As Reported by the Senate State and Local Government 1
and Veterans Affairs Committee 2
122nd General Assembly 5
Regular Session Sub. S. B. No. 134 6
1997-1998 7
SENATORS KEARNS-CUPP-LATTA-SCHAFRATH-GARDNER-SHOEMAKER 9
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A B I L L
To amend section 3513.04 of the Revised Code to 13
permit a loser in a primary election to be a 14
candidate at the following general election for 15
certain types of nonpartisan offices.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO: 17
Section 1. That section 3513.04 of the Revised Code be 20
amended to read as follows:
Sec. 3513.04. Candidates for party nominations to state, 29
district, county, and municipal offices or positions, for which 30
party nominations are provided by law, and for election as 31
members of party controlling committees shall have their names 32
printed on the official primary ballot by filing a declaration of 33
candidacy and paying the fees specified for the office under 35
divisions (A) and (B) of section 3513.10 of the Revised Code, 36
except that the joint candidates for party nomination to the 37
offices of governor and lieutenant governor shall, for the two of 38
them, file one declaration of candidacy. The joint candidates 40
also shall pay the fees specified for the joint candidates under
divisions (A) and (B) of section 3513.10 of the Revised Code. 41
The secretary of state shall not accept for filing the 43
declaration of candidacy of a candidate for party nomination to 44
the office of governor unless the declaration of candidacy also 45
shows a joint candidate for the same party's nomination to the 46
office of lieutenant governor, shall not accept for filing the 47
declaration of candidacy of a candidate for party nomination to 48
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the office of lieutenant governor unless the declaration of 49
candidacy also shows a joint candidate for the same party's 50
nomination to the office of governor, and shall not accept for 51
filing a declaration of candidacy that shows a candidate for 52
party nomination to the office of governor or lieutenant governor 53
who has already been shown as a candidate for party nomination to 54
the office of governor or lieutenant governor on a declaration of 55
candidacy previously filed and accepted for the same primary 56
election. 57
No person who seeks party nomination for an office or 59
position at a primary election by declaration of candidacy or by 60
declaration of intent to be a write-in candidate and no person 62
who is a first choice for president of candidates seeking
election as delegates and alternates to the national conventions 63
of the different major political parties who are chosen by direct 64
vote of the electors as provided in this chapter shall be 65
permitted to become a candidate BY NOMINATING PETITION OR BY 66
DECLARATION OF INTENT TO BE A WRITE-IN CANDIDATE at the following 67
general election for any office by nominating petition or by 68
declaration of intent to be a write-in candidate OTHER THAN THE 70
OFFICE OF MEMBER OF THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION, OFFICE OF 71
MEMBER OF A CITY, LOCAL, OR EXEMPTED VILLAGE BOARD OF EDUCATION, 72
OFFICE OF MEMBER OF A GOVERNING BOARD OF AN EDUCATIONAL SERVICE 73
CENTER, OR OFFICE OF TOWNSHIP TRUSTEE.
Section 2. That existing section 3513.04 of the Revised 75
Code is hereby repealed. 76