Ohio § 3599.31 Failure of officer of law to assist election officers

Ohio Statutes

§ 3599.31 — Failure of officer of law to assist election officers

Ohio § 3599.31

Title 35Elections

Ch. 3599Offenses And Penalties

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Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3599.31 (2026).

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No officer of the law shall fail to obey  forthwith an order of the voting location manager and aid in  enforcing a lawful order of the voting location manager at an  election, against persons unlawfully congregating or loitering  within one hundred feet of a polling place, hindering or delaying  an elector from reaching or leaving the polling place, soliciting  or attempting, within one hundred feet of the polling place, to  influence an elector in casting the elector's vote, or interfering  with the registration of voters or casting and counting of the  ballots.

Whoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of  the first degree.

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No officer of the law shall fail to obey forthwith an order of the voting location manager and aid in enforcing a lawful order of the voting location manager at an election, against persons unlawfully congregating or loitering within one hundred feet of a polling place, hindering or delaying an elector from reaching or leaving the polling place, soliciting or attempting, within one hundred feet of the polling place, to influence an elector in casting the elector's vote, or interfering with the registration of voters or casting and counting of the ballots.

Whoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree.