Elections
Bills on this page generally fall under the purview of the CCAO General Government Standing Committee, chaired in 2024 by Franklin County Commissioner John O'Grady and the CCAO-Ohio Association of Elections Officials Joint Committee on Administration of Elections, co-chaired in 2024 by Erie County Commissioner Matt Old.
You can view CCAO's platform position in the General Government section of the Association's Legislative Platform here.
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 472To make changes to the Election Law related to voter registration, voting, and the certification of voting systems. Read More | Senate Bill 274To make changes to the Election Law related to voter registration, voting, and the certification of voting systems. Read More | House Bill 552To enact the Voter Verification Act to require election officials to verify certain information in voter registration records and to require electors to provide corrected information. Read More |
House Bill 471To 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. Read More | House Bill 467To create an exemption to the requirement that candidates must provide all names used in the past five years. Read More | |
House Bill 457To modify the voter registration forms and procedures for electors who have previously registered in another state or county. Read More | House Bill 437To require an elector to register as a member of a political party at least ninety days in advance in order to participate in that party's primary election and to require a primary candidate to have voted in that party's last primary. Read More | Senate Bill 92To modify the deadline for a political party to certify its nominees for President and Vice-President to the Secretary of State. Read More |
Senate Bill 71To enact the Data Analysis Transparency Archive (DATA) Act to establish the Office of Data Analytics and Archives in the Office of the Secretary of State and to modify requirements for the Statewide Voter Registration Database and other election records. Read More | Senate Bill 55To require a presidential primary election to be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in May. Read More | Senate Bill 22To allow a primary candidate to become a candidate at the general election by being appointed to fill a ballot vacancy under certain circumstances. Read More |
Senate Bill 137To 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 | House Bill 21To require a presidential primary election to be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in May. Read More | House Bill 208To require an elector to register as a member of a political party in order to participate in that party's primary election. Read More |
House Bill 144To allow a special election to be held in August for certain purposes and to make an appropriation. Read More | ||
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