§ 3513.191Disqualification of candidate for party primary

(A) No person shall be a candidate for nomination or election at a party primary if the person voted
as a member of a different political party at any primary election within the current year and the
immediately preceding two calendar years.


(B) Notwithstanding division (A) of this section, either of the following persons may be candidates
for nomination of any political party at a party primary:


(1) A person who does not hold an elective office;


(2) A person who holds an elective office other than one for which candidates are nominated at a
party primary.


(C)(1) Notwithstanding division (A) of this section, a person who holds an elective office for which
candidates are nominated at a party primary may be a candidate at a primary election held during the
times specified in division (C)(2) of this section for nomination as a candidate of a political party of
which the person is prohibited from being a candidate for nomination under division (A) of this
section if the person files a declaration of intent to seek the nomination of that party and if, by filing
the declaration, the person has not violated division (C)(3) of this section. The declaration of intent
shall:


(a) Be filed not later than four p.m. of the thirtieth day before a declaration of candidacy and petition
is required to be filed under section 3513.05 of the Revised Code;


(b) Be filed with the same official with whom the person filing the declaration of intent is required to
file a declaration of candidacy and petition;


(c) Indicate the political party whose nomination in the primary election the person seeks;




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(d) Be on a form prescribed by the secretary of state.


(2) No person filing a declaration of intent under division (C)(1) of this section shall be a candidate
at any primary election for nomination for an elective office for which candidates are nominated at a
party primary during the calendar year in which the person files the declaration or during the next
calendar year except as a candidate of the party indicated under division (C)(1)(c) of this section.


(3) No person who files a declaration of intent under division (C)(1) of this section shall file another
such declaration for a period of ten years after the declaration is filed.


(4) Notwithstanding the seventh paragraph of section 3513.05 of the Revised Code, a person who
complies with this section may circulate that person's own petition of candidacy for party nomination
at the party primary at which the person seeks nomination under this section.




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