EDRIElection Dispute Resolution Index

ORC 3515.08(A) names the categories with standing to contest (qualified electors of the state or political subdivision); § 3515.09 narrows to at-least-25 voters who voted in the election OR the defeated candidate. Both ends of the standing rule codified.

“may be contested by qualified electors of the state or a political subdivision”

ORC 3515.08(B-C) specifies original jurisdiction: chief justice/justice of supreme court for statewide/judicial-higher offices and multi-county districts; court of common pleas of the county for other contests; court of appeals of the district for within-county judicial-office contests.

“court of common pleas of the county in which the contest arose”

ORC 3515.09 codifies the filing deadline: within 15 days after results are ascertained and announced, or within 10 days after a recount's results are ascertained.

“within fifteen days after the results of any such nomination or election have been ascertained and announced”

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

ORC 3515.04 codifies recount procedure: who handles ballots (board members + employees), observer rights, scope limitation to the contested race, and the request-to-stop mechanism. Procedure clearly in statute.

“the board of elections, in the presence of all observers who may be in attendance, shall open the sealed containers containing the ballots to be recounted, and shall reco”

ORC 3515.011 enumerates the automatic-recount margin triggers: ½ of 1% for county/municipal and district elections; ¼ of 1% for statewide elections.

“shall order a recount which shall be conducted as provided in sections 3515.04 and 3515.05 of the Revised Code”

ORC 3515.071 codifies recount cost allocation: county treasury for board-ordered automatic recounts; SOS appropriation for state-ordered automatic recounts. § 3515.07 details the petitioner deposit-and-refund rules (no charge if margin moves >4% or if applicant wins).

“the expense of the recount shall be paid from the county treasury in the same manner as other expenses of the board”

ORC 3515.05 codifies the board's duty after recount completion: prepare and certify an amended abstract, distribute to other boards/officials, and make an amended declaration of the result in the same manner as the original.

“promptly prepare and certify an amended abstract showing the votes cast in each precinct”

ORC 3513.22 codifies the certification deadlines: board must complete the canvass within 21 days after the election and the canvass becomes final at 81 days. SOS may set an earlier finality date if required by federal law. Statutory, not administrative-discretion.

“complete the canvass not later than the twenty-first day after the day of the election. Eighty-one days after the day of the election, the canvass of election returns sha”

No section in the FTS-surfaced candidates satisfies this criterion. Best signal: ORC 3517.106 governs computerization of campaign-finance statements at the SOS; unrelated to a pre-certification stay during a contest or recount.