Effective: March 20, 2014
Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 200 - 130th General Assembly
(A) Beginning in the year 2013 and thereafter, a county that selects direct recording electronic voting machines as the primary voting system to be used in the county and not only for accessibility for individuals with disabilities as required under the Help America Vote Act of 2002 and section 3506.19 of the Revised Code shall acquire, if needed, sufficient direct recording electronic voting machines to meet the minimum number of direct recording electronic voting machines required to be established by the secretary of state under division (B) of this section.
(B) Beginning in the year 2013 and every eight years thereafter, the secretary of state shall establish, for each county, a minimum number of direct recording electronic voting machines that the county shall be required to have if it elects to use direct recording electronic voting machines as the primary voting system in the county. The minimum number for each county shall be calculated as follows:
(1) The total number of registered voters in the county as of the October deadline for voter registration for the last presidential election or the average of the total number of registered voters in the county as of the October deadline for voter registration for the last two presidential elections, whichever number is higher, minus the total number of absent voter's ballots cast and counted at the last presidential election, shall be determined.
(2) The number resulting from the determination under division (B)(1) of this section shall be divided by one hundred seventy-five.
(3) Any fraction resulting from the calculation under division (B)(2) of this section shall be rounded up to the next whole number.
(C) A county that selects direct recording electronic voting machines as the primary voting system to be used in the county and not only for accessibility for individuals with disabilities as required under the Help America Vote Act of 2002 and section 3506.19 of the Revised Code after May 2, 2006, but before the year 2013 shall do so in accordance with the formula set forth in Section 514.03 of Am. Sub. H.B. 66 of the 126th general assembly.
Structure Ohio Revised Code
Chapter 3506 | Voting and Tabulating Equipment
Section 3506.01 | Voting and Tabulation Equipment Definitions.
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 3506.14 | Testing and Auditing of Voting Equipment.
Section 3506.15 | Secretary of State to Promulgate Rules for Equipment and Conduct of Elections.
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.