Effective: August 22, 1995
Latest Legislation: House Bill 99 - 121st General Assembly
If any person desiring to become a candidate for public office has had a change of name within five years immediately preceding the filing of his statement of candidacy, both his statement of candidacy and nominating petition must contain, immediately following the person's present name, the person's former names. Any person who has been elected under the person's changed name, without submission of the person's former name, shall be immediately suspended from the office and the office declared vacated, and shall be liable to the state for any salary the person has received while holding such office. The attorney general in the case of candidates for state offices, the prosecuting attorney of the most populous county in a district in the case of candidates for district offices, and the prosecuting attorney of the county in the case of all other candidates shall institute necessary action to enforce this section.
This section does not apply to a change of name by reason of marriage; to a candidate for a state office who has once complied with this section and who has previously been elected to a state office; to a candidate for a district office who has once complied with this section and who has previously been elected to a state or district office; to a candidate for a county office who has once complied with this section and has previously been elected to a state, district, or county office; to a candidate for a municipal office who has once complied with this section and has previously been elected to a municipal office; or to a candidate for a township office who has once complied with this section and has previously been elected to a township office; provided that such previous election was one at which his candidacy complied with this section.
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.