As Reported by the Senate State and Local Government 1
and Veterans Affairs Committee 2
123rd General Assembly 5
Regular Session H. B. No. 228 6
1999-2000 7
REPRESENTATIVES WILLAMOWSKI-ALLEN-AMSTUTZ-AUSTRIA-BARNES-BARRETT- 9
BATEMAN-BEATTY-BENDER-BOYD-BRADING-BRITTON-BUCHY-BUEHRER- 10
CALLENDER-CALVERT-CAREY-CATES-CLANCY-CORBIN-CORE-COUGHLIN- 11
DAMSCHRODER-DePIERO-EVANS-FLANNERY-FORD-GARDNER-GERBERRY- 12
GOODMAN-GRENDELL-HAINES-HARRIS-HARTNETT-HEALY-HOLLISTER- 13
HOOD-HOOPS-HOUSEHOLDER-JACOBSON-JAMES-JERSE-JONES-JORDAN- 14
JOLIVETTE-KILBANE-KREBS-LOGAN-LUCAS-LUEBBERS-MAIER-MEAD- 15
METELSKY-METZGER-D.MILLER-R.MILLER-MOTTLEY-MYERS-NETZLEY- 16
O'BRIEN-OGG-OLMAN-OPFER-PADGETT-PATTON-PERRY-PERZ-PRINGLE- 17
ROMAN-ROBERTS-SALERNO-SCHUCK-SCHULER-SCHURING-SMITH- 18
STAPLETON-SULLIVAN-SULZER-SUTTON-SYKES-TAYLOR-TERWILLEGER- 19
THOMAS-TIBERI-TRAKAS-VAN VYVEN-VERICH-VESPER-WESTON- 20
WILLIAMS-WINKLER-WOMER BENJAMIN-YOUNG-WILSON-PETERSON- 21
DISTEL-GOODING-HARTLEY-SENATOR SPADA 22
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A B I L L
To amend section 3505.11 of the Revised Code to 26
allow a board of elections to choose to have a 27
reduced number of ballots prepared for an 28
election and to require a board that so chooses 29
to supply additional ballots to a precinct on 30
demand. 31
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO: 33
Section 1. That section 3505.11 of the Revised Code be 35
amended to read as follows: 36
Sec. 3505.11. (A) The ballots, with the stubs attached, 45
shall be bound into tablets for each precinct, which tablets 46
shall contain at least one per cent more ballots than the total 47
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registration in the precinct, EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE PROVIDED IN 48
DIVISION (B) OF THIS SECTION. Upon the covers of such THE 50
tablets shall be written, printed, or stamped the designation of 51
the precinct for which the ballots have been prepared. All 52
official ballots shall be printed uniformly upon the same kind 53
and quality of paper, and shall be of the same shape, size, and 54
type.
Electors who have failed to respond within thirty days to 56
any confirmation notice shall not be counted in determining the 57
number of ballots to be printed under this section. 58
(B)(1) A BOARD OF ELECTIONS MAY CHOOSE TO PROVIDE BALLOTS 60
ON DEMAND. IF A BOARD SO CHOOSES, THE BOARD SHALL HAVE PREPARED 61
FOR EACH PRECINCT AT LEAST FIVE PER CENT MORE BALLOTS FOR AN 62
ELECTION THAN THE NUMBER SPECIFIED BELOW FOR THAT KIND OF 63
ELECTION:
(a) FOR A PRIMARY ELECTION OR A SPECIAL ELECTION HELD ON 65
THE DAY OF A PRIMARY ELECTION, THE TOTAL NUMBER OF ELECTORS IN 66
THAT PRECINCT WHO VOTED IN THE PRIMARY ELECTION HELD FOUR YEARS 67
PREVIOUSLY;
(b) FOR A GENERAL ELECTION OR A SPECIAL ELECTION HELD ON 69
THE DAY OF A GENERAL ELECTION, THE TOTAL NUMBER OF ELECTORS IN 70
THAT PRECINCT WHO VOTED IN THE GENERAL ELECTION HELD FOUR YEARS 71
PREVIOUSLY;
(c) FOR A SPECIAL ELECTION HELD AT ANY TIME OTHER THAN ON 73
THE DAY OF A PRIMARY OR GENERAL ELECTION, THE TOTAL NUMBER OF 74
ELECTORS IN THAT PRECINCT WHO VOTED IN THE MOST RECENT PRIMARY OR 75
GENERAL ELECTION, WHICHEVER OF THOSE ELECTIONS OCCURRED IN THE 76
PRECINCT MOST RECENTLY.
(2) IF, AFTER THE BOARD COMPLIES WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF 78
DIVISION (B)(1) OF THIS SECTION, THE ELECTION OFFICIALS OF A 79
PRECINCT DETERMINE THAT THE PRECINCT WILL NOT HAVE ENOUGH BALLOTS 80
TO ENABLE ALL THE QUALIFIED ELECTORS IN THE PRECINCT WHO WISH TO 81
VOTE AT A PARTICULAR ELECTION TO DO SO, THE OFFICIALS SHALL 82
REQUEST THAT THE BOARD PROVIDE ADDITIONAL BALLOTS, AND THE BOARD 83
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SHALL PROVIDE ENOUGH ADDITIONAL BALLOTS, TO THAT PRECINCT IN A 85
TIMELY MANNER SO THAT ALL QUALIFIED ELECTORS IN THAT PRECINCT WHO
WISH TO VOTE AT THAT ELECTION MAY DO SO. 86
Section 2. That existing section 3505.11 of the Revised 88
Code is hereby repealed. 89