§ 3503.18Cancellation of registration

(A)(1) Not later than the last day of each month, the director of health shall file with the secretary of
state the names, social security numbers, dates of birth, dates of death, and residences of all persons,
over eighteen years of age, who have died within this state or another state during the period
beginning on the date of the most recent filing and ending on the day before the date of the current
filing. If the director is notified of the death of such a person after the director has filed the report for
the period during which the person died, the director shall file with the secretary of state a
supplemental report containing that information concerning the person not later than one month after
the director is notified of the person's death.


(2) The secretary of state and the director of health shall jointly establish a secure electronic system
through which they shall exchange the information described in division (A)(1) of this section
regarding the death of a registered elector.


(B) The secretary of state shall prepare and transmit a monthly report to each board of elections that
identifies each registered elector in the county who has died, based on information the secretary of
state receives from the United States social security administration, from the systematic alien
verification for entitlements (SAVE) program, or its successor program, operated by the United
States department of homeland security or its successor agency, or from the state and territorial
exchange of vital events (STEVE) administered by the national association for public health statistics
and information systems.


(C) At least once each month, each probate judge in this state shall file with the board of elections
the names and residence addresses of all persons over eighteen years of age who have been
adjudicated incompetent for the purpose of voting, as provided in section 5122.301 of the Revised
Code.


(D) At least once each month the clerk of the court of common pleas shall file with the board the
names and residence addresses of all persons who have been convicted during the previous month of



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crimes that would disfranchise such persons under existing laws of the state. Reports of conviction of
crimes under the laws of the United States that would disfranchise an elector and that are provided to
the secretary of state by any United States attorney shall be forwarded by the secretary of state to the
appropriate board of elections.


(E) Upon receiving a report required by this section, the board of elections shall promptly cancel the
registration of each elector named in the report in accordance with section 3503.21 of the Revised
Code. If the report contains a residence address of an elector in a county other than the county in
which the board of elections is located, the director shall promptly send a copy of the report to the
appropriate board of elections, which shall cancel the registration in accordance with that section.




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