Ohio Revised Code
Chapter 3506 | Voting and Tabulating Equipment
Section 3506.18 | Electronic Voting Machine - Verified Paper Audit Trail as Official Ballot in Recount.

Effective: May 2, 2006
Latest Legislation: House Bill 3 - 126th General Assembly
(A) For any recount of an election in which ballots are cast using a direct recording electronic voting machine with a voter verified paper audit trail, the voter verified paper audit trail shall serve as the official ballot to be recounted.
(B) Voter verified paper audit trails shall be preserved in the same manner and for the same time period as paper ballots are preserved under section 3505.31 of the Revised Code.
(C) A voter verified paper audit trail shall be treated as are other ballots for purposes of section 149.43 of the Revised Code and shall be retained in accordance with the county records retention schedule established under section 149.38 of the Revised Code after the relevant time period prescribed for its preservation in section 3505.31 of the Revised Code, or as ordered by the secretary of state or a court of competent jurisdiction.
(D) If a voter verified paper audit trail is made available to the public, any information on that voter verified paper audit trail that identifies the particular direct recording electronic voting machine that produced it shall be redacted.

Structure Ohio Revised Code

Ohio Revised Code

Title 35 | Elections

Chapter 3506 | Voting and Tabulating Equipment

Section 3506.01 | Voting and Tabulation Equipment Definitions.

Section 3506.02 | Manner of Adopting Voting Machines, Marking Devices, and Automatic Tabulating Equipment.

Section 3506.021 | Use of Electronic Pollbook.

Section 3506.03 | Acquisition of Equipment.

Section 3506.04 | Acquisition of Equipment in Stages.

Section 3506.05 | Certification of Voting and Tabulating Equipment.

Section 3506.06 | Marking Device Specifications.

Section 3506.07 | Automatic Tabulating Equipment.

Section 3506.08 | Printed Ballot Card Specifications.

Section 3506.09 | Marking Devices Designed for Use With Electronic Data Processing Cards.

Section 3506.10 | Requirements for Approval or Certification of Voting Machines.

Section 3506.11 | Rotation of Candidates' Names.

Section 3506.12 | County Board to Combine, Rearrange or Enlarge Precincts - Counting Stations.

Section 3506.13 | Challengers and Witnesses in Precincts Where Marking Devices, Automatic Tabulating Equipment, Voting Machines, or Any Combination of These Are Used.

Section 3506.14 | Testing and Auditing of Voting Equipment.

Section 3506.15 | Secretary of State to Promulgate Rules for Equipment and Conduct of Elections.

Section 3506.18 | Electronic Voting Machine - Verified Paper Audit Trail as Official Ballot in Recount.

Section 3506.19 | Disability-Accessible Electronic Voting Machine to Be Required at Each Polling Place.

Section 3506.20 | Tracking Number Required for Ballots on Demand System.

Section 3506.21 | Optical Scan Ballot Marking Requirements.

Section 3506.22 | Direct Recording Electronic Voting Machines After 2012.

Section 3506.23 | Voting Machines Not to Be Connected to Internet.

Section 3506.24