§ 3519.08Withdrawal of petition - ballot procedure

(A) Notwithstanding division (I)(2) of section 3501.38 of the Revised Code, at any time prior to the
seventieth day before the day of an election at which an initiative or referendum is scheduled to
appear on the ballot, a majority of the members of the committee named to represent the petitioners
in the petition proposing that initiative or referendum under section 3519.02 of the Revised Code
may withdraw the petition by giving written notice of the withdrawal to the secretary of state.


(B) After a majority of the members of the committee named to represent the petitioners gives
notice to the secretary of state that the petition proposing the initiative or referendum is withdrawn
under division (A) of this section, all of the following shall apply:


(1) If the Ohio ballot board has not already certified the ballot language at the time a majority of the
members of the committee gives the written notice of withdrawal, the board shall not certify ballot
language for that proposed initiative or referendum to the secretary of state.


(2) The secretary of state shall not certify a ballot form or wording to the boards of elections under
sections 3501.05 and 3505.01 of the Revised Code that includes ballot language for that proposed
initiative or referendum.


(3) The proposed initiative or referendum shall not appear on the ballot.


(C) No petition that has been filed, and subsequently withdrawn under this section, may be
resubmitted.




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