§ 3511.09Voting procedure

(A) Upon receiving uniformed services or overseas absent voter's ballots, the elector shall cause the
questions on the face of the identification envelope to be answered, and, by writing the elector's
usual signature in the proper place on the identification envelope, the elector shall declare under
penalty of election falsification that the answers to those questions are true and correct to the best of
the elector's knowledge and belief. Then, the elector shall note whether there are any voting marks
on the ballot. If there are any voting marks, the ballot shall be returned immediately to the board of
elections; otherwise, the elector shall cause the ballot to be marked, folded separately so as to
conceal the markings on it, deposited in the identification envelope, and securely sealed in the
identification envelope. The elector shall sign the identification envelope not later than the close of
the polls on the day of the election. The elector then shall cause the identification envelope to be
placed within the return envelope, sealed in the return envelope, and mailed to the board of elections
to which it is addressed.


(B) The elector shall provide one of the following:


(1) The elector's Ohio driver's license or state identification card number on the statement of voter on
the identification envelope;


(2) The last four digits of the elector's social security number on the statement of voter on the
identification envelope;


(3) A copy of the elector's photo identification in the return envelope with the identification
envelope.


(C) Every uniformed services or overseas absent voter's ballot identification envelope shall be
accompanied by the following statement in boldface capital letters: WHOEVER COMMITS
ELECTION FALSIFICATION IS GUILTY OF A FELONY OF THE FIFTH DEGREE.




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(D) The elector shall cause the uniformed services or overseas absent voter's ballots to be returned to
the office of the board of elections in a manner described in division (C) of section 3509.05 of the
Revised Code, provided that the elector shall not be required to prepay the postage on the return
envelope if, under 39 U.S.C. 3406, no postage is required.




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