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| To amend sections 3503.14, 3503.15, 3503.18, and | 1 |
| 3503.21 and to enact sections 3503.05, 3503.20, | 2 |
| 3503.22, and 3509.031 of the Revised Code to | 3 |
| revise the law concerning voter registration and | 4 |
| requests for absent voter's ballots. | 5 |
| Section 1. That sections 3503.14, 3503.15, 3503.18, and | 6 |
| 3503.21 be amended and sections 3503.05, 3503.20, 3503.22, and | 7 |
| 3509.031 of the Revised Code be enacted to read as follows: | 8 |
| Sec. 3503.05. The secretary of state shall establish, by | 9 |
| rule, a uniform process for notifying individuals who have | 10 |
| submitted an incomplete voter registration application of the | 11 |
| incomplete status of that application. The process shall permit | 12 |
| such an individual to provide any information required to complete | 13 |
| the application. | 14 |
| Sec. 3503.14. (A) The secretary of state shall prescribe the | 15 |
| form and content of the registration, change of residence, and | 16 |
| change of name forms used in this state. The forms shall meet the | 17 |
| requirements of the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 and | 18 |
| shall include spaces for all of the following: | 19 |
| (1) The voter's name; | 20 |
| (2) The voter's address; | 21 |
| (3) The current date; | 22 |
| (4) The voter's date of birth; | 23 |
| (5) The voter to provide one or more of the following: | 24 |
| (a) The voter's driver's license number, if any; | 25 |
| (b) The last four digits of the voter's social security | 26 |
| number, if any; | 27 |
| (c) A copy of a current and valid photo identification, a | 28 |
| copy of a military identification, or a copy of a current utility | 29 |
| bill, bank statement, government check, paycheck, or other | 30 |
| government document, other than a notice of voter registration | 31 |
| mailed by a board of elections under section 3503.19 of the | 32 |
| Revised Code, that shows the voter's name and address. | 33 |
| (6) The voter's signature. | 34 |
| The registration form shall include a space on which the | 35 |
| person registering an applicant shall sign the person's name and | 36 |
| provide the person's address and a space on which the person | 37 |
| registering an applicant shall name the employer who is employing | 38 |
| that person to register the applicant. | 39 |
| Except for forms prescribed by the secretary of state under | 40 |
| section 3503.11 of the Revised Code, the secretary of state shall | 41 |
| permit boards of elections to produce forms that have subdivided | 42 |
| spaces for each individual alphanumeric character of the | 43 |
| information provided by the voter so as to accommodate the | 44 |
| electronic reading and conversion of the voter's information to | 45 |
| data and the subsequent electronic transfer of that data to the | 46 |
| statewide voter registration database established under section | 47 |
| 3503.15 of the Revised Code. | 48 |
| (B) None of the following persons who are registering an | 49 |
| applicant in the course of that official's or employee's normal | 50 |
| duties shall sign the person's name, provide the person's address, | 51 |
| or name the employer who is employing the person to register an | 52 |
| applicant on a form prepared under this section: | 53 |
| (1) An election official; | 54 |
| (2) A county treasurer; | 55 |
| (3) A deputy registrar of motor vehicles; | 56 |
| (4) An employee of a designated agency; | 57 |
| (5) An employee of a public high school; | 58 |
| (6) An employee of a public vocational school; | 59 |
| (7) An employee of a public library; | 60 |
| (8) An employee of the office of a county treasurer; | 61 |
| (9) An employee of the bureau of motor vehicles; | 62 |
| (10) An employee of a deputy registrar of motor vehicles; | 63 |
| (11) An employee of an election official. | 64 |
| (C) Except as provided in section 3501.382 of the Revised | 65 |
| Code, any applicant who is unable to sign the applicant's own name | 66 |
| shall make an "X," if possible, which shall be certified by the | 67 |
| signing of the name of the applicant by the person filling out the | 68 |
| form, who shall add the person's own signature. If an applicant is | 69 |
| unable to make an "X," the applicant shall indicate in some manner | 70 |
| that the applicant desires to register to vote or to change the | 71 |
| applicant's name or residence. The person registering the | 72 |
| applicant shall sign the form and attest that the applicant | 73 |
| indicated that the applicant desired to register to vote or to | 74 |
| change the applicant's name or residence. | 75 |
| (D) No registration, change of residence, or change of name | 76 |
| form shall be rejected solely on the basis that a person | 77 |
| registering an applicant failed to sign the person's name or | 78 |
| failed to name the employer who is employing that person to | 79 |
| register the applicant as required under division (A) of this | 80 |
| section. | 81 |
| (E) A voter registration application submitted online through | 82 |
| the internet pursuant to section 3503.20 of the Revised Code is | 83 |
| not required to contain a signature to be considered valid. The | 84 |
| signature obtained under division (B) of that section shall be | 85 |
| considered the applicant's signature for all election and | 86 |
| signature-matching purposes. | 87 |
| (F) As used in this section, "registering an applicant" | 88 |
| includes any effort, for compensation, to provide voter | 89 |
| registration forms or to assist persons in completing or returning | 90 |
| those forms. | 91 |
| Sec. 3503.15. (A)(1) The secretary of state shall establish | 92 |
| and maintain a statewide voter registration database that shall be | 93 |
| administered by the office of the secretary of state and made | 94 |
| continuously available to each board of elections and to other | 95 |
| agencies as authorized by law. | 96 |
| (2)(a) State agencies, including, but not limited to, the | 97 |
| department of health, bureau of motor vehicles, department of job | 98 |
| and family services, and the department of rehabilitation and | 99 |
| corrections, shall provide any information and data to the | 100 |
| secretary of state that the secretary of state considers necessary | 101 |
| in order to maintain the statewide voter registration database | 102 |
| established pursuant to this section, except where prohibited by | 103 |
| federal law or regulation. The secretary of state shall ensure | 104 |
| that any information or data provided to the secretary of state | 105 |
| that is confidential in the possession of the entity providing the | 106 |
| data remains confidential while in the possession of the secretary | 107 |
| of state. | 108 |
| (b) Information provided under this division for maintenance | 109 |
| of the statewide voter registration database shall not be used to | 110 |
| update the name or address of a registered elector. The name or | 111 |
| address of a registered elector shall only be updated as a result | 112 |
| of the elector's actions in filing a notice of change of name, | 113 |
| change of address, or both. | 114 |
| (c) A board of elections shall contact a registered elector | 115 |
| pursuant to the rules adopted under division (D)(6) of this | 116 |
| section to verify the accuracy of the information in the statewide | 117 |
| voter registration database regarding that elector if that | 118 |
| information does not conform with information provided under | 119 |
| division (A)(2)(a) of this section and the discrepancy would | 120 |
| affect the elector's eligibility to vote. | 121 |
| (3) The secretary of state shall enter into agreements to | 122 |
| share information or data with other states or groups of states, | 123 |
| as the secretary of state considers necessary, in order to | 124 |
| maintain the statewide voter registration database established | 125 |
| pursuant to this section. Except as otherwise provided in this | 126 |
| division, the secretary of state shall ensure that any information | 127 |
| or data provided to the secretary of state that is confidential in | 128 |
| the possession of the state providing the data remains | 129 |
| confidential while in the possession of the secretary of state. | 130 |
| The secretary of state may provide such otherwise confidential | 131 |
| information or data to persons or organizations that are engaging | 132 |
| in legitimate governmental purposes related to the maintenance of | 133 |
| the statewide voter registration database. | 134 |
| (B) The statewide voter registration database established | 135 |
| under this section shall be the official list of registered voters | 136 |
| for all elections conducted in this state. | 137 |
| (C) The statewide voter registration database established | 138 |
| under this section shall, at a minimum, include all of the | 139 |
| following: | 140 |
| (1) An electronic network that connects all board of | 141 |
| elections offices with the office of the secretary of state and | 142 |
| with the offices of all other boards of elections; | 143 |
| (2) A computer program that harmonizes the records contained | 144 |
| in the database with records maintained by each board of | 145 |
| elections; | 146 |
| (3) An interactive computer program that allows access to the | 147 |
| records contained in the database by each board of elections and | 148 |
| by any persons authorized by the secretary of state to add, | 149 |
| delete, modify, or print database records, and to conduct updates | 150 |
| of the database; | 151 |
| (4) A search program capable of verifying registered voters | 152 |
| and their registration information by name, driver's license | 153 |
| number, birth date, social security number, or current address; | 154 |
| (5) Safeguards and components to ensure that the integrity, | 155 |
| security, and confidentiality of the voter registration | 156 |
| information is maintained; | 157 |
| (6) Methods to retain canceled voter registration records and | 158 |
| to record the reason for their cancellation. | 159 |
| (D) The secretary of state shall adopt rules pursuant to | 160 |
| Chapter 119. of the Revised Code doing all of the following: | 161 |
| (1) Specifying the manner in which existing voter | 162 |
| registration records maintained by boards of elections shall be | 163 |
| converted to electronic files for inclusion in the statewide voter | 164 |
| registration database; | 165 |
| (2) Establishing a uniform method for entering voter | 166 |
| registration records into the statewide voter registration | 167 |
| database on an expedited basis, but not less than once per day, if | 168 |
| new registration information is received; | 169 |
| (3) Establishing a uniform method for purging canceled voter | 170 |
| registration records from the statewide voter registration | 171 |
| database in accordance with section 3503.21 of the Revised Code; | 172 |
| (4) Specifying the persons authorized to add, delete, modify, | 173 |
| or print records contained in the statewide voter registration | 174 |
| database and to make updates of that database; | 175 |
| (5) Establishing a process for annually auditing the | 176 |
| information contained in the statewide voter registration | 177 |
| database; | 178 |
| (6) Establishing a uniform method for addressing instances in | 179 |
| which records contained in the statewide voter registration | 180 |
| database do not conform with records maintained by an agency | 181 |
| described in division (A)(2)(a) of this section. | 182 |
| (E) A board of elections promptly shall purge a voter's name | 183 |
| and voter registration information from the statewide voter | 184 |
| registration database in accordance with the rules adopted by the | 185 |
| secretary of state under division (D)(3) of this section after the | 186 |
| cancellation of a voter's registration under section 3503.21 of | 187 |
| the Revised Code. | 188 |
| (F) The secretary of state shall provide training in the | 189 |
| operation of the statewide voter registration database to each | 190 |
| board of elections and to any persons authorized by the secretary | 191 |
| of state to add, delete, modify, or print database records, and to | 192 |
| conduct updates of the database. | 193 |
| (G)(1) The statewide voter registration database established | 194 |
| under this section shall be made available on a web site of the | 195 |
| office of the secretary of state as follows: | 196 |
| (a) Except as otherwise provided in division (G)(1)(b) of | 197 |
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this section, | 198 |
| voter registration database regarding a registered voter shall be | 199 |
| made available on the web site: | 200 |
| (i) The voter's name; | 201 |
| (ii) The voter's address; | 202 |
| (iii) The voter's precinct number; | 203 |
| (iv) The voter's voting history. | 204 |
| (b) During the thirty days before the day of a primary or | 205 |
| general election, the web site interface of the statewide voter | 206 |
| registration database shall permit a voter to search for the | 207 |
| polling location at which that voter may cast a ballot. | 208 |
| (2) The secretary of state shall establish, by rule adopted | 209 |
| under Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, a process for boards of | 210 |
| elections to notify the secretary of state of changes in the | 211 |
| locations of precinct polling places for the purpose of updating | 212 |
| the information made available on the secretary of state's web | 213 |
| site under division (G)(1)(b) of this section. Those rules shall | 214 |
| require a board of elections, during the thirty days before the | 215 |
| day of a primary or general election, to notify the secretary of | 216 |
| state within one business day of any change to the location of a | 217 |
| precinct polling place within the county. | 218 |
| (3) During the thirty days before the day of a primary or | 219 |
| general election, not later than one business day after receiving | 220 |
| a notification from a county pursuant to division (G)(2) of this | 221 |
| section that the location of a precinct polling place has changed, | 222 |
| the secretary of state shall update that information on the | 223 |
| secretary of state's web site for the purpose of division | 224 |
| (G)(1)(b) of this section. | 225 |
| Sec. 3503.18. (A)(1) The director of health shall file with | 226 |
| the secretary of state, at least once each month, the names, | 227 |
| social security numbers, dates of birth, dates of death, and | 228 |
| residences of all persons, over eighteen years of age, who have | 229 |
| died within this state or another state within such month. | 230 |
| (2) The secretary of state and the director of health shall | 231 |
| jointly establish a secure electronic system through which they | 232 |
| shall exchange the information described in division (A)(1) of | 233 |
| this section regarding the death of a registered elector. | 234 |
| (B) At least once each month, each probate judge in this | 235 |
| state shall file with the board of elections the names and | 236 |
| residence addresses of all persons over eighteen years of age who | 237 |
| have been adjudicated incompetent for the purpose of voting, as | 238 |
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provided in section 5122.301 of the Revised Code. | 239 |
| (C) At least once each month the clerk of the court of common | 240 |
| pleas shall file with the board the names and residence addresses | 241 |
| of all persons who have been convicted during the previous month | 242 |
| of crimes that would disfranchise such persons under existing laws | 243 |
| of the state. Reports of conviction of crimes under the laws of | 244 |
| the United States that would disfranchise an elector and that are | 245 |
| provided to the secretary of state by any United States attorney | 246 |
| shall be forwarded by the secretary of state to the appropriate | 247 |
| board of elections. | 248 |
| (D) Upon receiving a report required by this section, the | 249 |
| board of elections shall promptly cancel the registration of each | 250 |
| elector named in the report in accordance with section 3503.21 of | 251 |
| the Revised Code. If the report contains a residence address of an | 252 |
| elector in a county other than the county in which the board of | 253 |
| elections is located, the director shall promptly send a copy of | 254 |
| the report to the appropriate board of elections, which shall | 255 |
| cancel the registration in accordance with that section. | 256 |
| Sec. 3503.20. (A) The secretary of state, by rule adopted | 257 |
| under Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, shall establish a secure | 258 |
| online process for voter registration. The rules shall provide for | 259 |
| all of the following: | 260 |
| (1) An applicant to submit a voter registration application | 261 |
| to the secretary of state online through the internet; | 262 |
| (2) The online applicant to be registered to vote, if all of | 263 |
| the following apply: | 264 |
| (a) The application contains all of the required information, | 265 |
| including the last four digits of the applicant's social security | 266 |
| number; | 267 |
| (b) The applicant is qualified to register to vote; and | 268 |
| (c) The applicant attests to the truth and accuracy of the | 269 |
| information submitted in the online application under penalty of | 270 |
| election falsification using the applicant's Ohio driver's license | 271 |
| number or the number of the applicant's Ohio identification card | 272 |
| as proof of the applicant's identity. | 273 |
| (B) If an individual registers to vote or a registered | 274 |
| elector updates the elector's name, address, or both under this | 275 |
| section, the secretary of state shall obtain an electronic copy of | 276 |
| the applicant's or elector's signature that is on file with the | 277 |
| bureau of motor vehicles. That electronic signature shall be used | 278 |
| as the applicant's or elector's signature on voter registration | 279 |
| records, for all election and signature-matching purposes. | 280 |
| (C) The secretary of state shall employ whatever security | 281 |
| measures the secretary considers necessary to ensure the integrity | 282 |
| and accuracy of voter registration information submitted | 283 |
| electronically pursuant to this section. Errors in processing | 284 |
| voter registration applications in the online system shall not | 285 |
| prevent an applicant from becoming registered or from voting. | 286 |
| (D) The online voter registration application established | 287 |
| under division (A) of this section shall include the following | 288 |
| language: | 289 |
| "By clicking the box below, I affirm all of the following | 290 |
| under penalty of election falsification, which is punishable by a | 291 |
| maximum sentence of imprisonment for twelve months and a fine of | 292 |
| $2,500: | 293 |
| (1) I am the person whose name and identifying information is | 294 |
| provided on this form, and I desire to register to vote, or update | 295 |
| my voter registration, in the State of Ohio. | 296 |
| (2) All of the information I have provided on this form is | 297 |
| true and correct as of the date I am submitting this form. | 298 |
| (3) I authorize the Bureau of Motor Vehicles to transmit to | 299 |
| the Ohio Secretary of State my signature that is on file with the | 300 |
| Bureau of Motor Vehicles, and I understand and agree that the | 301 |
| signature transmitted by the Bureau of Motor Vehicles will be used | 302 |
| by the Secretary of State to validate this electronic voter | 303 |
| registration application as if I had signed this form personally." | 304 |
| In order to register to vote or update a voter registration | 305 |
| under division (A) of this section, an applicant or elector shall | 306 |
| be required to mark the box in the online voter registration | 307 |
| application that appears in conjunction with the previous | 308 |
| statement. | 309 |
| (E) The online voter registration process established under | 310 |
| division (A) of this section shall be in operation and available | 311 |
| for use by individuals who wish to register to vote or update | 312 |
| their voter registration information online not later than the | 313 |
| first day of July occurring not fewer than one hundred twenty days | 314 |
| after the effective date of this section. During the period | 315 |
| beginning twenty-nine days before the day of an election and | 316 |
| ending on the day of the election, the online voter registration | 317 |
| system shall display a notice indicating that the applicant will | 318 |
| not be registered to vote for the purposes of that election. | 319 |
| Sec. 3503.21. (A) The registration of a registered elector | 320 |
| shall be canceled upon the occurrence of any of the following: | 321 |
| (1) The filing by a registered elector of a written request | 322 |
| with a board of elections, on a form prescribed by the secretary | 323 |
| of state and signed by the elector, that the registration be | 324 |
| canceled. The filing of such a request does not prohibit an | 325 |
| otherwise qualified elector from reregistering to vote at any | 326 |
| time. | 327 |
| (2) The filing of a notice of the death of a registered | 328 |
| elector as provided in section 3503.18 of the Revised Code; | 329 |
| (3) The filing with the board of elections of a certified | 330 |
| copy of the death certificate of a registered elector by the | 331 |
| deceased elector's spouse, parent, or child, by the administrator | 332 |
| of the deceased elector's estate, or by the executor of the | 333 |
| deceased elector's will; | 334 |
| (4) The conviction of the registered elector of a felony | 335 |
| under the laws of this state, any other state, or the United | 336 |
| States as provided in section 2961.01 of the Revised Code; | 337 |
| | 338 |
| elector for the purpose of voting as provided in section 5122.301 | 339 |
| of the Revised Code; | 340 |
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| location outside the county of registration in accordance with | 342 |
| division (B) of this section; | 343 |
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| been mailed a confirmation notice, to do either of the following: | 345 |
| (a) Respond to such a notice and vote at least once during a | 346 |
| period of four consecutive years, which period shall include two | 347 |
| general federal elections; | 348 |
| (b) Update the elector's registration and vote at least once | 349 |
| during a period of four consecutive years, which period shall | 350 |
| include two general federal elections. | 351 |
| (B)(1) The secretary of state shall prescribe procedures to | 352 |
| identify and cancel the registration in a prior county of | 353 |
| residence of any registrant who changes the registrant's voting | 354 |
| residence to a location outside the registrant's current county of | 355 |
| registration. Any procedures prescribed in this division shall be | 356 |
| uniform and nondiscriminatory, and shall comply with the Voting | 357 |
| Rights Act of 1965. The secretary of state may prescribe | 358 |
| procedures under this division that include the use of the | 359 |
| national change of address service provided by the United States | 360 |
| postal system through its licensees. Any program so prescribed | 361 |
| shall be completed not later than ninety days prior to the date of | 362 |
| any primary or general election for federal office. | 363 |
| (2) The registration of any elector identified as having | 364 |
| changed the elector's voting residence to a location outside the | 365 |
| elector's current county of registration shall not be canceled | 366 |
| unless the registrant is sent a confirmation notice on a form | 367 |
| prescribed by the secretary of state and the registrant fails to | 368 |
| respond to the confirmation notice or otherwise update the | 369 |
| registration and fails to vote in any election during the period | 370 |
| of two federal elections subsequent to the mailing of the | 371 |
| confirmation notice. | 372 |
| (C) The registration of a registered elector shall not be | 373 |
| canceled except as provided in this section, division (Q) of | 374 |
| section 3501.05 of the Revised Code, division (C)(2) of section | 375 |
| 3503.19 of the Revised Code, or division (C) of section 3503.24 of | 376 |
| the Revised Code. | 377 |
| (D) Boards of elections shall send their voter registration | 378 |
| information to the secretary of state as required under section | 379 |
| 3503.15 of the Revised Code. The secretary of state may prescribe | 380 |
| by rule adopted pursuant to section 111.15 of the Revised Code the | 381 |
| format in which the boards of elections must send that information | 382 |
| to the secretary of state. In the first quarter of each | 383 |
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| information to the national change of address service described in | 385 |
| division (B) of this section and request that service to provide | 386 |
| the secretary of state with a list of any voters sent by the | 387 |
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secretary of state who have moved within the last | 388 |
| twelve months. The secretary of state shall transmit to each | 389 |
| appropriate board of elections whatever lists the secretary of | 390 |
| state receives from that service. The board shall send a notice to | 391 |
| each person on the list transmitted by the secretary of state | 392 |
| requesting confirmation of the person's change of address, | 393 |
| together with a postage prepaid, preaddressed return envelope | 394 |
| containing a form on which the voter may verify or correct the | 395 |
| change of address information. | 396 |
| (E) The registration of a registered elector described in | 397 |
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division (A) | 398 |
| later than one hundred twenty days after the date of the second | 399 |
| general federal election in which the elector fails to vote or not | 400 |
| later than one hundred twenty days after the expiration of the | 401 |
| four-year period in which the elector fails to vote or respond to | 402 |
| a confirmation notice, whichever is later. | 403 |
| (F)(1) When a registration is canceled pursuant to division | 404 |
| (A)(2) or (3) of this section, the applicable board of elections | 405 |
| shall send a written notice, on a form prescribed by the secretary | 406 |
| of state, to the address at which the elector was registered, | 407 |
| informing the recipient that the elector's registration has been | 408 |
| canceled, of the reason for the cancellation, and that if the | 409 |
| cancellation was made in error, the elector may contact the board | 410 |
| of elections to correct the error. | 411 |
| (2) If an elector's registration is canceled pursuant to | 412 |
| division (A)(2) or (3) of this section in error, it shall be | 413 |
| restored and treated as though it were never canceled. | 414 |
| Sec. 3503.22. A board of elections may send an acknowledgment | 415 |
| notice as prescribed by the secretary of state to any registered | 416 |
| elector at any time to facilitate the maintenance and accuracy of | 417 |
| the statewide voter registration database. | 418 |
| Sec. 3509.031. (A) The secretary of state, by rule adopted | 419 |
| under Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, shall establish a secure | 420 |
| online process for applying to vote by absent voter's ballots. The | 421 |
| rules shall provide for all of the following: | 422 |
| (1) An elector to submit an application to vote by absent | 423 |
| voter's ballots online through the internet; | 424 |
| (2) The elector to be sent proper absent voter's ballots for | 425 |
| the applicable election, if all of the following apply: | 426 |
| (a) The application contains all of the required information; | 427 |
| (b) The elector is registered to vote and eligible to vote in | 428 |
| the election for which the elector is seeking absent voter's | 429 |
| ballots; | 430 |
| (c) The elector attests to the truth and accuracy of the | 431 |
| information submitted in the online application under penalty of | 432 |
| election falsification using the last four digits of the elector's | 433 |
| social security number and either the elector's Ohio driver's | 434 |
| license number or the elector's Ohio identification card number as | 435 |
| proof of the elector's identity. | 436 |
| (B) If an elector applies to vote by absent voter's ballots | 437 |
| under this section, the secretary of state shall obtain an | 438 |
| electronic copy of the elector's signature that is on file with | 439 |
| the statewide voter registration database. That electronic | 440 |
| signature shall be used as the elector's signature on the absent | 441 |
| voter's ballot application, for the purpose of matching the | 442 |
| signature with the elector's signature on the elector's voter | 443 |
| registration record. | 444 |
| (C) The secretary of state shall employ whatever security | 445 |
| measures the secretary considers necessary to ensure the integrity | 446 |
| and accuracy of information submitted electronically pursuant to | 447 |
| this section. Errors in processing applications for absent voter's | 448 |
| ballots in the online system shall not prevent an elector from | 449 |
| receiving absent voter's ballots. | 450 |
| (D) The online absent voter's ballot application established | 451 |
| under division (A) of this section shall include the following | 452 |
| language: | 453 |
| "By clicking the box below, I affirm all of the following | 454 |
| under penalty of election falsification, which is punishable by a | 455 |
| maximum sentence of imprisonment for twelve months and a fine of | 456 |
| $2,500: | 457 |
| (1) I am the person whose name and identifying information is | 458 |
| provided on this form, and I wish to receive an absent voter's | 459 |
| ballot for the specified election. | 460 |
| (2) All of the information I have provided on this form is | 461 |
| true and correct as of the date I am submitting this form. | 462 |
| (3) I authorize the Ohio Secretary of State to use my | 463 |
| signature that is on file with the statewide voter registration | 464 |
| database to validate this electronic absent voter's ballot | 465 |
| application as if I had signed this form personally." | 466 |
| In order to apply for absent voter's ballots under division | 467 |
| (A) of this section, an elector shall be required to mark the box | 468 |
| in the online absent voter's ballot application that appears in | 469 |
| conjunction with the previous statement. | 470 |
| (E) The online absent voter's ballot application process | 471 |
| shall inform the applicant that the board of elections must | 472 |
| receive the completed application not later than twelve noon of | 473 |
| the third day before the day of the election at which the ballots | 474 |
| are to be voted. | 475 |
| (F) The online absent voter's ballot application process | 476 |
| established under division (A) of this section shall be in | 477 |
| operation and available for use by individuals who wish to apply | 478 |
| to vote by absent voter's ballots not later than the first day of | 479 |
| July occurring not fewer than one hundred twenty days after the | 480 |
| effective date of this section. | 481 |
| Section 2. That existing sections 3503.14, 3503.15, 3503.18, | 482 |
| and 3503.21 of the Revised Code are hereby repealed. | 483 |