§ 3517.11Requirement of filing statement

(A)(1) Campaign committees of candidates for statewide office, political action committees or
political contributing entities that make contributions to campaign committees of candidates
that are required to file the statements prescribed by section 3517.10 of the Revised Code
with the secretary of state, political action committees or political contributing entities that
make contributions to campaign committees of candidates for member of the general
assembly, political action committees or political contributing entities that make contributions
to state and national political parties and to legislative campaign funds, political action
committees or political contributing entities that receive contributions or make expenditures in
connection with a statewide ballot issue, political action committees or political contributing
entities that make contributions to other political action committees or political contributing
entities, political parties, and campaign committees, except as set forth in division (A)(3) of
this section, legislative campaign funds, and state and national political parties shall file the
statements prescribed by section 3517.10 of the Revised Code with the secretary of state.
 (2)(a) Except as otherwise provided in division (E) of section 3517.106 of the Revised Code,
campaign committees of candidates for all other offices shall file the statements prescribed by
section 3517.10 of the Revised Code with the board of elections where their candidates are
required to file their petitions or other papers for nomination or election.
 (b) A campaign committee of a candidate for office of member of the general assembly or a
campaign committee of a candidate for the office of judge of a court of appeals shall file two
copies of the printed version of any statement, addendum, or amended statement if the
committee does not file pursuant to division (E) or (J) of section 3517.106 of the Revised
Code but files by printed version only with the appropriate board of elections. The board of
elections shall send one of those copies by certified mail or an electronic copy to the
secretary of state before the close of business on the day the board of elections receives the
statement, addendum, or amended statement.
 (3) Political action committees or political contributing entities that only contribute to a county
political party, contribute to campaign committees of candidates whose nomination or election
is to be submitted only to electors within a county, subdivision, or district, excluding
candidates for member of the general assembly, and receive contributions or make
expenditures in connection with ballot questions or issues to be submitted only to electors


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within a county, subdivision, or district shall file the statements prescribed by section 3517.10
of the Revised Code with the board of elections in that county or in the county contained in
whole or part within the subdivision or district having a population greater than that of any
other county contained in whole or part within that subdivision or district, as the case may be.
 (4) Except as otherwise provided in division (E)(1)(e) of section 3517.106 of the Revised
Code with respect to state candidate funds, county political parties shall file the statements
prescribed by section 3517.10 of the Revised Code with the board of elections of their
respective counties.
 (B)(1) The official with whom petitions and other papers for nomination or election to public
office are filed shall furnish each candidate at the time of that filing a copy of sections
3517.01, 3517.08 to 3517.11, 3517.13 to 3517.991, 3599.03, and 3599.031 of the Revised
Code and any other materials that the secretary of state may require. Each candidate
receiving the materials shall acknowledge their receipt in writing.
 (2) On or before the tenth day before the dates on which statements are required to be filed
by section 3517.10 of the Revised Code, the secretary of state shall notify every candidate
subject to the provisions of this section and sections 3517.10 and 3517.106 of the Revised
Code of the requirements and applicable penalties of those sections. The secretary of state
shall notify all candidates required to file those statements with the secretary of state's office
either by certified mail, or, if the secretary of state has record of an internet identifier of record
associated with the candidate, by ordinary mail and by that internet identifier of record. The
board of elections of every county shall notify by first class mail any candidate who has
personally appeared at the office of the board on or before the tenth day before the
statements are required to be filed and signed a form, to be provided by the secretary of
state, attesting that the candidate has been notified of the candidate's obligations under the
campaign finance law. The board shall forward the completed form to the secretary of state.
The board shall notify all other candidates required to file those statements with it either by
certified mail, or, if the secretary of state has record of an internet identifier of record
associated with the candidate, by ordinary mail and by that internet identifier of record.
 (3)(a) Any statement required to be filed under sections 3517.081 to 3517.13 of the Revised
Code that is found to be incomplete or inaccurate by the officer to whom it is submitted shall
be accepted on a conditional basis, and the person who filed it shall be notified by certified
mail as to the incomplete or inaccurate nature of the statement. The secretary of state may
examine statements filed for candidates for the office of member of the general assembly and
candidates for the office of judge of a court of appeals for completeness and accuracy. The
secretary of state shall examine for completeness and accuracy statements that campaign
committees of candidates for the office of member of the general assembly and campaign
committees of candidates for the office of judge of a court of appeals file pursuant to division

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(E) or (J) of section 3517.106 of the Revised Code. If an officer at the board of elections
where a statement filed for a candidate for the office of member of the general assembly or
for a candidate for the office of judge of a court of appeals was submitted finds the statement
to be incomplete or inaccurate, the officer shall immediately notify the secretary of state of its
incomplete or inaccurate nature. If either an officer at the board of elections or the secretary
of state finds a statement filed for a candidate for the office of member of the general
assembly or for a candidate for the office of judge of a court of appeals to be incomplete or
inaccurate, only the secretary of state shall send the notification as to the incomplete or
inaccurate nature of the statement.
 Within twenty-one days after receipt of the notice, in the case of a pre-election statement, a
postelection statement, a monthly statement, an annual statement, or a semiannual statement
prescribed by section 3517.10, an annual statement prescribed by section 3517.101, or a
statement prescribed by division (B)(2)(b) or (C)(2)(b) of section 3517.105 or section
3517.107 of the Revised Code, the recipient shall file an addendum, amendment, or other
correction to the statement providing the information necessary to complete or correct the
statement. The secretary of state may require that, in lieu of filing an addendum, amendment,
or other correction to a statement that is filed by electronic means of transmission to the office
of the secretary of state or a board of elections pursuant to section 3517.106 of the Revised
Code, the recipient of the notice described in this division file by electronic means of
transmission an amended statement that incorporates the information necessary to complete
or correct the statement.
 The secretary of state shall determine by rule when an addendum, amendment, or other
correction to any of the following or when an amended statement of any of the following shall
be filed:
(i) A two-business-day statement prescribed by section 3517.10 of the Revised Code;
 (ii) A disclosure of electioneering communications statement prescribed by division (D) of
section 3517.1011 of the Revised Code;
(iii) A deposit and disbursement statement prescribed under division (B) of section 3517.1012
of the Revised Code;
(iv) A gift and disbursement statement prescribed under section 3517.1013 of the Revised
Code;
(v) A donation and disbursement statement prescribed under section 3517.1014 of the
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An addendum, amendment, or other correction to a statement that is filed by electronic
means of transmission pursuant to section 3517.106 of the Revised Code shall be filed in the
same manner as the statement.
 The provisions of sections 3517.10, 3517.106, 3517.1011, 3517.1012, 3517.1013, and
3517.1014 of the Revised Code pertaining to the filing of statements of contributions and
expenditures, statements of independent expenditures, disclosure of electioneering
communications statements, deposit and disbursement statements, gift and disbursement
statements, and donation and disbursement statements by electronic means of transmission
apply to the filing of addenda, amendments, or other corrections to those statements by
electronic means of transmission and the filing of amended statements by electronic means of
transmission.
 (b) Within five business days after the secretary of state receives, by electronic or other
means of transmission, an addendum, amendment, or other correction to a statement or an
amended statement under division (B)(3)(a) of this section, the secretary of state, pursuant to
divisions (E) and (G) of section 3517.106 or division (D) of section 3517.1011 of the Revised
Code, shall make the contribution and expenditure, contribution and disbursement, deposit
and disbursement, gift and disbursement, or donation and disbursement information in that
addendum, amendment, correction, or amended statement available online to the public
through the internet.
 (4)(a) The secretary of state or the board of elections shall examine all statements for
compliance with sections 3517.08 to 3517.13 of the Revised Code.
 (b) The secretary of state may contract with an individual or entity not associated with the
secretary of state and experienced in interpreting the campaign finance law of this state to
conduct examinations of statements filed by any statewide candidate, as defined in section
3517.103 of the Revised Code.
 (c) The examination shall be conducted by a person or entity qualified to conduct it. The
results of the examination shall be available to the public, and, when the examination is
conducted by an individual or entity not associated with the secretary of state, the results of
the examination shall be reported to the secretary of state.
 (C)(1) In the event of a failure to file or a late filing of a statement required to be filed under
sections 3517.081 to 3517.13 of the Revised Code, or if a filed statement or any addendum,
amendment, or other correction to a statement or any amended statement, if an addendum,
amendment, or other correction or an amended statement is required to be filed, is
incomplete or inaccurate or appears to disclose a failure to comply with or a violation of law,
the official whose duty it is to examine the statement shall promptly file a complaint under
section 3517.16 of the Revised Code if the law is listed in division (A) of section 3517.15 of

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the Revised Code, or the official shall promptly report the failure or violation to the board of
elections and the board shall promptly report it to the prosecuting attorney in accordance with
division (J) of section 3501.11 of the Revised Code.
 (2) For purposes of division (C)(1) of this section, a statement or an addendum, amendment,
or other correction to a statement or an amended statement required to be filed under
sections 3517.081 to 3517.13 of the Revised Code is incomplete or inaccurate under this
section if the statement, addendum, amendment, other correction, or amended statement fails
to disclose substantially all contributions, gifts, or donations that are received or deposits that
are made that are required to be reported under sections 3517.10, 3517.107, 3517.108,
3517.1011, 3517.1012, 3517.1013, and 3517.1014 of the Revised Code or if the statement,
addendum, amendment, other correction, or amended statement fails to disclose at least
ninety per cent of the total contributions, gifts, or donations received or deposits made or of
the total expenditures or disbursements made during the reporting period.
 (D) No certificate of nomination or election shall be issued to a person, and no person
elected to an office shall enter upon the performance of the duties of that office, until that
person or that person's campaign committee, as appropriate, has fully complied with this
section and sections 3517.08, 3517.081, 3517.10, and 3517.13 of the Revised Code.




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