Elections
Bills on this page generally fall under the purview of the CCAO General Government Standing Committee, chaired in 2025 by Franklin County Commissioner John O'Grady and the CCAO-Ohio Association of Elections Officials Joint Committee on Administration of Elections, co-chaired in 2025 by Erie County Commissioner Matt Old.
A bill's inclusion on this page does not mean that the committee has discussed the bill or that the Association has taken a position.
House Bill 233To require verification of an elector's citizenship before the elector may vote and to modify procedures regarding voter registration, voter roll maintenance, absent voting, and election petitions. Read More | Senate Bill 153To require verification of an elector's citizenship before the elector may vote and to modify procedures regarding voter registration, voter roll maintenance, absent voting, and election petitions. Read More | House Bill 196To allow an elector who is not a member of a political party to protest a person's candidacy for that party's nomination on certain grounds and to provide space on candidacy forms for former names. Read More |
House Bill 197To require a presidential primary election to be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in May. Read More | House Bill 180To prohibit adverse employment actions against employees who are absent from work while serving as, or training to be, precinct election officials. Read More | Senate Bill 82To specify that certain election officials are designated public service workers for purposes of the public records law. Read More |
Senate Bill 63To 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. Read More | Senate Bill 37To require a presidential primary election to be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in May. Read More | Senate Bill 4To establish the Election Integrity Unit in the Office of the Secretary of State and to modify the law governing the prosecution of Election Law violations. Read More |
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