Effective: March 17, 1987
Latest Legislation: House Bill 524 - 116th General Assembly
Each signer of any initiative or referendum petition must be a qualified elector of the state. He shall place on such petition after his name the date of signing and the location of his voting residence, including the street and number in which such voting residence is located, if in a municipal corporation, and the rural route or other post-office address and township in which such voting residence is located, if outside a municipal corporation. Each signer may also print his name so as to clearly identify his signature. Each part-petition which is filed shall contain signatures of electors of only one county. Petitions containing signatures of electors of more than one county shall not thereby be declared invalid. In case petitions containing signatures of electors of more than one county are filed, the secretary of state shall determine the county from which the majority of signatures came, and only signatures from such county shall be counted. Signatures from any other county shall be invalid.
Structure Ohio Revised Code
Chapter 3519 | Initiative; Referendum
Section 3519.01 | Initiative and Referendum Petitions.
Section 3519.02 | Designation of Committee.
Section 3519.03 | Argument or Explanation of Petitions.
Section 3519.05 | Form of Petitions.
Section 3519.051 | Original Ink Signatures Required for Initiative and Referendum.
Section 3519.06 | Verification of Petition.
Section 3519.07 | Web Site Postings Required for Initiative or Referendum Proposals.
Section 3519.08 | Withdrawal of Petition - Ballot Procedure.
Section 3519.10 | Qualifications of Signers - Format of Signing.
Section 3519.14 | Minimum Number of Signatures.
Section 3519.15 | Part-Petitions.
Section 3519.16 | Jurisdiction Over Challenges to Petitions; Part-Petitions.
Section 3519.18 | Power of Board in Hearing Protests.
Section 3519.21 | Ballot Title and Order.
Section 3519.22 | Election Not Affected by Insufficient Signatures - Number of Signatures.