The returns of every election for the officers, named
in the foregoing section, shall be sealed and transmitted
to the seat of government, by the returning officers,
directed to the president of the Senate, who, during the
first week of the next regular session, shall open and
publish them, and declare the result, in the presence of
a majority of the members of each house of the General
Assembly. The joint candidates having the highest
number of votes cast for governor and lieutenant governor
and the person having the number of votes for
any other office shall be declared duly elected; but if
any two or more have an equal and the highest number
of votes for the same office or offices, one of them or
any two for whom joint votes were cast for governor
and lieutenant governor, shall be chosen by joint vote
of both houses.
Structure Ohio constitution