(A) The registration of a registered elector shall be canceled upon the occurrence of any of the
following:
(1) The filing by a registered elector of a written request with a board of elections or the secretary of
state, on a form prescribed by the secretary of state and signed by the elector, that the registration be
canceled. The filing of such a request does not prohibit an otherwise qualified elector from
reregistering to vote at any time.
(2) The filing of a notice of the death of a registered elector as provided in section 3503.18 of the
Revised Code;
(3) The filing with the board of elections of a certified copy of the death certificate of a registered
elector by the deceased elector's spouse, parent, or child, by the administrator of the deceased
elector's estate, or by the executor of the deceased elector's will;
(4) The conviction of the registered elector of a felony under the laws of this state, any other state, or
the United States as provided in section 2961.01 of the Revised Code;
(5) The adjudication of incompetency of the registered elector for the purpose of voting as provided
in section 5122.301 of the Revised Code;
(6) The change of residence of the registered elector to a location outside the county of registration in
accordance with division (B) of this section;
(7) The failure of the registered elector, after having been mailed a confirmation notice, to do either
of the following:
(a) Respond to such a notice and vote at least once during a period of four consecutive years, which
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period shall include two general federal elections;
(b) Update the elector's registration and vote at least once during a period of four consecutive years,
which period shall include two general federal elections.
(8) The receipt by the board of elections of a cancellation notice or request pursuant to section
111.44 of the Revised Code;
(9) The receipt by the board of elections of a report from the secretary of state indicating that the
person is not a United States citizen, as described in division (B)(1) of section 3503.152 of the
Revised Code;
(10) The circumstances described in division (D)(4) of section 3503.201 of the Revised Code;
(11) The circumstances described in section 111.44 of the Revised Code;
(12) The circumstances described in division (Q) of section 3501.05 of the Revised Code;
(13) The circumstances described in division (C) of section 3503.24 of the Revised Code;
(14) The determination by the board of elections that the elector is a fictitious person;
(15) The determination by the board of elections that the registration is a duplicate.
(B)(1) The secretary of state shall prescribe procedures to identify and cancel the registration in a
prior county of residence of any registrant who changes the registrant's voting residence to a location
outside the registrant's current county of registration. Any procedures prescribed in this division shall
be uniform and nondiscriminatory, and shall comply with the Voting Rights Act of 1965. The
secretary of state may prescribe procedures under this division that include the use of the national
change of address service provided by the United States postal system through its licensees. Any
program so prescribed shall be completed not later than ninety days prior to the date of any primary
or general election for federal office.
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(2) The registration of any elector identified as having changed the elector's voting residence to a
location outside the elector's current county of registration shall not be canceled unless the registrant
is sent a confirmation notice on a form prescribed by the secretary of state and the registrant fails to
respond to the confirmation notice or otherwise update the registration and fails to vote in any
election during the period of two federal elections subsequent to the mailing of the confirmation
notice.
(C) The registration of a registered elector shall not be canceled except as provided in this section.
(D) Boards of elections shall send their voter registration information to the secretary of state as
required under section 3503.15 of the Revised Code. The secretary of state may prescribe by rule
adopted pursuant to section 111.15 of the Revised Code the format in which the boards of elections
must send that information to the secretary of state. In the first quarter of each year, the secretary of
state shall send the information to the national change of address service described in division (B) of
this section and request that service to provide the secretary of state with a list of any voters sent by
the secretary of state who have moved within the last twelve months. The secretary of state shall
transmit to each appropriate board of elections whatever lists the secretary of state receives from that
service. The board shall send a notice to each person on the list transmitted by the secretary of state
requesting confirmation of the person's change of address, together with a postage prepaid,
preaddressed return envelope containing a form on which the voter may verify or correct the change
of address information.
(E) The registration of a registered elector described in division (A)(7) or (B)(2) of this section shall
be canceled not later than one hundred twenty days after the date of the second general federal
election in which the elector fails to vote or not later than one hundred twenty days after the
expiration of the four-year period in which the elector fails to vote or respond to a confirmation
notice, whichever is later.
(F)(1) When a registration is canceled pursuant to this section, the applicable board of elections shall
send a written notice, on a form prescribed by the secretary of state, to the address at which the
elector was registered, informing the recipient that the elector's registration has been canceled, of the
reason for the cancellation, and that if the cancellation was made in error, the elector may contact the
board of elections to correct the error.
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(2) If the elector's registration is canceled in error, it shall be restored and treated as though it were
never canceled.
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