Ohio § 3513.253 Nomination for officers of township

Ohio Statutes

§ 3513.253 — Nomination for officers of township

Ohio § 3513.253

Title 35Elections

Ch. 3513Primaries; Nominations

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Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3513.253 (2026).

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Nominations of candidates for election as  officers of a township shall be made only by nominating petitions,  unless a majority of the electors of such township have petitioned  for a primary election. The nominating petitions of nonpartisan  candidates for township trustee and township fiscal officer shall  be signed by not less than twenty-five qualified electors of the  township. Such petition shall be filed with the board of elections  not later than four p.m. of the ninetieth day before the day of  the general election, provided that no such nominating petition  shall be accepted for filing if it appears to contain signatures  aggregating in number more than three times the minimum number of  signatures required by this section. A board of elections shall  not accept for filing a nom

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Nominations of candidates for election as officers of a township shall be made only by nominating petitions, unless a majority of the electors of such township have petitioned for a primary election. The nominating petitions of nonpartisan candidates for township trustee and township fiscal officer shall be signed by not less than twenty-five qualified electors of the township. Such petition shall be filed with the board of elections not later than four p.m. of the ninetieth day before the day of the general election, provided that no such nominating petition shall be accepted for filing if it appears to contain signatures aggregating in number more than three times the minimum number of signatures required by this section. A board of elections shall not accept for filing a nominating petition of a person if that person, for the same election, has already filed a declaration of candidacy, a declaration of intent to be a write-in candidate, or a nominating petition, or has become a candidate through party nomination at a primary election or by the filling of a vacancy under section3513.30or3513.31of the Revised Code for any other township office, or for a municipal office, for member of a city, local, or exempted village board of education, or for member of a governing board of an educational service center. When a petition of a candidate has been accepted for filing by a board of elections, the petition shall not be deemed invalid if, upon verification of signatures contained in the petition, the board of elections finds the number of signatures accepted exceeds three times the minimum number of signatures required. A board of elections may discontinue verifying signatures when the number of verified signatures on a petition equals the minimum required number of qualified signatures.