§ 3599.14

Effective: May 2, 2006 Latest Legislation: House Bill 3 - 126th General Assembly (A) No person shall knowingly, directly or indirectly, do any of the following in connection with any declaration of candidacy and petition, declaration of intent to be a write-in candidate, nominating petition, or other petition presented to or filed with the secretary of state, a board of elections, or any other public office for the purpose of becoming a candidate for any elective office, including the office of a political party, for the purpose of submitting a question or issue to the electors at an election, or for the purpose of forming a political party:(1) Misrepresent the contents, purpose, or effect of the petition or declaration for the purpose of persuading a person to sign or refrain from signing the petition or declaration;(2) Pay or offer to pay anything of value for signing or refraining from signing the petition or declaration;(3) Promise to assist any person to obtain appointment to an office or position as a consideration for obtaining or preventing signatures to the petition or declaration;(4) Obtain or prevent signatures to the petition or declaration as a consideration for the

office or position as a consideration for obtaining or preventing signatures to the petition or declaration;(4) Obtain or prevent signatures to the petition or declaration as a consideration for the assistance or promise of assistance of a person in securing appointment to an office or position;(5) Circulate or cause to be circulated the petition or declaration knowing it to contain false, forged, or fictitious names;(6) Except as otherwise provided in section 3501.382 of the Revised Code, add signatures or names except the person's own name on the petition or declaration;(7) Make a false certification or statement concerning the petition or declaration;(8) File with the election authorities the petition or declaration knowing it to contain false, forged, or fictitious names;(9) Fail to fill out truthfully and file all itemized statements required by law in connection with the petition or declaration.(B) Whoever violates division (A) of this section is guilty of a felony of the fifth degree.