ECIElection Campaign-Finance Index

ORC 3517.109 operates on 'allowable aggregate contribution' that does not exceed 'the preprimary contribution limit applicable to that contributor' — clear statutory reference to the contribution-limit framework codified in § 3517.102 (not surfaced directly).

“preprimary contribution limit applicable to that contributor”

ORC 3517.105 codifies independent-expenditure source-identification rules: defines public political advertising, thresholds for required statements ($100/$250/$500 by office), and content of disclaimer.

“Whenever a candidate, a campaign committee, a political action committee or political contributing entity with ten or more members, or a legislative campaign fund makes an”

ORC 3517.10(D)(2) requires a campaign committee filer to include a list of each anonymous contribution with circumstances and reason it cannot be attributed. This addresses anonymous contributions with a reporting requirement, but the surfaced text does not codify a defined disposition (return / forfeiture / donation to charity) as in some other jurisdictions.

“list of each anonymous contribution, the circumstances under which it was received, and the reason it cannot be attributed to a specific donor”

ORC 3517.105 codifies in-statute thresholds for independent-expenditure source-identification: $100 local, $250 legislative, $500 statewide.

ORC 3517.10(A)(1-4) enumerates four specific filing dates in statute: 12th day before election, 38th day after election, last business day of January (annual), last business day of July (annual).

“twelfth day before the election to reflect contributions received and expenditures made from the close of business on the last day reflected in the last previously filed”

ORC 3517.10 requires full contributor identity: name, current employer (or, if self-employed, occupation and name of business). Full identity tier (employer/occupation) satisfied.

“occupation and the name of the individual's business”

ORC 3517.10(D)(5) requires that 'All statements filed under this section shall be open to public inspection in the office where they are filed and shall be carefully preserved for a period of at least six years'.

ORC 3517.99 codifies civil penalty schedule (per-day fines, max amounts), and other subdivisions classify violations as misdemeanors of the first degree (criminal). Combined with § 3517.171 administrative fines and § 3599.04 misdemeanor classification of corrupt-practices contributions, Ohio has both civil and criminal penalties for campaign-finance violations.

“shall be fined not more than one hundred dollars for each day of violation”

ORC 3517.15 codifies the jurisdiction of the Ohio Election Integrity Commission to hear referred campaign-finance complaints. Combined with § 3517.14's multi-appointer composition (not surfaced for this datapoint), the commission has some structural independence — but the SoS retains substantial in-cycle control by referring complaints.

“Ohio election integrity commission shall hear all matters referred to the commission by the secretary of state”

No section in the FTS-surfaced candidates satisfies this criterion. Best signal: ORC 3515.10 governs hearing-timing for election contests; not a private right of action for campaign-finance.

No section in the FTS-surfaced candidates satisfies this criterion. Best signal: ORC 3501.90 codifies a cause of action for election-law harassment; not a foreign-source contribution prohibition.

ORC 3517.121 prohibits foreign nationals from contributing 'directly or indirectly through any person or entity' and defines 'foreign national' to include entities organized under foreign law or with principal place of business abroad. This catches some indirect channels (foreign government, foreign political party, foreign-organized entity, conduits) but does not codify corporate-ownership tracing of US-domestic entities owned by foreign interests — so 'some' rather than 'comprehensive'.

“directly or indirectly through any person or entity”

No section in the FTS-surfaced candidates satisfies this criterion. Best signal: ORC 3517.1011 governs electioneering-communication disclosure; does not require committee verification of contributor foreign-source status.

ORC 3517.10(D)(5) codifies a six-year preservation rule, but the surfaced text applies it to the filing official (SoS or board of elections) — not to the campaign committee itself. § 3517.10 elsewhere requires committees to 'keep records' for small-amount contributions but does not enumerate a defined retention period for the committee.

“shall preserve a copy of the receipt for a period of at least six years”

No matching sections in corpus (FTS returned 0 candidates) — concept not codified in this jurisdiction's election statute.