words,
designations, or emblems descriptive of a candidate or the
candidate's political affiliation, or indicative of the method
by which the candidate was nominated or certified, shall be
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printed under or after a candidate's name that is printed on the
ballot.
Sec. 3505.04. On the nonpartisan ballot shall be printed
the names of all nonpartisan candidates for election to the
office of judge of a municipal court, county court, or court of
common pleas, the office of member of the state board of
education, the office of member of a board of education,
municipal or township offices for municipal corporations and
townships in which primary elections are not held for nomination
of candidates by political parties, and municipal offices of
municipal corporations having charters which provide for
separate ballots for elections for such municipal offices.
Such ballots shall have printed across the top, and below
the stubs, "Official Nonpartisan Ballot."
The order in which the offices are listed on the ballot
shall be prescribed by, and certified to each board of elections
by, the secretary of state; provided that the office of member
of the state board of education shall be listed first on the
ballot, then county judicial offices shall be listed first on
the ballot, followed by municipal and township offices , and by
offices of member of a board of education, in the order stated.
Within the rectangular space within which the title of
each judicial office is printed on the ballot and immediately
below such title shall be printed the date of the commencement
of the term of the office, if a full term, as follows: "Full
term commencing _______(Date)_______," or the date of the end of
the term of the office, if an unexpired term, as follows:
"Unexpired term ending _______(Date)________"
The secretary of state shall prescribe the information and
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directions to the voter to be printed on the ballot within the
rectangular space in which the title of office of member of the
state board of education appears.
Within the rectangular space within which the title of
each office for member of a board of education is printed on the
ballot shall be printed "For Member of Board of Education," and
the number to be elected, directions to the voter as to voting
for one, two, or more, and, if the office to be voted for is
member of a board of education of a city school district, words
shall be printed in said space on the ballot to indicate whether
candidates are to be elected from subdistricts or at large.
The names of all nonpartisan candidates for an office
shall be arranged in a group under the title of that office, and
shall be rotated and printed on the ballot as provided in
section 3505.03 of the Revised Code.
No name or designation of any political party nor any
words, designations, or emblems descriptive of a candidate or
the candidate's political affiliation, or indicative of the
method by which such candidate was nominated or certified, shall
be printed under or after any nonpartisan candidate's name which
is printed on the ballot.
Sec. 3513.254. (A) The name of each candidate for member
of a city, local, or exempted village board of education shall
appear on the nonpartisan office type ballot. Nominating
petitions of candidates for member of a board of education of a
local or exempted village school district shall be signed by
twenty-five qualified electors of the school district.
Nominating petitions for candidates for member of a board of
education of a city school district having a population of less
than twenty thousand, as ascertained by the next preceding
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federal census, shall be signed by twenty-five qualified
electors of the school district. Nominating petitions for
candidates for member of a board of education of a city school
district having a population of twenty thousand or more but less
than fifty thousand, as ascertained by the next preceding
federal census, shall be signed by seventy-five qualified
electors of the school district. Nominating petitions for
candidates for member of a board of education of a city school
district having a population of fifty thousand or more but less
than one hundred thousand, as ascertained by the next preceding
federal census, shall be signed by one hundred fifty qualified
electors of the school district. Nominating petitions for
candidates for member of a board of education of a city school
district having a population of one hundred thousand or more, as
ascertained by the next preceding federal census, shall be
signed by three hundred qualified electors of the school
district.
(B) A candidate who files a nominating petition shall
indicate on the nominating petition the political party
designation to appear on the ballot next to the candidate's
name. A candidate may request, at the time of filing, that the
candidate be designated on the ballot as a nonparty candidate or
as an other-party candidate, or may request that the candidate's
name be placed on the ballot without any designation. Any such
candidate who fails to request a designation either as a
nonparty candidate or as an other-party candidate shall have the
candidate's name placed on the ballot without any designation.
(C) Nominating petitions shall be filed with the board of
elections not later than four p.m. of the ninetieth day before
the day of the general election, provided that no such petition
shall be accepted for filing if it appears to contain signatures
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aggregating in number more than three times the minimum number
of signatures required by this section. A board of elections
shall not accept for filing a nominating petition of a person if
that person, for the same election, has already filed a
declaration of candidacy, a declaration of intent to be a write-
in candidate, or a nominating petition, or has become a
candidate through party nomination at a primary election or by
the filling of a vacancy under section 3513.30 or 3513.31 of the
Revised Code for any other position as a member of a city,
local, or exempted village board of education or position as a
member of a governing board of an educational service center, or
for a municipal or township office. When a petition of a
candidate has been accepted for filing by a board of elections,
the petition shall not be deemed invalid if, upon verification
of signatures contained in the petition, the board of elections
finds the number of signatures accepted exceeds three times the
minimum number of signatures required. A board of elections may
discontinue verifying petitions when the number of verified
signatures equals the minimum required number of qualified
signatures.
(C)(D) This section is subject to section 3513.256 of the
Revised Code.
Sec. 3513.255. (A) This section is subject to section
3513.256 of the Revised Code. The name of each candidate for
election as a member of a governing board of an educational
service center shall appear on the nonpartisan office type
ballot. Each nominating petition shall be signed by fifty
qualified electors who reside in one of the following, as
applicable:
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service center governing board has jurisdiction, in the case of
any candidate running for a position on any educational service
center governing board other than a governing board established
in accordance with section 3311.054 of the Revised Code;
(B)(2) The subdistrict in which the candidate is running,
in the case of a position on a governing board of an educational
service center established in accordance with section 3311.054
of the Revised Code.
(B) Each nominating petition shall be filed with the board
of elections of the county in which the central administrative
offices of the educational service center governing board are
located not later than four p.m. of the ninetieth day before the
day of the general election, provided that no such petition
shall be accepted for filing if it appears to contain signatures
aggregating in number more than three times the minimum number
of signatures required by this section.
(C) A board of elections shall not accept for filing a
nominating petition of a person if that person, for the same
election, has already filed a declaration of candidacy, a
declaration of intent to be a write-in candidate, or a
nominating petition, or has become a candidate through party
nomination at a primary election or by the filling of a vacancy
under section 3513.30 or 3513.31 of the Revised Code for any
other position as a member of a governing board of an
educational service center or position as a member of a city,
local, or exempted village board of education, or for a
municipal or township office.
(D) A candidate who files a nominating petition shall
indicate on the nominating petition the political party
designation to appear on the ballot next to the candidate's
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name. A candidate may request, at the time of filing, that the
candidate be designated on the ballot as a nonparty candidate or
as an other-party candidate, or may request that the candidate's
name be placed on the ballot without any designation. Any such
candidate who fails to request a designation either as a
nonparty candidate or as an other-party candidate shall have the
candidate's name placed on the ballot without any designation.
(E) When a petition of a candidate has been accepted for
filing by a board of elections, the petition shall not be deemed
invalid if, upon verification of signatures contained in the
petition, the board of elections finds the number of signatures
accepted exceeds three times the minimum signatures required. A
board of elections may discontinue verifying petitions when the
number of verified signatures equals the minimum required number
of qualified signatures.
Sec. 3513.256. (A) Notwithstanding any provision of the
Revised Code to the contrary, for the purpose of nominating
candidates for a position as a member of the board of education
of a city, local, or exempted village school district or a
position as a member of a governing board of an educational
service center, the board may adopt, by resolution upon a three-
fifths majority vote of its total membership, procedures for a
nonpartisan primary election. Such procedures shall specify the
following:
(1) That the primary election for nominating candidates
for a position as a member of that board shall be held on the
same day as the primary election for nominating all other
candidates for public office in that year;
(2) That nominating petitions shall be filed with the
board of elections not later than four p.m. of the ninetieth day
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before the day of the primary election;
(3) That the primary election shall take place only if the
number of candidates for nomination for a position on that
board, as verified by the board of elections, is at least one
more than two times the number of available positions on that
board at the general election;
(4) That the number of candidates advancing from the
primary election to the general election shall equal two times
the number of available positions on that board at the general
election;
(5) That the nominating petition shall indicate the
political party designation to appear on the ballot next to the
candidate's name at the general election. A candidate may
request, at the time of filing, that the candidate be designated
on the ballot at the general election as a nonparty candidate or
as an other-party candidate, or may request that the candidate's
name be placed on the ballot at the general election without any
designation. Any such candidate who fails to request a
designation either as a nonparty candidate or as an other-party
candidate shall have the candidate's name placed on the ballot
at the general election without any designation .
The board shall notify the board of elections upon
adoption of a resolution under this division. No such resolution
shall apply for a particular election unless the resolution is
adopted at least one hundred twenty days prior to the deadline
specified in the resolution to become a candidate for nomination
at that election. Subject to division (B) of this section, the
resolution shall apply to all subsequent nominations for a
position as a member of that board.
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(B) Not earlier than five years after the adoption of a
resolution under division (A) of this section, the board of
education of a city, local, or exempted village school district
or the governing board of an educational service center may
rescind that resolution by subsequent resolution upon a three-
fifths majority vote of its total membership.
The board shall notify the board of elections of any
resolution adopted under this division. No such resolution shall
apply to a particular election unless the resolution is adopted
at least one hundred twenty days prior to the deadline to become
a candidate for nomination at that election under the nomination
procedures the resolution is rescinding. Subject to division (D)
of this section, the requirements of Chapter 3513. of the
Revised Code shall apply to all subsequent nominations for a
position as a member of that board.
(C) Any candidate nominated pursuant to a resolution
adopted under division (A) of this section shall appear on the
nonpartisan office type ballot at the general election as
prescribed in sections 3505.04, 3513.254, and 3513.255 of the
Revised Code.
(D) Nothing in this section prohibits or shall be
construed to prohibit the board of education of a city, local,
or exempted village school district or the governing board of an
educational service center that has rescinded a resolution under
division (B) of this section from subsequently adopting the same
or different procedures for a nonpartisan primary election by
adopting a resolution under division (A) of this section.
Sec. 3513.259. Nominations of candidates for the office of
member of the state board of education shall be made only by
nominating petition. The nominating petition of a candidate for
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the office of member of the state board of education shall be
signed by not less than one hundred qualified electors.
No such nominating petition shall be accepted for filing
if it appears on its face to contain signatures aggregating in
number more than three times the minimum number of signatures
required by this section. A board of elections shall not accept
for filing a nominating petition of a person if that person, for
the same election, has already filed a declaration of candidacy,
a declaration of intent to be a write-in candidate, or a
nominating petition, or has become a candidate through party
nomination at a primary election or by the filling of a vacancy
under section 3513.30 or 3513.31 of the Revised Code, to be a
candidate for any other state office or any federal or county
office. When a petition of a candidate has been accepted for
filing by a board of elections, the petition shall not be deemed
invalid if, upon verification of signatures contained in the
petition, the board of elections finds the number of signatures
accepted exceeds three times the minimum number of signatures
required. A board of elections may discontinue verifying
signatures when the number of verified signatures equals the
minimum required number of signatures. Such petition shall be
filed with the board of elections of the most populous county in
such district not later than four p.m. of the ninetieth day
before the day of the general election at which state board of
education members are elected.
Each nominating petition shall be signed by qualified
electors residing in the district in which the candidate
designated therein would be a candidate for election to the
office of member of the state board of education. Each candidate
shall be a qualified elector residing in the district in which
the candidate seeks election to such office.
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A candidate who files a nominating petition shall indicate
on the nominating petition the political party designation to
appear on the ballot next to the candidate's name. A candidate
may request, at the time of filing, that the candidate be
designated on the ballot as a nonparty candidate or as an other-
party candidate, or may request that the candidate's name be
placed on the ballot without any designation. Any such candidate
who fails to request a designation either as a nonparty
candidate or as an other-party candidate shall have the
candidate's name placed on the ballot without any designation.
As the word "district" is used in this section, it refers
to a district created under section 3301.01 of the Revised Code.
Section 2. That existing sections 3501.01, 3505.03,
3505.04, 3513.254, 3513.255, 3513.256, and 3513.259 of the
Revised Code are hereby repealed.
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