§ 3503.12

registration places to be accessible.
Effective: April 6, 2023
Legislation: House Bill 281


All registrations shall be carefully checked, and in case any person is found to have registered more
than once, the additional registration forms shall be canceled by the board of elections.


Six weeks prior to the day of a special, primary, or general election, the board shall publish notices in
one or more newspapers of general circulation advertising the places, dates, times, methods of
registration, and voter qualifications for registration.


The board shall establish a schedule or program to assure to the extent reasonably possible that, on or
before November 1, 1980, all registration places shall be free of barriers that would impede the
ingress and egress of persons with disabilities. Entrances shall be level or shall be provided with a
nonskid ramp of not over eight per cent gradient, and doors shall be a minimum of thirty-two inches
wide. Registration places located at polling places shall, however, comply with the requirements of
section 3501.29 of the Revised Code for the elimination of barriers.


As used in this section, "persons with disabilities" means persons who have lost the use of one or
both legs, one or both arms, or any combination thereof, or are blind or so severely impaired as to be
unable to move about without the aid of crutches or a wheelchair.




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