As Passed by the Senate 1
122nd General Assembly 4
Regular Session Sub. S. B. No. 134 5
1997-1998 6
SENATORS KEARNS-CUPP-LATTA-SCHAFRATH-GARDNER-SHOEMAKER 8
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A B I L L
To amend section 3513.04 of the Revised Code to 12
permit a loser in a primary election to be a 13
candidate at the following general election for 14
certain types of nonpartisan offices.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO: 16
Section 1. That section 3513.04 of the Revised Code be 19
amended to read as follows:
Sec. 3513.04. Candidates for party nominations to state, 28
district, county, and municipal offices or positions, for which 29
party nominations are provided by law, and for election as 30
members of party controlling committees shall have their names 31
printed on the official primary ballot by filing a declaration of 32
candidacy and paying the fees specified for the office under 34
divisions (A) and (B) of section 3513.10 of the Revised Code, 35
except that the joint candidates for party nomination to the 36
offices of governor and lieutenant governor shall, for the two of 37
them, file one declaration of candidacy. The joint candidates 39
also shall pay the fees specified for the joint candidates under
divisions (A) and (B) of section 3513.10 of the Revised Code. 40
The secretary of state shall not accept for filing the 42
declaration of candidacy of a candidate for party nomination to 43
the office of governor unless the declaration of candidacy also 44
shows a joint candidate for the same party's nomination to the 45
office of lieutenant governor, shall not accept for filing the 46
declaration of candidacy of a candidate for party nomination to 47
the office of lieutenant governor unless the declaration of 48
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candidacy also shows a joint candidate for the same party's 49
nomination to the office of governor, and shall not accept for 50
filing a declaration of candidacy that shows a candidate for 51
party nomination to the office of governor or lieutenant governor 52
who has already been shown as a candidate for party nomination to 53
the office of governor or lieutenant governor on a declaration of 54
candidacy previously filed and accepted for the same primary 55
election. 56
No person who seeks party nomination for an office or 58
position at a primary election by declaration of candidacy or by 59
declaration of intent to be a write-in candidate and no person 61
who is a first choice for president of candidates seeking
election as delegates and alternates to the national conventions 62
of the different major political parties who are chosen by direct 63
vote of the electors as provided in this chapter shall be 64
permitted to become a candidate BY NOMINATING PETITION OR BY 65
DECLARATION OF INTENT TO BE A WRITE-IN CANDIDATE at the following 66
general election for any office by nominating petition or by 67
declaration of intent to be a write-in candidate OTHER THAN THE 69
OFFICE OF MEMBER OF THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION, OFFICE OF 70
MEMBER OF A CITY, LOCAL, OR EXEMPTED VILLAGE BOARD OF EDUCATION, 71
OFFICE OF MEMBER OF A GOVERNING BOARD OF AN EDUCATIONAL SERVICE 72
CENTER, OR OFFICE OF TOWNSHIP TRUSTEE.
Section 2. That existing section 3513.04 of the Revised 74
Code is hereby repealed. 75