Ohio § 3506.18 Electronic voting machine - verified paper audit trail as official ballot in recount

Ohio Statutes

§ 3506.18 — Electronic voting machine - verified paper audit trail as official ballot in recount

Ohio § 3506.18

Title 35Elections

Ch. 3506Voting And Tabulating Equipment

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Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3506.18 (2026).

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(A)For any recount of an election in which ballots are cast using a direct recording electronic voting machine with a voter verified paper audit trail, the voter verified paper audit trail shall serve as the official ballot to be recounted.

(B)Voter verified paper audit trails shall be preserved in the same manner and for the same time period as paper ballots are preserved under section3505.31of the Revised Code.

(C)A voter verified paper audit trail shall be treated as are other ballots for purposes of section149.43of the Revised Code and shall be retained in accordance with the county records retention schedule established under section149.38of the Revised Code after the relevant time period prescribed for its preservation in section3505.31of the Revised Code, or as ordered by the s

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(A) For any recount of an election in which ballots are cast using a direct recording electronic voting machine with a voter verified paper audit trail, the voter verified paper audit trail shall serve as the official ballot to be recounted.

(B) Voter verified paper audit trails shall be preserved in the same manner and for the same time period as paper ballots are preserved under section3505.31of the Revised Code.

(C) A voter verified paper audit trail shall be treated as are other ballots for purposes of section149.43of the Revised Code and shall be retained in accordance with the county records retention schedule established under section149.38of the Revised Code after the relevant time period prescribed for its preservation in section3505.31of the Revised Code, or as ordered by the secretary of state or a court of competent jurisdiction.

(D) If a voter verified paper audit trail is made available to the public, any information on that voter verified paper audit trail that identifies the particular direct recording electronic voting machine that produced it shall be redacted.