Fiscal Note & Local Impact Statement
127 th General Assembly of Ohio
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LOCAL IMPACT
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STATE FUND |
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FY 2009 |
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General Revenue Fund –
Secretary of State |
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Revenues |
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Expenditures |
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Minor decrease in
processing due to removal of delegate filing requirements, occurring once
every four years during a presidential election year |
Note: The state
fiscal year is July 1 through June 30.
For example, FY 2007 is July 1, 2006 – June 30, 2007.
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As
the bill affects filing procedures once every four years, in a presidential
election year, and these filings are of very small numbers, the fiscal effect
on the Secretary of State will be a minor decrease in costs for processing
these filings.
LOCAL
GOVERNMENT |
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FY 2008 |
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Counties |
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Revenues |
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Expenditures |
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Minor increase in workload
occurring once every four years during a presidential election year |
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Note: For most local governments, the fiscal year is the calendar year. The school district fiscal year is July 1 through June 30.
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the bill affects presidential candidacy petition signature verification at the
county boards of elections once every four years, on a presidential election
year, it will result in a minor increase in workload due to verification of the
1,000 signatures that a presidential candidate is required to file.
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The bill allows a political
party to select delegates to its national presidential nominating convention
according to the party's constitution and bylaws. The bill also eliminates the requirement that such delegates be
directly elected at the presidential primary election.
Current law
Delegate candidates seeking
nomination to the national convention of their political party are required to
file with the Secretary of State a declaration of candidacy and
certificate. Each delegate must file a
written statement of first and second choices for the presidency of the United
States prior to the day of election.
Additionally, presidential candidates must file a list of delegate
candidates with the Secretary of State prior to the day of election.
Under the bill
The bill requires only the
presidential candidate to file declaration of candidacy with the Secretary of
State, but also requires a petition signed by at least 1,000 qualified electors
who are members of the same political party as the candidate, the signatures of
whom must be verified by the Board of Elections. The bill removes the requirement that delegate candidates file
and instead allows the political party to choose delegates following the
presidential primary election. Overall,
the fiscal effect on the Secretary of State and Board of Elections will be
negligible, as the bill mostly affects filing requirements and only during the
year of a presidential election.
Overall, it appears that both of the new procedures outlined in the bill
would impose only minor administration costs, if any, on the Secretary of
State, as well as county boards of elections.
LSC fiscal staff: Deborah Hoffman, Budget Analyst