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2017 Ohio Revised Code
Title [35] XXXV ELECTIONS
Chapter 3599 - OFFENSES AND PENALTIES
Section 3599.34 - Prohibitions concerning destruction of election records.
Universal Citation: Ohio Rev Code § 3599.34 (2017)
No person, from the time ballots are cast or voted until the time has expired for using them in a recount or as evidence in a contest of election, shall unlawfully destroy or attempt to destroy the ballots, or permit such ballots or a ballot box or pollbook used at an election to be destroyed; or destroy, falsify, mark, or write in a name on any such ballot that has been voted.
Whoever violates this section is guilty of a felony of the fifth degree.
Effective Date: 07-01-1996 .
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