Effective: August 22, 1995
Latest Legislation: House Bill 99 - 121st General Assembly
Except in elections for which the board of elections has received no valid declarations of intent to be a write-in candidate under section 3513.041 of the Revised Code, immediately below the title of each office for which nominations are to be made and the names of candidates for such nomination printed thereunder, there shall be provided on each primary election ballot as many blank spaces as, but not more than, the number of nominations to be made for such office, in which the voter may write the names of persons for whose nomination he desires to vote, provided that inasmuch as candidates for the office of delegate and alternate to the national and state conventions, member of the state central committee, and member of the county central committee are elected at the primary election no blank space shall be left on the ballot after the names of the candidates for such office, and no vote shall be counted for any person whose name has been written in on said ballot for any of such offices. If no person files and qualifies as a candidate for the office of member of the state central committee or member of the county central committee such office shall not appear on the ballot.
The face of the ballot below the stub shall be substantially in the following form:
OFFICIAL ____________(name of party)__________
PRIMARY BALLOT
(A) To vote for a candidate record your vote in the manner provided next to the name of such candidate.
(B) If you tear, soil, deface, or erroneously mark this ballot return it to the election officials and obtain another.
Structure Ohio Revised Code
Chapter 3513 | Primaries; Nominations
Section 3513.01 | Primary Elections.
Section 3513.02 | Certificate of Nomination When No Primary Necessary.
Section 3513.03 | Election Officials for Primary Elections.
Section 3513.04 | Filing Declaration of Candidacy.
Section 3513.041 | Write-in Votes.
Section 3513.05 | Deadline for Filing Declaration of Candidacy.
Section 3513.051 | County Central Committee May Determine No Need for Petition.
Section 3513.052 | Candidacy for More Than One Office at a Time Prohibited.
Section 3513.06 | Change of Name of Candidate.
Section 3513.07 | Form of Declaration of Candidacy and Petition.
Section 3513.08 | Declaration of Candidacy for Judicial Office.
Section 3513.09 | Candidate's Signature.
Section 3513.10 | Filing Fees.
Section 3513.11 | State Convention of Major Political Parties.
Section 3513.111 | Nominating Candidates for Election as Presidential Electors.
Section 3513.12 | Delegates to National Party Convention.
Section 3513.121 | Delegates to National Party Convention Alternative Procedures.
Section 3513.122 | Electing Delegates and Alternates to Other National Conventions or Conferences.
Section 3513.13 | Separate Primary Election Ballots for Political Parties.
Section 3513.131 | Candidates With Identical Surnames.
Section 3513.14 | Primary Election Ballot Form.
Section 3513.15 | Rotating Names of Candidates on Ballot.
Section 3513.16 | Designation of Term for Judge of Court of Common Pleas on Primary Ballot.
Section 3513.17 | Death of Candidate Before Primary Election.
Section 3513.18 | Primary Election Pollbooks.
Section 3513.19 | Challenges at Primary Elections.
Section 3513.191 | Disqualification of Candidate for Party Primary.
Section 3513.192 | Forfeiting Nomination.
Section 3513.20 | Effect of Challenge to Voter at Primary.
Section 3513.21 | Counting and Return of Ballots.
Section 3513.22 | Canvass and Certification of Votes.
Section 3513.23 | Write-in Votes.
Section 3513.24 | Canvass of Votes for Members of Party Committees.
Section 3513.251 | Nomination for Officers of Municipal Corporation.
Section 3513.253 | Nomination for Officers of Township.
Section 3513.254 | Nomination for Members of Board of Education.
Section 3513.255 | Petitions for Member of Governing Board of Educational Service Center.
Section 3513.256 | Procedures for a Nonpartisan Primary Election.
Section 3513.257 | Independent Candidates Statements of Candidacy and Nominating Petitions.
Section 3513.259 | Nomination for Member of the State Board of Education.
Section 3513.261 | Nominating Petition Form and Fee.
Section 3513.262 | Filing Deadline for Nominating Petitions.
Section 3513.263 | Processing Nominating Petitions.
Section 3513.28 | Designation of Term.
Section 3513.30 | Death or Withdrawal of Candidate Before Primary Election.
Section 3513.301 | Special Election of Party Candidate for Congress.
Section 3513.31 | Withdrawal, Disqualification, or Death of Candidate Prior to General Election.