3506.15 Secretary of state to promulgate rules for equipment and conduct of elections. - Ohio Statutes

3506.15 Secretary of state to promulgate rules for equipment and conduct of elections.

The secretary of state shall provide each board of elections with rules, instructions, directives, and advisories regarding the examination, testing, and use of the voting machine and tabulating equipment, the assignment of duties of booth officials, the procedure for casting a vote on the machine, and how the vote shall be tallied and reported to the board, and with other rules, instructions, directives, and advisories the secretary of state finds necessary to ensure the adequate care and custody of voting equipment, and the accurate registering, counting, and canvassing of the votes as required by this chapter. The boards of elections shall be charged with the responsibility of providing for the adequate instruction of voters and election officials in the proper use of the voting machine and marking devices. The boards’ instructions shall include, in counties where punch card ballots are used, instructions that each voter shall examine the voter’s marked ballot card and remove any chads that remain partially attached to it before returning it to election officials.

The secretary of state’s rules, instructions, directives, and advisories provided under this section shall comply, insofar as practicable, with this chapter. The provisions of Title XXXV [35] of the Revised Code, not inconsistent with the provisions relating to voting machines, apply in any county using a voting machine.

As used in this section, “chad” and “punch card ballot” have the same meanings as in section 3506.16 of the Revised Code.

Effective Date: 08-28-2001