Effective: August 22, 1995
Latest Legislation: House Bill 99 - 121st General Assembly
If an elector applying for registration is already registered in another state or in another county within this state, the elector shall declare this fact to the registration officer and shall sign an authorization to cancel the previous registration on a form prescribed by the secretary of state.
The director of the board of elections shall mail all such authorizations to the board of elections or comparable agency of the proper state and county. Upon the receipt of this authorization from the forwarding county, the director of a board of elections in Ohio, upon a comparison of the elector's signature with the elector's signature as it appears on the registration files, shall remove the elector's registration from the files, and place it with the cancellation authorization in a separate file which shall be kept for a period of two calendar years. The board shall notify the elector at the present address as shown on the cancellation authorization that his registration has been canceled.
Structure Ohio Revised Code
Chapter 3503 | Voters - Qualifications; Registration
Section 3503.01 | Qualifications of Electors - Precinct Assignment for School Elections.
Section 3503.011 | Qualifications of Electors for Primary Elections.
Section 3503.02 | Residence Determination Rules.
Section 3503.03 | Residence for Soldiers in National Home for Such Soldiers.
Section 3503.04 | Residence for Inmates of a Public or Private Institution.
Section 3503.06 | Registration as Elector - Circulation or Signing of Petition.
Section 3503.07 | Qualification for Registration.
Section 3503.08 | Registration Equipment, Supplies and Rules.
Section 3503.09 | Electronic Transfer of Voter Registration Database Changes.
Section 3503.10 | Voter Registration Programs.
Section 3503.11 | Registering to Vote With Registrar of Motor Vehicles.
Section 3503.111 | Registering in Another County.
Section 3503.13 | Registration Forms - Records - Electronic Data Processing System.
Section 3503.14 | Form and Content of Forms - Inability of Registrant to Sign Name.
Section 3503.15 | Statewide Voter Registration Database.
Section 3503.16 | Change of Address or Name.
Section 3503.17 | Precinct Boundary Changes.
Section 3503.18 | Cancellation of Registration.
Section 3503.19 | Methods of Registration or Change of Registration.
Section 3503.191 | Uniformed Services Voters - Procedures for Receiving Voter Registration Forms.
Section 3503.20 | Online Voter Registration System.
Section 3503.21 | Occurrences Resulting in Cancellation of Registration.
Section 3503.23 | Precinct Official Registration List.
Section 3503.25 | Investigations Regarding the Registration.
Section 3503.26 | Custody of Registration Forms, Records and Lists.
Section 3503.28 | Information Brochure Regarding Voter Registration.
Section 3503.29 | Training and Registration of Compensated Voter Registrants.
Section 3503.30 | Correction of Registration Form.
Section 3503.33 | Prior Registration in Another County or State - Cancellation Authorization.