Effective: October 8, 1982
Latest Legislation: House Bill 419 - 114th General Assembly
The names of the candidates in each group of two or more candidates seeking the same nomination or election at a primary election, except delegates and alternates to the national convention of a political party, shall be rotated and printed as provided in section 3505.03 of the Revised Code, except that no indication of membership in or affiliation with a political party shall be printed after or under the candidate's name. When the names of the first choices for president of candidates for delegate and alternate are not grouped with the names of such candidates, the names of the first choices for president shall be rotated in the same manner as the names of candidates. The specific form and size of the ballot shall be prescribed by the secretary of state in compliance with this chapter.
It shall not be necessary to have the names of candidates for member of a county central committee printed on the ballots provided for absentee voters, and the board may cause the names of such candidates to be written on said ballots in the spaces provided therefor.
The secretary of state shall prescribe the procedure for rotating the names of candidates on the ballot and the form of the ballot for the election of delegates and alternates to the national convention of a political party in accordance with section 3513.151 of the Revised Code.
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.