Ohio 136th General Assembly Status: Enacted 1 R cosponsors

SB 63 — Prohibit use of ranked choice voting; withhold funding for use

Last action — Effective 6/16/26

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This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced June 16, 2026. Enacted.

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This bill prohibits ranked choice voting and withholds funding from municipalities using it.

The bill seeks to ban ranked choice voting in local elections and requires the withholding of certain funds from municipalities that utilize this voting method. By enforcing this prohibition, it aims to standardize how voting is conducted in the affected areas.

Summary

To amend sections 3501.01 and 5747.502 and to enact sections 3505.011, 3513.141, 5747.504, and 5747.505 of the Revised Code to generally prohibit the use of ranked choice voting and to withhold Local Government Fund distributions from a municipality or chartered county that uses ranked choice voting.

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Plain-language change summary

The latest version of Bill SB 63 now includes language that explicitly prohibits ranked choice voting in Ohio and states that municipalities or chartered counties using this voting method will lose their Local Government Fund distributions. Additionally, amendments were made to clarify definitions related to election types within the Revised Code. This change is significant because it reinforces a traditional voting system and imposes financial penalties on local governments that choose to adopt ranked choice voting, thereby shaping how elections are conducted in the state.

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As Passed by the Senate 136th General Assembly Regular Session S.
(136th GeneralAssembly) (Substitute Senate Bill Number 63) ANACT To amend sections 3501.01, 3513.05, 3513.262, 3513.263, and 5747.502 and to enact sections 3505.011, 3513.141, 5747.504, and 5747.505 of the Revised Code to generally prohibit the use of ranked choice voting, to withhold Local Government Fund distributions from a municipality or chartered county that uses ranked choice voting, and to make changes to election petition records.
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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio:
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SECTION 1.
63 2025-2026 Senators Gavarone, DeMora Cosponsors:
That sections 3501.01, 3513.05, 3513.262, 3513.263, and 5747.502 be amended and sections 3505.011, 3513.141, 5747.504, and 5747.505 of the Revised Code be enacted to read as follows:
Senators Huffman, Brenner, Cirino, Cutrona, Johnson, Koehler, Lang, O'Brien, Patton, Reynolds, Timken, Wilkin A BILL To amend sections 3501.01 and 5747.502 and to enact 1 sections 3505.011, 3513.141, 5747.504, and 2 5747.505 of the Revised Code to generally 3 prohibit the use of ranked choice voting and to 4 withhold Local Government Fund distributions 5 from a municipality or chartered county that 6 uses ranked choice voting.
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7 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:
Section 1.
That sections 3501.01 and 5747.502 be amended 8 and sections 3505.011, 3513.141, 5747.504, and 5747.505 of the 9 Revised Code be enacted to read as follows:
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As used in the sections of the Revised Code 11 relating to elections and political communications:
As used in the sections of the Revised Code relating to elections and political communications:
12 (A) "General election" means the election held on the 13 first Tuesday after the first Monday in each November.
(A) "General election" means the election held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in each November.
14 (B) "Regular municipal election" means the election held 15 on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November in each 16 odd-numbered year.
(B) "Regular municipal election" means the election held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November in each odd-numbered year.
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(C) "Regular state election" means the election held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November in each even-numbered year.
(D) "Special election" means any election other than those elections defined in other divisions of this section.
A special election may be held only on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in May or November, on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in August in accordance with section 3501.022 of the Revised Code, or on the day authorized by a particular municipal or county charter for the holding of a primary election, except that in any year in which a presidential primary election is held, no special election shall be held in May, except as authorized by a municipal or county charter, but may be held on the third Tuesday after the first Monday in March.
(E)(1) "Primary" or "primary election" means an election held for the purpose of nominating persons as candidates of political parties for election to offices, and for the purpose of electing persons as members of the controlling committees of political parties and as delegates and alternates to the conventions of political parties.
Primary elections shall be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in May of each year except in years in which a presidential primary election is held.
(2) "Presidential primary election" means a primary election as defined by division (E)(1) of this section at which an election is held for the purpose of choosing delegates and alternates to the national conventions of the major political parties pursuant to section 3513.12 of the Revised Code.
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63 Page 2 As Passed by the Senate (C) "Regular state election" means the election held on 18 the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November in each 19 even-numbered year.
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20 (D) "Special election" means any election other than those 21 elections defined in other divisions of this section.
Unless otherwise specified, presidential primary elections are included in references to primary elections.
A special 22 election may be held only on the first Tuesday after the first 23 Monday in May or November, on the first Tuesday after the first 24 Monday in August in accordance with section 3501.022 of the 25 Revised Code, or on the day authorized by a particular municipal 26 or county charter for the holding of a primary election, except 27 that in any year in which a presidential primary election is 28 held, no special election shall be held in May, except as 29 authorized by a municipal or county charter, but may be held on 30 the third Tuesday after the first Monday in March.
In years in which a presidential primary election is held, all primary elections shall be held on the third Tuesday after the first Monday in March except as otherwise authorized by a municipal or county charter.
31 (E)(1) "Primary" or "primary election" means an election 32 held for the purpose of nominating persons as candidates of 33 political parties for election to offices, and for the purpose 34 of electing persons as members of the controlling committees of 35 political parties and as delegates and alternates to the 36 conventions of political parties.
(F) "Political party" means any group of voters meeting the requirements set forth in section 3517.01 of the Revised Code for the formation and existence of a political party.
Primary elections shall be 37 held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in May of each 38 year except in years in which a presidential primary election is 39 held.
(1) "Major political party" means any political party organized under the laws of this state whose candidate for governor or nominees for presidential electors received not less than twenty per cent of the total vote cast for such office at the most recent regular state election.
40 (2) "Presidential primary election" means a primary 41 election as defined by division (E)(1) of this section at which 42 an election is held for the purpose of choosing delegates and 43 alternates to the national conventions of the major political 44 parties pursuant to section 3513.12 of the Revised Code.
(2) "Minor political party" means any political party organized under the laws of this state that meets either of the following requirements:
Unless 45 otherwise specified, presidential primary elections are included 46 in references to primary elections.
(a) Except as otherwise provided in this division, the political party's candidate for governor or nominees for presidential electors received less than twenty per cent but not less than three per cent of the total vote cast for such office at the most recent regular state election.
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A political party that meets the requirements of this division remains a political party for a period of four years after meeting those requirements.
(b) The political party has filed with the secretary of state, subsequent to its failure to meet the requirements of division (F)(2)(a) of this section, a petition that meets the requirements of section 3517.01 of the Revised Code.
A newly formed political party shall be known as a minor political party until the time of the first election for governor or president which occurs not less than twelve months subsequent to the formation of such party, after which election the status of such party shall be determined by the vote for the office of governor or president.
(G) "Dominant party in a precinct" or "dominant political party in a precinct" means that political party whose candidate for election to the office of governor at the most recent regular state election at which a governor was elected received more votes than any other person received for election to that office in such precinct at such election.
(H) "Candidate" means any qualified person certified in accordance with the provisions of the Revised Code for placement on the official ballot of a primary, general, or special election to be held in this state, or any qualified person who claims to be a write-in candidate, or who knowingly assents to being represented as a write-in candidate by another at either a primary, general, or special election to be held in this state.
(I) "Independent candidate" means any candidate who claims not to be affiliated with a political party, and whose name has been certified on the office-type ballot at a general or special election through the filing of a statement of candidacy and nominating petition, as prescribed in section 3513.257 of the Revised Code.
(J) "Nonpartisan candidate" means any candidate whose name is required, pursuant to section 3505.04 of the Revised Code, to be listed on the nonpartisan ballot, including all candidates Sub.
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63 Page 3 As Passed by the Senate presidential primary election is held, all primary elections 48 shall be held on the third Tuesday after the first Monday in 49 March except as otherwise authorized by a municipal or county 50 charter.
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51 (F) "Political party" means any group of voters meeting 52 the requirements set forth in section 3517.01 of the Revised 53 Code for the formation and existence of a political party.
for judge of a municipal court, county court, or court of common pleas, for member of any board of education, for municipal or township offices in which primary elections are not held for nominating candidates by political parties, and for offices of municipal corporations having charters that provide for separate ballots for elections for these offices.
54 (1) "Major political party" means any political party 55 organized under the laws of this state whose candidate for 56 governor or nominees for presidential electors received not less 57 than twenty per cent of the total vote cast for such office at 58 the most recent regular state election.
(K) "Party candidate" means any candidate who claims to be a member of a political party and who has been certified to appear on the office-type ballot at a general or special election as the nominee of a political party because the candidate has won the primary election of the candidate's party for the public office the candidate seeks, has been nominated under section 3517.012, or is selected by party committee in accordance with section 3513.31 of the Revised Code.
59 (2) "Minor political party" means any political party 60 organized under the laws of this state that meets either of the 61 following requirements:
(L) "Officer of a political party" includes, but is not limited to, any member, elected or appointed, of a controlling committee, whether representing the territory of the state, a district therein, a county, township, a city, a ward, a precinct, or other territory, of a major or minor political party.
62 (a) Except as otherwise provided in this division, the 63 political party's candidate for governor or nominees for 64 presidential electors received less than twenty per cent but not 65 less than three per cent of the total vote cast for such office 66 at the most recent regular state election.
(M) "Question or issue" means any question or issue certified in accordance with the Revised Code for placement on an official ballot at a general or special election to be held in this state.
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A political party 67 that meets the requirements of this division remains a political 68 party for a period of four years after meeting those 69 requirements.
(N) "Elector" or "qualified elector" means a person having the qualifications provided by law to be entitled to vote.
70 (b) The political party has filed with the secretary of 71 state, subsequent to its failure to meet the requirements of 72 division (F)(2)(a) of this section, a petition that meets the 73 requirements of section 3517.01 of the Revised Code.
(O) "Voter" means an elector who votes at an election.
74 A newly formed political party shall be known as a minor 75 political party until the time of the first election for 76 S.
(P) "Voting residence" means that place of residence of an elector which shall determine the precinct in which the elector may vote.
(Q) "Precinct" means a district within a county established by the board of elections of such county within which all qualified electors having a voting residence therein may vote at the same polling place.
(R) "Polling place" means that place provided for each precinct at which the electors having a voting residence in such precinct may vote.
(S) "Board" or "board of elections" means the board of elections appointed in a county pursuant to section 3501.06 of the Revised Code.
(T) "Political subdivision" means a county, township, city, village, or school district.
(U) "Election officer" or "election official" means any of the following:
(1) Secretary of state;
(2) Employees of the secretary of state serving the division of elections in the capacity of attorney, administrative officer, administrative assistant, elections administrator, office manager, or clerical supervisor;
(3) Director of a board of elections;
(4) Deputy director of a board of elections;
(5) Member of a board of elections;
(6) Employees of a board of elections;
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63 Page 4 As Passed by the Senate governor or president which occurs not less than twelve months 77 subsequent to the formation of such party, after which election 78 the status of such party shall be determined by the vote for the 79 office of governor or president.
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80 (G) "Dominant party in a precinct" or "dominant political 81 party in a precinct" means that political party whose candidate 82 for election to the office of governor at the most recent 83 regular state election at which a governor was elected received 84 more votes than any other person received for election to that 85 office in such precinct at such election.
(7) Precinct election officials;
86 (H) "Candidate" means any qualified person certified in 87 accordance with the provisions of the Revised Code for placement 88 on the official ballot of a primary, general, or special 89 election to be held in this state, or any qualified person who 90 claims to be a write-in candidate, or who knowingly assents to 91 being represented as a write-in candidate by another at either a 92 primary, general, or special election to be held in this state.
(8) Employees appointed by the boards of elections on a temporary or part-time basis.
93 (I) "Independent candidate" means any candidate who claims 94 not to be affiliated with a political party, and whose name has 95 been certified on the office-type ballot at a general or special 96 election through the filing of a statement of candidacy and 97 nominating petition, as prescribed in section 3513.257 of the 98 Revised Code.
(V) "Acknowledgment notice" means a notice sent by a board of elections, on a form prescribed by the secretary of state, informing a voter registration applicant or an applicant who wishes to change the applicant's residence or name of the status of the application;
99 (J) "Nonpartisan candidate" means any candidate whose name 100 is required, pursuant to section 3505.04 of the Revised Code, to 101 be listed on the nonpartisan ballot, including all candidates 102 for judge of a municipal court, county court, or court of common 103 pleas, for member of any board of education, for municipal or 104 township offices in which primary elections are not held for 105 nominating candidates by political parties, and for offices of 106 S.
the information necessary to complete or update the application, if any;
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and if the application is complete, the precinct in which the applicant is to vote.
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(W) "Confirmation notice" means a notice sent by a board of elections, on a form prescribed by the secretary of state, to a registered elector to confirm the registered elector's current address.
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(X) "Designated agency" means an office or agency in the state that provides public assistance or that provides state-funded programs primarily engaged in providing services to persons with disabilities and that is required by the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 to implement a program designed and administered by the secretary of state for registering voters, or any other public or government office or agency that implements a program designed and administered by the secretary of state for registering voters, including the department of job and family services, the program administered under section 3701.132 of the Revised Code by the department of health, the department of mental health and addiction services, the department of developmental disabilities, the opportunities for Ohioans with disabilities agency, and any other agency the secretary of state designates.
108 (K) "Party candidate" means any candidate who claims to be 109 a member of a political party and who has been certified to 110 appear on the office-type ballot at a general or special 111 election as the nominee of a political party because the 112 candidate has won the primary election of the candidate's party 113 for the public office the candidate seeks, has been nominated 114 under section 3517.012, or is selected by party committee in 115 accordance with section 3513.31 of the Revised Code.
"Designated agency" does not include public high schools and vocational schools, public libraries, or the office of a county treasurer.
116 (L) "Officer of a political party" includes, but is not 117 limited to, any member, elected or appointed, of a controlling 118 committee, whether representing the territory of the state, a 119 district therein, a county, township, a city, a ward, a 120 precinct, or other territory, of a major or minor political 121 party.
(Y) "National Voter Registration Act of 1993" means the "National Voter Registration Act of 1993," 107 Stat.
122 (M) "Question or issue" means any question or issue 123 certified in accordance with the Revised Code for placement on 124 an official ballot at a general or special election to be held 125 in this state.
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126 (N) "Elector" or "qualified elector" means a person having 127 the qualifications provided by law to be entitled to vote.
128 (O) "Voter" means an elector who votes at an election.
129 (P) "Voting residence" means that place of residence of an 130 elector which shall determine the precinct in which the elector 131 may vote.
132 (Q) "Precinct" means a district within a county 133 established by the board of elections of such county within 134 which all qualified electors having a voting residence therein 135 S.
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136 (R) "Polling place" means that place provided for each 137 precinct at which the electors having a voting residence in such 138 precinct may vote.
139 (S) "Board" or "board of elections" means the board of 140 elections appointed in a county pursuant to section 3501.06 of 141 the Revised Code.
142 (T) "Political subdivision" means a county, township, 143 city, village, or school district.
144 (U) "Election officer" or "election official" means any of 145 the following:
146 (1) Secretary of state;
147 (2) Employees of the secretary of state serving the 148 division of elections in the capacity of attorney, 149 administrative officer, administrative assistant, elections 150 administrator, office manager, or clerical supervisor;
151 (3) Director of a board of elections;
152 (4) Deputy director of a board of elections;
153 (5) Member of a board of elections;
154 (6) Employees of a board of elections;
155 (7) Precinct election officials;
156 (8) Employees appointed by the boards of elections on a 157 temporary or part-time basis.
158 (V) "Acknowledgment notice" means a notice sent by a board 159 of elections, on a form prescribed by the secretary of state, 160 informing a voter registration applicant or an applicant who 161 S.
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the information necessary to complete or 163 update the application, if any;
and if the application is 164 complete, the precinct in which the applicant is to vote.
165 (W) "Confirmation notice" means a notice sent by a board 166 of elections, on a form prescribed by the secretary of state, to 167 a registered elector to confirm the registered elector's current 168 address.
169 (X) "Designated agency" means an office or agency in the 170 state that provides public assistance or that provides state- 171 funded programs primarily engaged in providing services to 172 persons with disabilities and that is required by the National 173 Voter Registration Act of 1993 to implement a program designed 174 and administered by the secretary of state for registering 175 voters, or any other public or government office or agency that 176 implements a program designed and administered by the secretary 177 of state for registering voters, including the department of job 178 and family services, the program administered under section 179 3701.132 of the Revised Code by the department of health, the 180 department of mental health and addiction services, the 181 department of developmental disabilities, the opportunities for 182 Ohioans with disabilities agency, and any other agency the 183 secretary of state designates.
"Designated agency" does not 184 include public high schools and vocational schools, public 185 libraries, or the office of a county treasurer.
186 (Y) "National Voter Registration Act of 1993" means the 187 "National Voter Registration Act of 1993," 107 Stat.
77, 42 188 U.S.C.A.
189 (Z) "Voting Rights Act of 1965" means the "Voting Rights 190 Act of 1965," 79 Stat.
(Z) "Voting Rights Act of 1965" means the "Voting Rights Act of 1965," 79 Stat.
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(AA)(1) "Photo identification" means one of the following documents that includes the individual's name and photograph and is not expired:
(a) An Ohio driver's license, state identification card, or interim identification form issued by the registrar of motor vehicles or a deputy registrar under Chapter 4506.
or 4507.
of the Revised Code;
(b) A United States passport or passport card;
(c) A United States military identification card, Ohio national guard identification card, or United States department of veterans affairs identification card.
(2) A "copy" of an individual's photo identification means images of both the front and back of a document described in division (AA)(1) of this section, except that if the document is a United States passport, a copy of the photo identification means an image of the passport's identification page that includes the individual's name, photograph, and other identifying information and the passport's expiration date.
(BB) "Driver's license" means a license or permit issued by the registrar or a deputy registrar Sub.
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63 Page 8 As Passed by the Senate (AA)(1) "Photo identification" means one of the following 192 documents that includes the individual's name and photograph and 193 is not expired:
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194 (a) An Ohio driver's license, state identification card, 195 or interim identification form issued by the registrar of motor 196 vehicles or a deputy registrar under Chapter 4506.
under Chapter 4506.
of 197 the Revised Code;
of the Revised Code that authorizes an individual to drive.
198 (b) A United States passport or passport card;
"Driver's license" includes a driver's license, commercial driver's license, probationary license, restricted license, motorcycle operator's license, or temporary instruction permit identification card.
199 (c) A United States military identification card, Ohio 200 national guard identification card, or United States department 201 of veterans affairs identification card.
"Driver's license" does not include a limited term license issued under section 4507.09 of the Revised Code.
202 (2) A "copy" of an individual's photo identification means 203 images of both the front and back of a document described in 204 division (AA)(1) of this section, except that if the document is 205 a United States passport, a copy of the photo identification 206 means an image of the passport's identification page that 207 includes the individual's name, photograph, and other 208 identifying information and the passport's expiration date.
(CC) "State identification card" means a card issued by the registrar or a deputy registrar under sections 4507.50 to 4507.52 of the Revised Code.
209 (BB) "Driver's license" means a license or permit issued 210 by the registrar or a deputy registrar under Chapter 4506.
(DD) "Interim identification form" means the document issued by the registrar or a deputy registrar to an applicant for a driver's license or state identification card that contains all of the information otherwise found on the license or card and that an applicant may use as a form of identification until the physical license or card arrives in the mail.
or 211 4507.
(EE) "Ranked choice voting" and "instant runoff voting" mean a method of nominating or electing one or more candidates to an office as follows:
of the Revised Code that authorizes an individual to 212 drive.
(1) Voters rank candidates on the ballot in order of preference.
"Driver's license" includes a driver's license, 213 commercial driver's license, probationary license, restricted 214 license, motorcycle operator's license, or temporary instruction 215 permit identification card.
(2) Tabulation proceeds in rounds such that in each round, one or more candidates are nominated or elected or a last-place candidate is defeated.
"Driver's license" does not include 216 a limited term license issued under section 4507.09 of the 217 Revised Code.
(3) Votes are transferred from nominated, elected, or defeated candidates to the voter's next- ranked candidate or candidates in order of preference.
218 (CC) "State identification card" means a card issued by 219 the registrar or a deputy registrar under sections 4507.50 to 220 S.
(4) Tabulation ends when a candidate receives the majority of the votes cast or when the number of candidates nominated or elected equals the number of offices to be filled, as applicable.
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3505.011.
(A) Except as otherwise permitted under Article X or Article XVIII, Ohio Constitution, no election shall be conducted in this state using ranked choice voting or instant runoff voting.
(B) If the secretary of state determines that a county or municipal corporation has, by resolution or ordinance, approved the use of ranked choice voting or instant runoff voting in an election, then the county or municipal corporation is ineligible to receive any local government fund distributions from the state during the period beginning with the month following the adoption of the resolution or ordinance and ending with the month following the last day it is in effect.
Upon making that determination, the secretary of state promptly shall notify the tax commissioner of the county or municipal corporation's ineligibility.
(C) Upon determining that a county or municipal corporation has, by resolution or ordinance, rescinded previous approval for the use of ranked choice voting that resulted in notice to the tax commissioner under division (B) of this section, the secretary of state shall promptly notify the tax commissioner of the rescission.
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3513.05.
Each person desiring to become a candidate for a party nomination at a primary election or for election to an office or position to be voted for at a primary election, except persons desiring to become joint candidates for the offices of governor and lieutenant governor and except as otherwise provided in section 3513.051 of the Revised Code, shall, not later than four p.m.
of the ninetieth day before the day of the primary election, file a declaration of candidacy and Sub.
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221 (DD) "Interim identification form" means the document 222 issued by the registrar or a deputy registrar to an applicant 223 for a driver's license or state identification card that 224 contains all of the information otherwise found on the license 225 or card and that an applicant may use as a form of 226 identification until the physical license or card arrives in the 227 mail.
petition and pay the fees required under divisions (A) and (B) of section 3513.10 of the Revised Code.
228 (EE) "Ranked choice voting" and "instant runoff voting" 229 mean a method of nominating or electing one or more candidates 230 to an office as follows:
The declaration of candidacy and all separate petition papers shall be filed at the same time as one instrument.
231 (1) Voters rank candidates on the ballot in order of 232 preference.
When the offices are to be voted for at a primary election, persons desiring to become joint candidates for the offices of governor and lieutenant governor shall, not later than four p.m.
233 (2) Tabulation proceeds in rounds such that in each round, 234 one or more candidates are nominated or elected or a last-place 235 candidate is defeated.
of the ninetieth day before the day of the primary election, comply with section 3513.04 of the Revised Code.
236 (3) Votes are transferred from nominated, elected, or 237 defeated candidates to the voter's next-ranked candidate or 238 candidates in order of preference.
The prospective joint candidates' declaration of candidacy and all separate petition papers of candidacies shall be filed at the same time as one instrument.
239 (4) Tabulation ends when a candidate receives the majority 240 of the votes cast or when the number of candidates nominated or 241 elected equals the number of offices to be filled, as 242 applicable.
The secretary of state or a board of elections shall not accept for filing a declaration of candidacy and petition of a person seeking to become a candidate if that person, for the same election, has already filed a declaration of candidacy or a declaration of intent to be a write-in candidate, or has become a candidate by the filling of a vacancy under section 3513.30 of the Revised Code for any federal, state, or county office, if the declaration of candidacy is for a state or county office, or for any municipal or township office, if the declaration of candidacy is for a municipal or township office.
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If the declaration of candidacy declares a candidacy which is to be submitted to electors throughout the entire state, the petition, including a petition for joint candidates for the offices of governor and lieutenant governor, shall be signed by at least one thousand qualified electors who are members of the same political party as the candidate or joint candidates, and the declaration of candidacy and petition shall be filed with the secretary of state;
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provided that the secretary of state shall not accept or file any such petition appearing on its face to contain signatures of more than three thousand electors.
(A) Except as otherwise permitted under 244 Article X or Article XVIII, Ohio Constitution, no election shall 245 be conducted in this state using ranked choice voting or instant 246 runoff voting.
Except as otherwise provided in this paragraph, if the declaration of candidacy is of one that is to be submitted only to electors within a district, political subdivision, or portion thereof, the petition shall be signed by not less than fifty qualified electors who are members of the same political party as the political party of which the candidate is a member.
247 (B) If the secretary of state determines that a county or 248 S.
If the declaration of candidacy is for party nomination as a candidate for member of the legislative authority of a municipal corporation elected by ward, the petition shall be signed by not less than twenty-five qualified electors who are members of the political party of which the candidate is a member.
No such petition, except the petition for a candidacy that is to be submitted to electors throughout the entire state, shall be accepted for filing if it appears to contain on its face signatures of more than three times the minimum number of signatures.
When a petition of a candidate has been accepted for filing by a board of elections, the petition shall not be deemed invalid if, upon verification of signatures contained in the petition, the board of elections finds the number of signatures accepted exceeds three times the minimum number of signatures required.
A board of elections may discontinue verifying signatures on petitions when the number of verified signatures equals the minimum required number of qualified signatures.
If the declaration of candidacy declares a candidacy for party nomination or for election as a candidate of a minor party, the minimum number of signatures on such petition is one-half the minimum number provided in this section, except that, when the candidacy is one for election as a Sub.
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63 Page 10 As Passed by the Senate municipal corporation has, by resolution or ordinance, approved 249 the use of ranked choice voting or instant runoff voting in an 250 election, then the county or municipal corporation is ineligible 251 to receive any local government fund distributions from the 252 state during the period beginning with the month following the 253 adoption of the resolution or ordinance and ending with the 254 month following the last day it is in effect.
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Upon making that 255 determination, the secretary of state promptly shall notify the 256 tax commissioner of the county or municipal corporation's 257 ineligibility.
member of the state central committee or the county central committee of a political party, the minimum number shall be the same for a minor party as for a major party.
258 (C) Upon determining that a county or municipal 259 corporation has, by resolution or ordinance, rescinded previous 260 approval for the use of ranked choice voting that resulted in 261 notice to the tax commissioner under division (B) of this 262 section, the secretary of state shall promptly notify the tax 263 commissioner of the rescission.
If a declaration of candidacy is one for election as a member of the state central committee or the county central committee of a political party, the petition shall be signed by five qualified electors of the district, county, ward, township, or precinct within which electors may vote for such candidate.
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The electors signing such petition shall be members of the same political party as the political party of which the candidate is a member.
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For purposes of signing or circulating a petition of candidacy for party nomination or election, an elector is considered to be a member of a political party if the elector voted in that party's primary election within the preceding two calendar years, or if the elector did not vote in any other party's primary election within the preceding two calendar years.
(A) Except as otherwise permitted under 265 Article X or Article XVIII, Ohio Constitution, no primary 266 election shall be conducted in this state using ranked choice 267 voting or instant runoff voting.
If the declaration of candidacy is of one that is to be submitted only to electors within a county, or within a district or subdivision or part thereof smaller than a county, the petition shall be filed with the board of elections of the county.
268 (B) If the secretary of state determines that a county or 269 municipal corporation has, by resolution or ordinance, approved 270 the use of ranked choice voting or instant runoff voting in a 271 primary election, then the county or municipal corporation is 272 ineligible to receive any local government fund distributions 273 from the state during the period beginning with the month 274 following the adoption of the resolution or ordinance and ending 275 with the month following the last day it is in effect.
If the declaration of candidacy is of one that is to be submitted only to electors of a district or subdivision or part thereof that is situated in more than one county, the petition shall be filed with the board of elections of the county within which the major portion of the population thereof, as ascertained by the next preceding federal census, is located.
Upon 276 making that determination, the secretary of state promptly shall 277 notify the tax commissioner of the county or municipal 278 S.
A petition shall consist of separate petition papers, each of which shall contain signatures of electors of only one county.
Petitions or separate petition papers containing signatures of electors of more than one county shall not thereby be declared invalid.
In case petitions or separate petition papers containing signatures of electors of more than one county are filed, the board 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.
Each separate petition paper shall be circulated by one person only, who shall be the candidate or a joint candidate or a member of the same political party as the candidate or joint candidates, and each separate petition paper shall be governed by the rules set forth in section 3501.38 of the Revised Code.
The secretary of state shall promptly transmit to each board such separate petition papers of each petition accompanying a declaration of candidacy filed with the secretary of state as purport to contain signatures of electors of the county of such board.
The board of the most populous county of a district shall promptly transmit to each board within such district such separate petition papers of each petition accompanying a declaration of candidacy filed with it as purport to contain signatures of electors of the county of each such board.
The board of a county within which the major portion of the population of a subdivision, situated in more than one county, is located, shall promptly transmit to the board of each other county within which a portion of such subdivision is located such separate petition papers of each petition accompanying a declaration of candidacy filed with it as purport to contain signatures of electors of the portion of such subdivision in the county of each such board.
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279 (C) Upon determining that a county or municipal 280 corporation has, by resolution or ordinance, rescinded previous 281 approval for the use of ranked choice voting that resulted in 282 notice to the tax commissioner under division (B) of this 283 section, the secretary of state shall promptly notify the tax 284 commissioner of the rescission.
All petition papers so transmitted to a board and all petitions accompanying declarations of candidacy filed with a board shall, under proper regulations, be open to public inspection until four p.m.
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of the eightieth day before the day of the next primary election are public records subject to disclosure under section 149.43 of the Revised Code.
5747.502.
Upon receiving a public records request for petition papers and petitions accompanying declarations of candidacy, the board shall, as soon as practicable, make available for public inspection, or provide copies of, the petition papers and petitions, in electronic or paper form as specified by the requester, whether or not the petitions have been modified or marked upon or the petition's signatures have been certified as valid by the board.
(A) As used in this section:
Each board shall, not later than the seventy-eighth day before the day of that primary election, examine and determine the validity or invalidity of the signatures on the petition papers so transmitted to or filed with it and shall return to the secretary of state all petition papers transmitted to it by the secretary of state, together with its certification of its determination as to the validity or invalidity of signatures thereon, and shall return to each other board all petition papers transmitted to it by such board, together with its certification of its determination as to the validity or invalidity of the signatures thereon.
286 (1) "Local authority" and "traffic law photo-monitoring 287 device" have the same meanings as in section 4511.092 of the 288 Revised Code.
All other matters affecting the validity or invalidity of such petition papers shall be determined by the secretary of state or the board with whom such petition papers were filed.
289 (2) "School zone" has the same meaning as in section 290 4511.21 of the Revised Code.
Protests against the candidacy of any person filing a declaration of candidacy for party nomination or for election to an office or position, as provided in this section, may be filed by any qualified elector who is a member of the same political party as the candidate and who is eligible to vote at the primary election for the candidate whose declaration of candidacy the elector objects to, or by the controlling committee of that political party.
291 (3) "Transportation district" means a territorial district 292 established by the director of transportation under section 293 5501.14 of the Revised Code.
The protest shall be in writing, and shall be filed not later than four p.m.
294 (4) "District deputy director" means the person appointed 295 and assigned by the director of transportation under section 296 5501.14 of the Revised Code to administer the activities of a 297 transportation district.
of the seventy-fourth day before the day of the primary election.
298 (5) "Gross amount" means the entire amount of traffic 299 camera fines and fees paid by a driver.
The protest shall be filed with the election officials with whom the declaration of candidacy and petition was filed.
300 (6) "Local government fund adjustment" or "LGF adjustment" 301 means the sum of:
Upon the filing of the protest, the election officials with whom it is filed shall promptly fix the time for hearing it, and shall forthwith mail notice of the filing of the protest and the time fixed for hearing to the person whose candidacy is so protested.
302 (a) The gross amount of all traffic camera fines collected 303 by a local authority during the preceding fiscal year, as 304 reported under division (B)(1) of this section, if such a report 305 is required;
They shall also forthwith mail notice of the time fixed for such hearing to the person who filed the protest.
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At the time fixed, such election officials shall hear the protest and determine the validity or invalidity of the declaration of candidacy and petition.
If they find that such candidate is not an elector of the state, district, county, or political subdivision in which the candidate seeks a party nomination or election to an office or position, or has not fully complied with this chapter, the candidate's declaration of candidacy and petition shall be determined to be invalid and shall be rejected;
otherwise, it shall be determined to be valid.
That determination shall be final.
A protest against the candidacy of any persons filing a declaration of candidacy for joint party nomination to the offices of governor and lieutenant governor shall be filed, heard, and determined in the same manner as a protest against the candidacy of any person filing a declaration of candidacy singly.
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309 (7) "Local government fund payments" or "LGF payments" 310 means the payments a local authority would receive under 311 sections 5747.502 5747.503, 5747.51, and 5747.53, and division 312 (C) of section 5747.50 of the Revised Code, as applicable, if 313 not for the reductions required by divisions (C) and (D) of this 314 section.
certify to each board in the state the forms of the official ballots to be used at the primary election, together with the names of the candidates to be printed on the ballots whose nomination or election is to be determined by electors throughout the entire state and who filed valid declarations of candidacy and petitions.
315 (8) "Residual adjustment" means the most recent LGF 316 adjustment computed for a local authority under division (B)(2) 317 or (3) of this section minus the sum of the reductions applied 318 after that computation under division (C) of this section to the 319 local authority's LGF payments.
The board of the most populous county in a district comprised of more than one county but less than all of the counties of the state shall, on the seventieth day before the day of a primary election, certify to the board of each county in the district the names of the candidates to be printed on the official ballots to be used at the primary election, whose nomination or election is to be determined only by electors within the district and who filed valid declarations of candidacy and petitions.
320 (9) "Traffic camera fines" means civil fines for any 321 violation of any local ordinance or resolution that are based 322 upon evidence recorded by a traffic law photo-monitoring device.
The board of a county within which the major portion of the population of a subdivision smaller than the county and situated in more than one county is located shall, on the seventieth day before the day of a primary election, certify to the board of each county in which a portion of that subdivision is located the names of the candidates to be printed on the official ballots to be used at the primary election, whose nomination or election is to be determined only by electors within that subdivision and who filed valid declarations of candidacy and petitions.
323 (10) "Qualifying village" has the same meaning as in 324 section 5747.503 of the Revised Code.
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325 (B)(1) Annually, on or before the thirty-first day of 326 July, any local authority that directly or indirectly collected 327 traffic camera fines during the preceding fiscal year shall file 328 a report with the tax commissioner that includes a detailed 329 statement of the gross amount of all traffic camera fines the 330 local authority collected during that period and the gross 331 amount of such fines that the local authority collected for 332 violations that occurred within a school zone.
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(A) Except as otherwise permitted under Article X or Article XVIII, Ohio Constitution, no primary election shall be conducted in this state using ranked choice voting or instant runoff voting.
(B) If the secretary of state determines that a county or municipal corporation has, by resolution or ordinance, approved the use of ranked choice voting or instant runoff voting in a primary election, then the county or municipal corporation is ineligible to receive any local government fund distributions from the state during the period beginning with the month following the adoption of the resolution or ordinance and ending with the month following the last day it is in effect.
Upon making that determination, the secretary of state promptly shall notify the tax commissioner of the county or municipal corporation's ineligibility.
(C) Upon determining that a county or municipal corporation has, by resolution or ordinance, rescinded previous approval for the use of ranked choice voting that resulted in notice to the tax commissioner under division (B) of this section, the secretary of state shall promptly notify the tax commissioner of the rescission.
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The nominating petitions of all candidates required to be filed before four p.m.
of the day before the day of the primary election immediately preceding the general election shall be processed as follows:
If such petition is filed with the secretary of state, the secretary of state shall, not later than the fifteenth day of June following the filing of such petition, or if the primary election was a presidential primary election, not later than the end of the sixth week after the day of that election, transmit to each board such separate petition papers as purport to contain signatures of electors of the county of such board.
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Subject to division (B)(3) of this section 338 and section 5747.505 of the Revised Code, the LGF adjustment 339 shall be used by the commissioner to determine the amount of the 340 reductions required under division (C) of this section for each 341 of the next twelve months, starting with the month in which the 342 LGF adjustment is computed.
district or of a county in which the major portion of the population of a subdivision is located, such board shall, not later than the fifteenth day of June, or if the primary election was a presidential primary election, not later than the end of the sixth week after the day of that election, transmit to each board within such district such separate petition papers of the petition as purport to contain signatures of electors of the county of such board.
After those twelve months, the LGF 343 adjustment ceases to apply and, if an LGF adjustment continues 344 to be required, the amount of the reductions required under 345 division (C) of this section shall be determined based on an 346 updated LGF adjustment computed under this division.
All petition papers so transmitted to a board and all nominating petitions filed with a board shall, under proper regulations, be open to public inspection from the fifteenth day of June until four p.m.
347 (3) Upon receipt of a report described by division (B)(1) 348 of this section that is not timely filed, the commissioner shall 349 do both of the following:
of the thirtieth day of that month, or if the primary election was a presidential primary election, from the end of the sixth week after the election until four p.m.
350 (a) If one or more payments to the local authority has 351 been withheld under division (D) of this section because of the 352 local authority's failure to file the report, notify the county 353 auditor and county treasurer of the appropriate county that the 354 report has been received and that, subject to division (C) of 355 this section, payments to the local authority from the undivided 356 local government fund are to resume.
of the end of the seventh week after the electionare public records subject to disclosure under section 149.43 of the Revised Code.
357 (b) Compute the local authority's LGF adjustment using the 358 information in the report.
Upon receiving a public records request for petition papers and petitions accompanying nominating petitions as described in this section, the board shall, as soon as practicable, make available for public inspection, or provide copies of, the petition papers and nominating petitions, in electronic or paper form as specified by the requester, whether or not the petitions have been modified or marked upon or the petition's signatures have been certified as valid by the board.
An LGF adjustment computed under this 359 division shall be used by the commissioner to determine the 360 amount of the reductions required under division (C) of this 361 section starting with the next required reduction.
Each board shall, not later than the next fifteenth day of July, or if the primary election was a presidential primary election, not later than the end of the tenth week after the day of that election, examine and determine the sufficiency of the signatures on the petition papers transmitted to or filed with it, and the validity of the petitions filed with it, and shall return to the secretary of state all petition papers transmitted to it by the secretary of state, together with its certification of its determination as to the validity or invalidity of signatures thereon, and shall return to each other board all petition papers transmitted to it by such other board, as provided in this section, together with its certification of its determination as to the validity or invalidity of signatures thereon.
The LGF 362 adjustment ceases to apply on the thirty-first day of the 363 ensuing July, following which, if an LGF adjustment continues to 364 be required, the amount of the reductions required under 365 S.
A signature on a nominating petition is not valid if it is dated more than one year before the date the nominating petition was filed.
All other matters affecting the validity or invalidity of such petition papers shall be determined by the secretary of state or the board with whom such petition papers were filed.
Written protests against nominating petitions may be filed by any qualified elector eligible to vote for the candidate whose nominating petition the elector objects to, not later than four p.m.
of the thirtieth day of July, or if the primary election was a presidential primary election, not later than the end of the twelfth week after the day of that election.
Such protests shall be filed with the election officials with whom the nominating petition was filed.
Upon the filing of such protest, the election officials with whom it is filed shall promptly fix the time and place for hearing it, and shall forthwith mail notice of the filing of such protest and the time and place for hearing it to the person whose nomination is protested.
They shall also forthwith mail notice of the time and place fixed for the hearing to the person who filed the protest.
At the time fixed, such election officials shall hear the protest and determine the validity or invalidity of the petition.
Such determination shall be final.
A protest against the nominating petition filed by joint candidates for the offices of governor and lieutenant governor shall be filed, heard, and determined in the same manner as a protest against Sub.
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368 (4) Annually, on or before the tenth day of August, the 369 commissioner shall compute a residual adjustment for each local 370 authority whose LGF adjustment for the preceding year exceeds 371 the amount by which the local authority's LGF payments were 372 reduced during that year under division (C) of this section.
the nominating petition of a candidate who files individually.
The 373 residual adjustment shall be used to compute the LGF adjustment 374 for the ensuing year under division (B)(2) of this section.
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375 (C) The Subject to section 5747.505 of the Revised Code, 376 the commissioner shall do the following, as applicable, 377 respecting any local authority to which an LGF adjustment 378 computed under division (B) of this section applies:
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379 (1) If the local authority is a municipal corporation with 380 a population of one thousand or more, reduce payments to the 381 municipal corporation under division (C) of section 5747.50 of 382 the Revised Code by one-twelfth of the LGF adjustment.
The nominating petitions of all candidates required to be filed before four p.m.
If one- 383 twelfth of the LGF adjustment exceeds the amount of money the 384 municipal corporation would otherwise receive under division (C) 385 of section 5747.50 of the Revised Code, the commissioner also 386 shall reduce payments to the appropriate county undivided local 387 government fund under division (B) of section 5747.50 of the 388 Revised Code by an amount equal to the lesser of (a) one-twelfth 389 of the excess, or (b) the amount of the payment the municipal 390 corporation would otherwise receive from the fund under section 391 5747.51 or 5747.53 of the Revised Code.
of the ninetieth day before the day of the general election, shall be processed as follows:
392 (2) If the local authority is a township or qualifying 393 village, reduce the supplemental payments to the appropriate 394 county undivided local government fund under section 5747.503 of 395 S.
If such petition is filed with the secretary of state, the secretary of state shall promptly transmit to each board such separate petition papers as purports to contain signatures of electors of the county of such board.
If such petition is filed with the board of a county in which the major portion of the population of a subdivision is located, such board shall promptly transmit to the board of each county in which other portions of such subdivision are located such separate petition papers of the petition as purport to contain signatures of electors of such county.
All petition papers so transmitted to a board of elections, and all nominating petitions filed with a board of elections shall, under proper regulation, be open to public inspection until four p.m.
of the eightieth day before the day of such general electionare public records subject to disclosure under section 149.43 of the Revised Code.
Upon receiving a public records request for petition papers and petitions accompanying declarations of candidacy, the board shall, as soon as practicable, make available for public inspection, or provide copies of, the petition papers and petitions, in electronic or paper form as specified by the requester, whether or not the petitions have been modified or marked upon or the petition's signatures have been certified as valid by the board.
Each board shall, not later than the seventy-eighth day before the day of such general election examine and determine the sufficiency of the signatures on the petition papers transmitted to or filed with it and the validity or invalidity of petitions filed with it, and shall return to each other board all petition papers transmitted to it by such other board, together with its certification of its determination as to the validity or invalidity of signatures thereon.
A signature on a nominating petition is not valid if it is dated more than one year before the date the nominating petition was filed.
All other matters affecting the validity or invalidity of such petition papers shall be determined by the board with whom such petition papers were filed.
Written protests against such nominating petitions may be filed by any qualified elector eligible to vote for the candidate whose nominating petition the elector objects to, not later than the seventy-fourth day before the general election.
Such protests shall be filed with the election officials with whom the nominating petition was filed.
Upon the filing of such protests, the election officials with whom it is filed shall promptly fix the time and place for hearing it, and shall forthwith mail notice of the filing of such protest and the time and place for hearing it to the person whose nomination is protested.
They shall also forthwith mail notice of the time and place fixed for the hearing to the person who filed the protest.
At the time and place fixed, such election officials shall hear the protest and determine the validity or invalidity of the petition.
Such determination shall be final.
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(A) As used in this section:
(1) "Local authority" and "traffic law photo-monitoring device" have the same meanings as Sub.
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If one- 398 twelfth of the LGF adjustment exceeds the amount of money the 399 township or qualifying village would otherwise receive under 400 section 5747.503 of the Revised Code, the commissioner also 401 shall reduce payments to the appropriate county undivided local 402 government fund under division (B) of section 5747.50 of the 403 Revised Code by an amount equal to the lesser of (a) one-twelfth 404 of the excess, or (b) the amount of the payment the township or 405 qualifying village would otherwise receive from the fund under 406 section 5747.51 or 5747.53 of the Revised Code.
in section 4511.092 of the Revised Code.
407 (3) If the local authority is a county, reduce payments to 408 the appropriate county undivided local government fund under 409 division (B) of section 5747.50 of the Revised Code by an amount 410 equal to the lesser of (a) one-twelfth of the LGF adjustment, or 411 (b) the amount of the payment the county would otherwise receive 412 from the fund under section 5747.51 or 5747.53 of the Revised 413 Code.
(2) "School zone" has the same meaning as in section 4511.21 of the Revised Code.
414 (4) For any local authority, on or before the tenth day of 415 each month a reduction is made under division (C)(1), (2), or 416 (3) of this section, make a payment to the local authority in an 417 amount equal to the lesser of (a) one-twelfth of the gross 418 amount of traffic camera fines the local authority collected in 419 the preceding fiscal year for violations that occurred within a 420 school zone, as indicated on the report filed by the local 421 authority pursuant to division (B)(1) of this section, or (b) 422 the amount by which the local authority's LGF payments were 423 reduced that month pursuant to division (C)(1), (2), or (3) of 424 this section.
(3) "Transportation district" means a territorial district established by the director of transportation under section 5501.14 of the Revised Code.
Payments received by a local authority under this 425 division shall be used by the local authority for school safety 426 S.
(4) "District deputy director" means the person appointed and assigned by the director of transportation under section 5501.14 of the Revised Code to administer the activities of a transportation district.
(5) "Gross amount" means the entire amount of traffic camera fines and fees paid by a driver.
(6) "Local government fund adjustment" or "LGF adjustment" means the sum of:
(a) The gross amount of all traffic camera fines collected by a local authority during the preceding fiscal year, as reported under division (B)(1) of this section, if such a report is required;
plus (b) The residual adjustment computed for the local authority under division (B)(4) of this section, if such an adjustment applies.
(7) "Local government fund payments" or "LGF payments" means the payments a local authority would receive under sections 5747.502 5747.503, 5747.51, and 5747.53, and division (C) of section 5747.50 of the Revised Code, as applicable, if not for the reductions required by divisions (C) and (D) of this section.
(8) "Residual adjustment" means the most recent LGF adjustment computed for a local authority under division (B)(2) or (3) of this section minus the sum of the reductions applied after that computation under division (C) of this section to the local authority's LGF payments.
(9) "Traffic camera fines" means civil fines for any violation of any local ordinance or resolution that are based upon evidence recorded by a traffic law photo-monitoring device.
(10) "Qualifying village" has the same meaning as in section 5747.503 of the Revised Code.
(B)(1) Annually, on or before the thirty-first day of July, any local authority that directly or indirectly collected traffic camera fines during the preceding fiscal year shall file a report with the tax commissioner that includes a detailed statement of the gross amount of all traffic camera fines the local authority collected during that period and the gross amount of such fines that the local authority collected for violations that occurred within a school zone.
(2) Annually, on or before the tenth day of August, the commissioner shall compute a local government fund adjustment for each local authority that files a report under division (B)(1) of this section or with respect to which a residual adjustment applies.
Subject to division (B)(3) of this section and section 5747.505 of the Revised Code, the LGF adjustment shall be used by the commissioner to determine the amount of the reductions required under division (C) of this section for each of the next twelve months, starting with the month in which the LGF adjustment is computed.
After those twelve months, the LGF adjustment ceases to apply and, if an LGF adjustment continues to be required, the amount of the reductions required under division (C) of this Sub.
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427 (D) Upon Subject to section 5747.505 of the Revised Code, 428 upon discovery, based on information in the commissioner's 429 possession, that a local authority required to file a report 430 under division (B)(1) of this section has failed to do so, the 431 commissioner shall do the following, as applicable:
section shall be determined based on an updated LGF adjustment computed under this division.
432 (1) If the local authority is a municipal corporation with 433 a population of one thousand or more, cease providing for 434 payments to the municipal corporation under section 5747.50 of 435 the Revised Code beginning with the next required payment and 436 until such time as the report is received by the commissioner;
(3) Upon receipt of a report described by division (B)(1) of this section that is not timely filed, the commissioner shall do both of the following:
437 (2) If the local authority is a township or qualifying 438 village, reduce the supplemental payments to the appropriate 439 county undivided local government fund under section 5747.503 of 440 the Revised Code by an amount equal to the amount of such 441 payments the local authority would otherwise receive under that 442 section, beginning with the next required payment and until such 443 time as the report is received by the commissioner;
(a) If one or more payments to the local authority has been withheld under division (D) of this section because of the local authority's failure to file the report, notify the county auditor and county treasurer of the appropriate county that the report has been received and that, subject to division (C) of this section, payments to the local authority from the undivided local government fund are to resume.
444 (3) For any local authority, reduce payments to the 445 appropriate county undivided local government fund under 446 division (B) of section 5747.50 of the Revised Code by an amount 447 equal to the amount of such payments the local authority would 448 otherwise receive under section 5747.51 or 5747.53 of the 449 Revised Code, beginning with the next required payment and until 450 such time as the report is received by the commissioner;
(b) Compute the local authority's LGF adjustment using the information in the report.
451 (4) For any local authority, notify the county auditor and 452 county treasurer that such payments are to cease until the 453 commissioner notifies the auditor and treasurer under division 454 (E) of this section that the payments are to resume.
An LGF adjustment computed under this division shall be used by the commissioner to determine the amount of the reductions required under division (C) of this section starting with the next required reduction.
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The LGF adjustment ceases to apply on the thirty-first day of the ensuing July, following which, if an LGF adjustment continues to be required, the amount of the reductions required under division (C) of this section shall be determined based on an updated LGF adjustment computed under division (B)(2) of this section.
(4) Annually, on or before the tenth day of August, the commissioner shall compute a residual adjustment for each local authority whose LGF adjustment for the preceding year exceeds the amount by which the local authority's LGF payments were reduced during that year under division (C) of this section.
The residual adjustment shall be used to compute the LGF adjustment for the ensuing year under division (B)(2) of this section.
(C) The Subject to section 5747.505 of the Revised Code, the commissioner shall do the following, as applicable, respecting any local authority to which an LGF adjustment computed under division (B) of this section applies:
(1) If the local authority is a municipal corporation with a population of one thousand or more, reduce payments to the municipal corporation under division (C) of section 5747.50 of the Revised Code by one-twelfth of the LGF adjustment.
If one-twelfth of the LGF adjustment exceeds the amount of money the municipal corporation would otherwise receive under division (C) of section 5747.50 of the Revised Code, the commissioner also shall reduce payments to the appropriate county undivided local government fund under division (B) of section 5747.50 of the Revised Code by an amount equal to the lesser of (a) one-twelfth of the excess, or (b) the amount of the payment the municipal corporation would otherwise receive from the fund under section 5747.51 or 5747.53 of the Revised Code.
(2) If the local authority is a township or qualifying village, reduce the supplemental payments to the appropriate county undivided local government fund under section 5747.503 of the Revised Code by the lesser of one-twelfth of the LGF adjustment, or the amount of money the township or qualifying village would otherwise receive under that section.
If one-twelfth of the LGF adjustment exceeds the amount of money the township or qualifying village would otherwise receive under section 5747.503 of the Revised Code, the commissioner also shall reduce payments to the Sub.
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The notice shall 459 include the full amount of the reduction, a list of the local 460 authorities to which the reduction applies, and the amount of 461 reduction attributed to each such local authority.
appropriate county undivided local government fund under division (B) of section 5747.50 of the Revised Code by an amount equal to the lesser of (a) one-twelfth of the excess, or (b) the amount of the payment the township or qualifying village would otherwise receive from the fund under section 5747.51 or 5747.53 of the Revised Code.
The 462 commissioner shall send an updated notice to the county auditor 463 and county treasurer any time the amount the reduction 464 attributed to any local authority changes.
(3) If the local authority is a county, reduce payments to the appropriate county undivided local government fund under division (B) of section 5747.50 of the Revised Code by an amount equal to the lesser of (a) one-twelfth of the LGF adjustment, or (b) the amount of the payment the county would otherwise receive from the fund under section 5747.51 or 5747.53 of the Revised Code.
465 A county treasurer that receives a notice from the 466 commissioner under this division or division (B)(3)(a) or (D)(4) 467 of this section shall reduce, cease, or resume payments from the 468 undivided local government fund to the local authority that is 469 the subject of the notice as specified by the commissioner in 470 the notice.
(4) For any local authority, on or before the tenth day of each month a reduction is made under division (C)(1), (2), or (3) of this section, make a payment to the local authority in an amount equal to the lesser of (a) one-twelfth of the gross amount of traffic camera fines the local authority collected in the preceding fiscal year for violations that occurred within a school zone, as indicated on the report filed by the local authority pursuant to division (B)(1) of this section, or (b) the amount by which the local authority's LGF payments were reduced that month pursuant to division (C)(1), (2), or (3) of this section.
Unless otherwise specified in the notice, the 471 payments shall be reduced, ceased, or resumed beginning with the 472 next required payment.
Payments received by a local authority under this division shall be used by the local authority for school safety purposes.
473 (F) There is hereby created in the state treasury the Ohio 474 highway and transportation safety fund.
(D) Upon Subject to section 5747.505 of the Revised Code, upon discovery, based on information in the commissioner's possession, that a local authority required to file a report under division (B)(1) of this section has failed to do so, the commissioner shall do the following, as applicable:
On or before the tenth 475 day of each month, the commissioner shall deposit in the fund an 476 amount equal to the total amount by which payments to local 477 authorities were reduced or ceased under division (C) or (D) of 478 this section minus the total amount of payments made under 479 division (C)(4) of this section.
(1) If the local authority is a municipal corporation with a population of one thousand or more, cease providing for payments to the municipal corporation under section 5747.50 of the Revised Code beginning with the next required payment and until such time as the report is received by the commissioner;
The amount deposited with 480 respect to a local authority shall be credited to an account to 481 be created in the fund for the transportation district in which 482 that local authority is located.
(2) If the local authority is a township or qualifying village, reduce the supplemental payments to the appropriate county undivided local government fund under section 5747.503 of the Revised Code by an amount equal to the amount of such payments the local authority would otherwise receive under that section, beginning with the next required payment and until such time as the report is received by the commissioner;
If the local authority is 483 located within more than one transportation district, the amount 484 credited to the account of each such transportation district 485 shall be prorated on the basis of the number of centerline miles 486 S.
(3) For any local authority, reduce payments to the appropriate county undivided local government fund under division (B) of section 5747.50 of the Revised Code by an amount equal to the amount of such payments the local authority would otherwise receive under section 5747.51 or 5747.53 of the Revised Code, beginning with the next required payment and until such time as the report is received by the commissioner;
(4) For any local authority, notify the county auditor and county treasurer that such payments are to cease until the commissioner notifies the auditor and treasurer under division (E) of this section that the payments are to resume.
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Amounts credited to a transportation 488 district's account shall be used by the department of 489 transportation and the district deputy director exclusively to 490 enhance public safety on public roads and highways within that 491 transportation district.
(E) The commissioner shall notify the county auditor and county treasurer on or before the day the commissioner first reduces a county undivided local government fund payment to that county under division (C) of this section.
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The notice shall include the full amount of the reduction, a list of the local authorities to which the reduction applies, and the amount of reduction attributed to each such local authority.
The commissioner shall send an updated notice to the county auditor and county treasurer any time the amount the reduction attributed to any local authority changes.
A county treasurer that receives a notice from the commissioner under this division or division (B)(3)(a) or (D)(4) of this section shall reduce, cease, or resume payments from the undivided local government fund to the local authority that is the subject of the notice as specified by the commissioner in the notice.
Unless otherwise specified in the notice, the payments shall be reduced, ceased, or resumed beginning with the next required payment.
(F) There is hereby created in the state treasury the Ohio highway and transportation safety fund.
On or before the tenth day of each month, the commissioner shall deposit in the fund an amount equal to the total amount by which payments to local authorities were reduced or ceased under division (C) or (D) of this section minus the total amount of payments made under division (C)(4) of this section.
The amount deposited with respect to a local authority shall be credited to an account to be created in the fund for the transportation district in which that local authority is located.
If the local authority is located within more than one transportation district, the amount credited to the account of each such transportation district shall be prorated on the basis of the number of centerline miles of public roads and highways in both the local authority and the respective districts.
Amounts credited to a transportation district's account shall be used by the department of transportation and the district deputy director exclusively to enhance public safety on public roads and highways within that transportation district.
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(A) As used in this section, "local 493 government fund payments" means the payments a municipal 494 corporation or county would receive under sections 5747.503, 495 5747.51, and 5747.53, and division (C) of section 5747.50 of the 496 Revised Code, as applicable, if not for the reductions required 497 by this section or section 5747.502 of the Revised Code.
(A) As used in this section, "local government fund payments" means the payments a municipal corporation or county would receive under sections 5747.503, 5747.51, and 5747.53, and division (C) of section 5747.50 of the Revised Code, as applicable, if not for the reductions required by this section or section 5747.502 of the Revised Code.
498 (B) Beginning with the month following receipt of a notice 499 from the secretary of state pursuant to division (B) of section 500 3505.011 or 3513.141 of the Revised Code, the tax commissioner 501 shall do the following, as applicable:
(B) Beginning with the month following receipt of a notice from the secretary of state pursuant to division (B) of section 3505.011 or 3513.141 of the Revised Code, the tax commissioner shall do the following, as applicable:
502 (1) If the notice concerns a municipal corporation with a 503 population of one thousand or more, cease providing for payments 504 to the municipal corporation under section 5747.50 of the 505 Revised Code beginning with the next required payment;
(1) If the notice concerns a municipal corporation with a population of one thousand or more, cease providing for payments to the municipal corporation under section 5747.50 of the Revised Code beginning with the next required payment;
506 (2) If the notice concerns a qualifying village, as 507 defined in section 5747.503 of the Revised Code, reduce the 508 supplemental payments to the appropriate county undivided local 509 government fund under section 5747.503 of the Revised Code by an 510 amount equal to the amount of such payments the qualifying 511 village would otherwise receive under that section, beginning 512 with the next required payment;
(2) If the notice concerns a qualifying village, as defined in section 5747.503 of the Revised Code, reduce the supplemental payments to the appropriate county undivided local government fund under section 5747.503 of the Revised Code by an amount equal to the amount of such payments the qualifying village would otherwise receive under that section, beginning with the next required payment;
513 (3) For any county or municipal corporation identified in 514 the notice, reduce payments to the appropriate county undivided 515 S.
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520 (C) Subject to section 5747.505 of the Revised Code, upon 521 receiving notice from the secretary of state, under division (C) 522 of section 3505.11 or 3513.141 of the Revised Code, that a 523 county or municipal corporation has, by resolution or ordinance, 524 rescinded previous approval for the use of ranked choice voting, 525 the commissioner shall resume all local government fund payments 526 ceased or reduced under division (B) of this section due to that 527 county's or municipal corporation's use of ranked choice voting.
(3) For any county or municipal corporation identified in the notice, reduce payments to the appropriate county undivided local government fund under division (B) of section 5747.50 of the Revised Code by an amount equal to the amount of such payments the county or municipal corporation would otherwise receive under section 5747.51 or 5747.53 of the Revised Code, beginning with the next required payment.
528 (D)(1) The commissioner shall notify the county auditor 529 and county treasurer on or before the day the commissioner first 530 reduces a county undivided local government fund payment to that 531 county under division (B)(3) of this section.
(C) Subject to section 5747.505 of the Revised Code, upon receiving notice from the secretary of state, under division (C) of section 3505.11 or 3513.141 of the Revised Code, that a county or municipal corporation has, by resolution or ordinance, rescinded previous approval for the use of ranked choice voting, the commissioner shall resume all local government fund payments ceased or reduced under division (B) of this section due to that county's or municipal corporation's use of ranked choice voting.
The notice shall 532 include the full amount of the reduction, a list of the counties 533 and municipal corporations to which the reduction applies, and 534 the amount of reduction attributed to each such county or 535 municipal corporation.
(D)(1) The commissioner shall notify the county auditor and county treasurer on or before the day the commissioner first reduces a county undivided local government fund payment to that county under division (B)(3) of this section.
536 (2) The commissioner shall also notify the county auditor 537 and county treasurer on or before the day that the commissioner 538 first resumes payments to the county undivided local government 539 fund under division (C) of this section.
The notice shall include the full amount of the reduction, a list of the counties and municipal corporations to which the reduction applies, and the amount of reduction attributed to each such county or municipal corporation.
The notification shall 540 include a list of the counties or municipal corporations that 541 are again eligible to receive local government fund payments.
(2) The commissioner shall also notify the county auditor and county treasurer on or before the day that the commissioner first resumes payments to the county undivided local government fund under division (C) of this section.
542 (3) Subject to section 5747.505 of the Revised Code, a 543 county treasurer that receives a notice from the commissioner 544 under division (D)(1) or (2) of this section shall cease or 545 S.
The notification shall include a list of the counties or municipal corporations that are again eligible to receive local government fund payments.
(3) Subject to section 5747.505 of the Revised Code, a county treasurer that receives a notice from the commissioner under division (D)(1) or (2) of this section shall cease or resume payments from the undivided local government fund to the county or municipal corporation that is the subject of the notice as specified by the commissioner in the notice.
(E) On or before the tenth day of each month, the commissioner shall transfer from the local government fund to the general revenue fund the sum of the payments withheld that month under division (B) of this section.
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If a municipal corporation or county is subject to more than one reduction required by sections 5747.502 and 5747.504 of the Revised Code for the same month, the tax commissioner shall apply the reduction required by section 5747.504 of the Revised Code first and deposit the amount of payments withheld to the general revenue fund under division (E) of that section.
SECTION 2.
That existing sections 3501.01, 3513.05, 3513.262, 3513.263, and 5747.502 of the Revised Code are hereby repealed.
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548 (E) On or before the tenth day of each month, the 549 commissioner shall transfer from the local government fund to 550 the general revenue fund the sum of the payments withheld that 551 month under division (B) of this section.
Speaker ___________________ of the House of Representatives.
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President ___________________ of the Senate.
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Passed ________________________, 20____ Approved ________________________, 20____ Governor.
If a municipal corporation or county is 553 subject to more than one reduction required by sections 5747.502 554 and 5747.504 of the Revised Code for the same month, the tax 555 commissioner shall apply the reduction required by section 556 5747.504 of the Revised Code first and deposit the amount of 557 payments withheld to the general revenue fund under division (E) 558 of that section.
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That existing sections 3501.01 and 5747.502 of 560 the Revised Code are hereby repealed.
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The section numbering of law of a general and permanent nature is complete and in conformity with the Revised Code.
Director, Legislative Service Commission.
Filed in the office of the Secretary of State at Columbus, Ohio, on the ____ day of ___________,A.
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Secretary of State.
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Passed 24 Yea · 7 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Republican 23000
Democratic 1700
Total 24700
% of votes cast 77%23%0%0%
How each member voted (31)
Member Party Vote
Beth Liston Democratic Nay
Casey Weinstein Democratic Nay
Catherine D. Ingram Democratic Nay
Kent Smith Democratic Nay
Nickie J. Antonio Democratic Nay
Paula Hicks-Hudson Democratic Nay
William P. DeMora Democratic Yea
Willis E. Blackshear, Jr. Democratic Nay
Al Landis Republican Yea
Andrew O. Brenner Republican Yea
Bill Reineke Republican Yea
Brian M. Chavez Republican Yea
George F. Lang Republican Yea
Jane M. Timken Republican Yea
Jerry C. Cirino Republican Yea
Kristina D. Roegner Republican Yea
Kyle Koehler Republican Yea
Louis W. Blessing, III Republican Yea
Mark Romanchuk Republican Yea
Michele Reynolds Republican Yea
Nathan H. Manning Republican Yea
Rob McColley Republican Yea
Sandra O'Brien Republican Yea
Shane Wilkin Republican Yea
Stephen A. Huffman Republican Yea
Steve Wilson Republican Yea
Susan Manchester Republican Yea
Terry Johnson Republican Yea
Theresa Gavarone Republican Yea
Thomas F. Patton Republican Yea
Tim Schaffer Republican Yea

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Passed

Passed 65 Yea · 27 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Republican 63000
Democratic 22700
Total 652700
% of votes cast 71%29%0%0%
How each member voted (92)
Member Party Vote
Anita Somani Democratic Nay
Ashley Bryant Bailey Democratic Nay
Beryl Brown Piccolantonio Democratic Nay
Bride Rose Sweeney Democratic Nay
C. Allison Russo Democratic Nay
Cecil Thomas Democratic Nay
Chris Glassburn Democratic Nay
Christine Cockley Democratic Nay
Crystal Lett Democratic Nay
Dani Isaacsohn Democratic Nay
Daniel P. Troy Democratic Yea
Darnell T. Brewer Democratic Nay
Derrick Hall Democratic Nay
Dontavius L. Jarrells Democratic Nay
Elgin Rogers, Jr. Democratic Nay
Eric Synenberg Democratic Nay
Ismail Mohamed Democratic Nay
Joseph A. Miller, III Democratic Nay
Karen Brownlee Democratic Nay
Latyna M. Humphrey Democratic Nay
Lauren McNally Democratic Yea
Mark Sigrist Democratic Nay
Meredith R. Lawson-Rowe Democratic Nay
Michele Grim Democratic Nay
Munira Abdullahi Democratic Nay
Rachel B. Baker Democratic Nay
Sean P. Brennan Democratic Nay
Terrence Upchurch Democratic Nay
Tristan Rader Democratic Nay
Adam C. Bird Republican Yea
Adam Holmes Republican Yea
Adam Mathews Republican Yea
Andrea White Republican Yea
Angela N. King Republican Yea
Beth Lear Republican Yea
Bill Roemer Republican Yea
Bob Peterson Republican Yea
Brian Lampton Republican Yea
Brian Lorenz Republican Yea
Brian Stewart Republican Yea
Cindy Abrams Republican Yea
D. J. Swearingen Republican Yea
David Thomas Republican Yea
Gary Click Republican Yea
Gayle Manning Republican Yea
Haraz N. Ghanbari Republican Yea
Heidi Workman Republican Yea
Jack K. Daniels Republican Yea
James M. Hoops Republican Yea
Jamie Callender Republican Yea
Jason Stephens Republican Yea
Jean Schmidt Republican Yea
Jeff LaRe Republican Yea
Jennifer Gross Republican Yea
Jim Thomas Republican Yea
Jodi Salvo Republican Yea
Johnathan Newman Republican Yea
Josh Williams Republican Yea
Justin Pizzulli Republican Yea
Kellie Deeter Republican Yea
Kevin D. Miller Republican Yea
Kevin Ritter Republican Yea
Levi Dean Republican Yea
Marilyn John Republican Yea
Mark Hiner Republican Yea
Mark Johnson Republican Yea
Matt Huffman Republican Yea
Matthew Kishman Republican Yea
Melanie Miller Republican Yea
Meredith Craig Republican Yea
Michael D. Dovilla Republican Yea
Michelle Teska Republican Yea
Mike Odioso Republican Yea
Monica Robb Blasdel Republican Yea
Nick Santucci Republican Yea
Phil Plummer Republican Yea
Riordan T. McClain Republican Yea
Rodney Creech Republican Yea
Ron Ferguson Republican Yea
Roy Klopfenstein Republican Yea
Sarah Fowler Arthur Republican Yea
Scott Oelslager Republican Yea
Sharon A. Ray Republican Yea
Steve Demetriou Republican Yea
Tex Fischer Republican Yea
Thaddeus J. Claggett Republican Yea
Thomas Hall Republican Yea
Tim Barhorst Republican Yea
Tom Young Republican Yea
Tracy M. Richardson Republican Yea
Ty D. Mathews Republican Yea
Ty Moore Republican Yea

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Failed 9 Yea · 4 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Republican 9000
Democratic 0400
Total 9400
% of votes cast 69%31%0%0%
How each member voted (13)
Member Party Vote
Ashley Bryant Bailey Democratic Nay
C. Allison Russo Democratic Nay
Eric Synenberg Democratic Nay
Juanita O. Brent Democratic Nay
Adam C. Bird Republican Yea
Gayle Manning Republican Yea
Jeff LaRe Republican Yea
Kevin D. Miller Republican Yea
Marilyn John Republican Yea
Phil Plummer Republican Yea
Riordan T. McClain Republican Yea
Scott Oelslager Republican Yea
Sharon A. Ray Republican Yea

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Passed

Passed 27 Yea · 5 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Republican 23000
Democratic 4500
Total 27500
% of votes cast 84%16%0%0%
How each member voted (32)
Member Party Vote
Beth Liston Democratic Nay
Casey Weinstein Democratic Nay
Catherine D. Ingram Democratic Yea
Hearcel F. Craig Democratic Yea
Kent Smith Democratic Nay
Nickie J. Antonio Democratic Yea
Paula Hicks-Hudson Democratic Nay
William P. DeMora Democratic Yea
Willis E. Blackshear, Jr. Democratic Nay
Al Cutrona Republican Yea
Al Landis Republican Yea
Andrew O. Brenner Republican Yea
Bill Reineke Republican Yea
Brian M. Chavez Republican Yea
George F. Lang Republican Yea
Jane M. Timken Republican Yea
Jerry C. Cirino Republican Yea
Kristina D. Roegner Republican Yea
Kyle Koehler Republican Yea
Louis W. Blessing, III Republican Yea
Mark Romanchuk Republican Yea
Michele Reynolds Republican Yea
Nathan H. Manning Republican Yea
Rob McColley Republican Yea
Sandra O'Brien Republican Yea
Shane Wilkin Republican Yea
Stephen A. Huffman Republican Yea
Susan Manchester Republican Yea
Terry Johnson Republican Yea
Theresa Gavarone Republican Yea
Thomas F. Patton Republican Yea
Tim Schaffer Republican Yea

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What does SB 63 do?
To amend sections 3501.01 and 5747.502 and to enact sections 3505.011, 3513.141, 5747.504, and 5747.505 of the Revised Code to generally prohibit the use of ranked choice voting and to withhold Local Government Fund distributions from a municipality or chartered county that uses ranked choice voting.
Who sponsors SB 63?
SB 63 is sponsored by Theresa Gavarone (Republican).
What is the current status of SB 63?
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