| Sec. 3513.254. (A) The name of each candidate for member of a | 10 |
city, local, or exempted village board of education or for member | 11 |
of a governing board of an
educational service center described in | 12 |
section 3311.051 of
the Revised Code shall appear on the | 13 |
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nonpartisan ballot.
Nominating petitions of candidates for member | 14 |
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of a board of
education of a local or exempted village school | 15 |
district or for
member of a governing board of an
educational | 16 |
service center described in section
3311.051 of the Revised Code | 17 |
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shall be signed by twenty-five
qualified electors of the school | 18 |
district or educational service center
service area. Nominating | 19 |
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petitions
for candidates for member of a board of education of a | 20 |
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city
school district having a population of less than twenty | 21 |
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thousand,
as ascertained by the next preceding federal census, | 22 |
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shall be
signed by twenty-five qualified electors of the school | 23 |
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district.
Nominating petitions for candidates for member of a | 24 |
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board of
education of a city school district having a population | 25 |
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of twenty
thousand or more but less than fifty thousand, as | 26 |
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ascertained by
the next preceding federal census, shall be signed | 27 |
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by
seventy-five qualified electors of the school district. | 28 |
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Nominating petitions for candidates for member of a board of | 29 |
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education of a city school district having a population of fifty | 30 |
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thousand or more but less than one hundred thousand, as | 31 |
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ascertained by the next preceding federal census, shall be signed | 32 |
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by one hundred fifty qualified electors of the school district. | 33 |
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Nominating petitions for candidates for member of a board of | 34 |
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education of a city school district having a population of one | 35 |
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hundred thousand or more, as ascertained by the next preceding | 36 |
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federal census, shall be signed by three hundred qualified | 37 |
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electors of the school district. | 38 |
| (B) Nominating petitions shall be
filed with the board of | 39 |
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elections not later than four p.m. of the
seventy-fifth day before | 40 |
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the day of the general election,
provided
that no such petition | 41 |
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shall be accepted for filing if it
appears
to contain signatures | 42 |
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aggregating in number more than
three times
the minimum number of | 43 |
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signatures required by this
section.
A board
of elections shall | 44 |
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not accept for filing a nominating petition of
a person if that | 45 |
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person, for the same election, has already filed a declaration of | 46 |
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candidacy, a declaration of intent to be a write-in candidate, or | 47 |
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a nominating petition, or has become a candidate through party | 48 |
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nomination at a primary election or by the filling of a vacancy | 49 |
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under section 3513.30 or 3513.31 of the Revised Code for any other | 50 |
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position as a member of a city, local, or exempted village board | 51 |
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of education or position as a member of a governing board of an | 52 |
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educational service center, or for a municipal or township office. | 53 |
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When
a
petition of a
candidate has been
accepted for
filing by a | 54 |
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board
of
elections,
the petition shall
not be deemed
invalid if, | 55 |
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upon
verification of
signatures
contained in the
petition, the | 56 |
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board of
elections finds
the number
of signatures
accepted exceeds | 57 |
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three
times the minimum
number of
signatures
required. A board of | 58 |
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elections may
discontinue
verifying
petitions when the number of | 59 |
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verified
signatures equals
the
minimum required number of | 60 |
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qualified
signatures. | 61 |
Sec. 3513.255. This section does not apply to candidates
for | 64 |
election to a governing board of
an educational service center | 65 |
described in section
3311.051 of the Revised Code.This section is | 66 |
| subject to section 3513.256 of the Revised Code. The name of
each | 67 |
| candidate for
election as a member of a governing board of
an | 68 |
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educational service center shall appear
on the nonpartisan ballot. | 69 |
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Each nominating petition shall be
signed by fifty qualified | 70 |
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electors who reside in one of the
following, as applicable: | 71 |
| Each nominating petition shall be filed with the board of | 81 |
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elections of the
county in which the central administrative | 82 |
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offices of the
educational service center governing board are | 83 |
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located not later than four p.m. of the seventy-fifth day before | 84 |
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the day of
the general election, provided that no such petition | 85 |
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shall be accepted for
filing if it appears to contain signatures | 86 |
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aggregating in number more than
three times the minimum number of | 87 |
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signatures required by this section.
A board of elections shall | 88 |
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not accept for filing a nominating petition of a person if that | 89 |
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person, for the same election, has already filed a declaration of | 90 |
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candidacy, a declaration of intent to be a write-in candidate, or | 91 |
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a nominating petition, or has become a candidate through party | 92 |
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nomination at a primary election or by the filling of a vacancy | 93 |
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under section 3513.30 or 3513.31 of the Revised Code for any other | 94 |
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position as a member of a governing board of an educational | 95 |
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service center or position as a member of a city, local, or | 96 |
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exempted village board of education, or for a municipal or | 97 |
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township office. When
a
petition of a candidate has been
accepted | 98 |
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for filing by a board
of
elections,
the petition shall
not be | 99 |
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deemed invalid if, upon
verification of signatures
contained in | 100 |
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the petition, the board of
elections finds the number
of | 101 |
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signatures accepted exceeds three
times the minimum signatures | 102 |
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required. A
board of elections may
discontinue verifying
petitions | 103 |
| when the number of
verified
signatures equals the
minimum required | 104 |
| number of qualified
signatures. | 105 |
| Sec. 3513.256. (A) Notwithstanding any provision of the | 106 |
| Revised Code to the contrary, for the purpose of nominating | 107 |
| candidates for a position as a member of the board of education of | 108 |
| a city, local, or exempted village school district or a position | 109 |
| as a member of a governing board of an educational service center, | 110 |
| the board may adopt, by resolution upon a three-fifths majority | 111 |
| vote of its total membership, procedures for a nonpartisan primary | 112 |
| election. Such procedures shall specify the following: | 113 |
| The board shall notify the board of elections of any | 143 |
| resolution adopted under this division. No such resolution shall | 144 |
| apply to a particular election unless the resolution is adopted at | 145 |
| least one hundred twenty days prior to the deadline to become a | 146 |
| candidate for nomination at that election under the nomination | 147 |
| procedures the resolution is rescinding. Subject to division (D) | 148 |
| of this section, the requirements of Chapter 3513. of the Revised | 149 |
| Code shall apply to all subsequent nominations for a position as a | 150 |
| member of that board. | 151 |
| (D) Nothing in this section prohibits or shall be construed | 156 |
| to prohibit the board of education of a city, local, or exempted | 157 |
| village school district or the governing board of an educational | 158 |
| service center that has rescinded a resolution under division (B) | 159 |
| of this section from subsequently adopting the same or different | 160 |
| procedures for a nonpartisan primary election by adopting a | 161 |
| resolution under division (A) of this section. | 162 |