(A)The poll list or signature pollbook for each precinct shall identify each registered elector in that precinct who has requested a uniformed services or overseas absent voter's ballot for that election or cast absent voter's ballots in person under section3509.051of the Revised Code, other than an elector who has a confidential voter registration record, as described in section111.44of the Revised Code.
(B)If a registered elector appears to vote and that elector has requested or cast a uniformed services or overseas absent voter's ballot for that election, the elector shall be permitted to cast a provisional ballot under section3505.181of the Revised Code.
(C)(1) In counting uniformed services or overseas absent voter's ballots under section3511.11of the Revised Code, the board of el
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(A) The poll list or signature pollbook for each precinct shall identify each registered elector in that precinct who has requested a uniformed services or overseas absent voter's ballot for that election or cast absent voter's ballots in person under section3509.051of the Revised Code, other than an elector who has a confidential voter registration record, as described in section111.44of the Revised Code.
(B) If a registered elector appears to vote and that elector has requested or cast a uniformed services or overseas absent voter's ballot for that election, the elector shall be permitted to cast a provisional ballot under section3505.181of the Revised Code.
(C)(1) In counting uniformed services or overseas absent voter's ballots under section3511.11of the Revised Code, the board of elections shall compare the signature of each elector from whom the board has received a sealed identification envelope purporting to contain that elector's voted uniformed services or overseas absent voter's ballots for that election to the signature on the elector's registration form. Except as otherwise provided in division (C)(3) of this section, if the board of elections determines that the uniformed services or overseas absent voter's ballot in the sealed identification envelope is valid, it shall be counted. If the board of elections determines that the signature on the sealed identification envelope purporting to contain the elector's voted uniformed services or overseas absent voter's ballot does not match the signature on the elector's registration form, the ballot shall be set aside and the board shall examine, during the time prior to the beginning of the official canvass, the poll list or signature pollbook from the precinct in which the elector is registered to vote to determine if the elector also cast a provisional ballot under section3505.181of the Revised Code.
(2) The board of elections shall count the provisional ballot, instead of the uniformed services or overseas absent voter's ballot, of an elector from whom the board has received an identification envelope purporting to contain that elector's voted uniformed services or overseas absent voter's ballots, if both of the following apply:
(a) The board of elections determines that the signature of the elector on the outside of the identification envelope in which the uniformed services or overseas absent voter's ballots are enclosed does not match the signature of the elector on the elector's registration form;
(b) The elector cast a provisional ballot in the election.
(3) If the board of elections does not receive the sealed identification envelope purporting to contain the elector's voted uniformed services or overseas absent voter's ballot by the applicable deadline established under section3511.11of the Revised Code, the provisional ballot cast under section3505.181of the Revised Code shall be counted as valid, if that provisional ballot is otherwise determined to be valid pursuant to section3505.183of the Revised Code.
(D) If the board of elections counts a provisional ballot under division (C)(2) or (3) of this section, the returned identification envelope of that elector shall not be opened, and the ballot within that envelope shall not be counted. The identification envelope shall be endorsed "Not Counted" with the reason the ballot was not counted.
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