TrustVoting Atlas

(A) The secretary of state shall prescribe the form and content of the registration, change of
residence, and change of name forms used in this state. The forms shall meet the requirements of the
National Voter Registration Act of 1993 and shall include spaces for all of the following:


(1) The voter's name;


(2) The voter's address;


(3) The current date;


(4) The voter's date of birth;


(5) The voter to provide at least one of the following forms of identification:


(a) The voter's Ohio driver's license or state identification card number;


(b) The last four digits of the voter's social security number.


(6) The voter's signature.


The registration form shall include a space on which the person registering an applicant shall sign the
person's name and provide the person's address and a space on which the person registering an
applicant shall name the employer who is employing that person to register the applicant.


The forms shall include a box for the person filling out the form to check to indicate, if applicable,
that the person has filled out all or part of the form on behalf of the applicant because the applicant
declares that the applicant requires such assistance by reason of blindness, disability, or illiteracy.




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Except for forms prescribed by the secretary of state under section 3503.11 of the Revised Code, the
secretary of state shall permit boards of elections to produce forms that have subdivided spaces for
each individual alphanumeric character of the information provided by the voter so as to
accommodate the electronic reading and conversion of the voter's information to data and the
subsequent electronic transfer of that data to the statewide voter registration database established
under section 3503.15 of the Revised Code.


(B) None of the following persons who are registering an applicant in the course of that official's or
employee's normal duties shall sign the person's name, provide the person's address, or name the
employer who is employing the person to register an applicant on a form prepared under this section:


(1) An election official;


(2) A county treasurer;


(3) A deputy registrar of motor vehicles;


(4) An employee of a designated agency;


(5) An employee of a public high school;


(6) An employee of a public vocational school;


(7) An employee of a public library;


(8) An employee of the office of a county treasurer;


(9) An employee of the bureau of motor vehicles;


(10) An employee of a deputy registrar of motor vehicles;


(11) An employee of an election official.




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(C) Except as provided in section 3501.382 of the Revised Code, any applicant who is unable to sign
the applicant's own name shall make an "X," if possible, which shall be certified by the signing of
the name of the applicant by the person filling out the form, who shall add the person's own
signature. If an applicant is unable to make an "X," the applicant shall indicate in some manner that
the applicant desires to register to vote or to change the applicant's name or residence. The person
registering the applicant shall sign the form and attest that the applicant indicated that the applicant
desired to register to vote or to change the applicant's name or residence.


(D) No registration, change of residence, or change of name form shall be rejected solely on the basis
that a person registering an applicant failed to sign the person's name or failed to name the employer
who is employing that person to register the applicant as required under division (A) of this section.


(E) A voter registration application submitted electronically through the registrar of motor vehicles
or a deputy registrar pursuant to section 3503.11 or submitted online through the internet pursuant to
section 3503.20 of the Revised Code is not required to contain a signature to be considered valid.
The signature obtained under division (A)(3) of section 3503.11 or under division (B) of section
3503.20 of the Revised Code, as applicable, shall be considered the applicant's signature for all
election and signature-matching purposes.


(F)(1) Except as otherwise provided in division (C) of this section and in sections 3501.382 and
3505.24 of the Revised Code, no person shall preprint or fill out any portion of a voter registration,
change of residence, or change of name form on behalf of an applicant.


(2) A completed voter registration, change of residence, or change of name form is not valid if any
portion of it has been completed by any person other than the applicant in violation of division (F)(1)
of this section.


(G) As used in this section, "registering an applicant" includes any effort, for compensation, to
provide voter registration forms or to assist persons in completing or returning those forms.




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