3599.111 Per signature or per volume voter registration compensation prohibited - penalty. - Ohio Statutes

3599.111 Per signature or per volume voter registration compensation prohibited - penalty.

(A) As used in this section, “registering a voter” or “registering voters” includes any effort, for compensation, to provide voter registration forms or to assist persons in completing or returning those forms .

(B) No person shall receive compensation on a fee per signature or fee per volume basis for circulating any declaration of candidacy, nominating petition, initiative petition, referendum petition, recall petition, or any other election-related petition that is filed with or transmitted to a board of elections, the office of the secretary of state, or other appropriate public office.

(C) No person shall receive compensation on a fee per registration or fee per volume basis for registering a voter.

(D) No person shall pay any other person for collecting signatures on election-related petitions or for registering voters except on the basis of time worked.

(E)(1) Whoever violates division (B) of this section is guilty of receiving improper compensation for circulating a petition, a felony of the fifth degree.

(2) Whoever violates division (C) of this section is guilty of receiving improper compensation for registering a voter, a felony of the fifth degree.

(3) Whoever violates division (D) of this section is guilty of paying improper compensation for circulating a petition or registering a voter, a felony of the fifth degree.

Effective Date: 03-31-2005; 05-02-2006