As Reported by House Technology and Elections Committee 1
123rd General Assembly 4
Regular Session H. B. No. 228 5
1999-2000 6
REPRESENTATIVES WILLAMOWSKI-ALLEN-AMSTUTZ-AUSTRIA-BARNES-BARRETT- 8
BATEMAN-BEATTY-BENDER-BOYD-BRADING-BRITTON-BUCHY-BUEHRER- 9
CALLENDER-CALVERT-CAREY-CATES-CLANCY-CORBIN-CORE-COUGHLIN- 10
DAMSCHRODER-DePIERO-EVANS-FLANNERY-FORD-GARDNER-GERBERRY- 11
GOODMAN-GRENDELL-HAINES-HARRIS-HARTNETT-HEALY-HOLLISTER- 12
HOOD-HOOPS-HOUSEHOLDER-JACOBSON-JAMES-JERSE-JONES-JORDAN- 13
JOLIVETTE-KILBANE-KREBS-KRUPINSKI-LOGAN-LUCAS-LUEBBERS- 14
MAIER-MEAD-METELSKY-METZGER-D.MILLER-R.MILLER-MOTTLEY- 15
MYERS-NETZLEY-O'BRIEN-OGG-OLMAN-OPFER-PADGETT-PATTON- 16
PERRY-PERZ-PRINGLE-ROMAN-ROBERTS-SALERNO-SCHUCK-SCHULER- 17
SCHURING-SMITH-STAPLETON-SULLIVAN-SULZER-SUTTON-SYKES- 18
TAYLOR-TERWILLEGER-THOMAS-TIBERI-TRAKAS-VAN VYVEN- 19
VERICH-VESPER-WESTON-WILLIAMS-WINKLER-WOMER BENJAMIN- 20
YOUNG-WILSON 21
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A B I L L
To amend section 3505.11 of the Revised Code to 25
allow a board of elections to choose to have a 26
reduced number of ballots prepared for an 27
election and to require a board that so chooses 28
to supply additional ballots to a precinct on 29
demand. 30
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO: 32
Section 1. That section 3505.11 of the Revised Code be 34
amended to read as follows: 35
Sec. 3505.11. (A) The ballots, with the stubs attached, 44
shall be bound into tablets for each precinct, which tablets 45
shall contain at least one per cent more ballots than the total 46
registration in the precinct, EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE PROVIDED IN 47
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DIVISION (B) OF THIS SECTION. Upon the covers of such THE 49
tablets shall be written, printed, or stamped the designation of 50
the precinct for which the ballots have been prepared. All 51
official ballots shall be printed uniformly upon the same kind 52
and quality of paper, and shall be of the same shape, size, and 53
type.
Electors who have failed to respond within thirty days to 55
any confirmation notice shall not be counted in determining the 56
number of ballots to be printed under this section. 57
(B)(1) A BOARD OF ELECTIONS MAY CHOOSE TO PROVIDE BALLOTS 59
ON DEMAND. IF A BOARD SO CHOOSES, THE BOARD SHALL HAVE PREPARED 60
FOR EACH PRECINCT AT LEAST FIVE PER CENT MORE BALLOTS FOR AN 61
ELECTION THAN THE NUMBER SPECIFIED BELOW FOR THAT KIND OF 62
ELECTION:
(a) FOR A PRIMARY ELECTION OR A SPECIAL ELECTION HELD ON 64
THE DAY OF A PRIMARY ELECTION, THE TOTAL NUMBER OF ELECTORS IN 65
THAT PRECINCT WHO VOTED IN THE PRIMARY ELECTION HELD FOUR YEARS 66
PREVIOUSLY;
(b) FOR A GENERAL ELECTION OR A SPECIAL ELECTION HELD ON 68
THE DAY OF A GENERAL ELECTION, THE TOTAL NUMBER OF ELECTORS IN 69
THAT PRECINCT WHO VOTED IN THE GENERAL ELECTION HELD FOUR YEARS 70
PREVIOUSLY;
(c) FOR A SPECIAL ELECTION HELD AT ANY TIME OTHER THAN ON 72
THE DAY OF A PRIMARY OR GENERAL ELECTION, THE TOTAL NUMBER OF 73
ELECTORS IN THAT PRECINCT WHO VOTED IN THE MOST RECENT PRIMARY OR 74
GENERAL ELECTION, WHICHEVER OF THOSE ELECTIONS OCCURRED IN THE 75
PRECINCT MOST RECENTLY.
(2) IF, AFTER THE BOARD COMPLIES WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF 77
DIVISION (B)(1) OF THIS SECTION, THE ELECTION OFFICIALS OF A 78
PRECINCT DETERMINE THAT THE PRECINCT WILL NOT HAVE ENOUGH BALLOTS 79
TO ENABLE ALL THE QUALIFIED ELECTORS IN THE PRECINCT WHO WISH TO 80
VOTE AT A PARTICULAR ELECTION TO DO SO, THE OFFICIALS SHALL 81
REQUEST THAT THE BOARD PROVIDE ADDITIONAL BALLOTS, AND THE BOARD 82
SHALL PROVIDE ENOUGH ADDITIONAL BALLOTS, TO THAT PRECINCT IN A 84
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TIMELY MANNER SO THAT ALL QUALIFIED ELECTORS IN THAT PRECINCT WHO
WISH TO VOTE AT THAT ELECTION MAY DO SO. 85
Section 2. That existing section 3505.11 of the Revised 87
Code is hereby repealed. 88