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Ohio Rev. Code § 124.57 (2026)

Prohibition against partisan political activity

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Effective:

September 29, 2013

Latest Legislation:

House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly

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(A) No officer or employee in the classified service of the state, the several counties, cities, and city school districts of the state, or the civil service townships of the state shall directly or indirectly, orally or by letter, solicit or receive, or be in any manner concerned in soliciting or receiving, any assessment, subscription, or contribution for any political party or for any candidate for public office; nor shall any person solicit directly or indirectly, orally or by letter, or be in any manner concerned in soliciting, any such assessment, contribution, or payment from any officer or employee in the classified service of the state, the several counties, cities, or city school districts of the state, or the civil service townships of the state; nor shall any officer or employee in the classified service of the state, the several counties, cities, and city school districts of the state, or the civil service townships of the state be an officer in any political organization or take part in politics other than to vote as the officer or employee pleases and to express freely political opinions.

(B)(1) Nothing in division (A) of this section prohibits an officer or employee described in that division from serving as a precinct election official under section 3501.22 of the Revised Code.

(2) Nothing in division (A) of this section prohibits an employee of OSU extension whose position is transferred from the unclassified civil service to the classified civil service and who also holds the office of president of a city legislative authority from completing the existing term of office as president.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 24 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1983–2022 · leading case: Craig v. Celeste, 646 F. Supp. 47 (S.D. Ohio 1986).

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Craig v. Celeste, 646 F. Supp. 47 (S.D. Ohio 1986). · cites it 9× “At all pertinent times involved herein Ohio Revised Code § 124.57 provided in part as follows: No .”

Painter v. Graley, 639 N.E.2d 51 (Ohio 1994). “R.C. 124.57 provides: “No officer or employee in the classified service of the * * * cities * * * shall directly or indirectly, orally or by letter, solicit or receive, or be in any manner concerned in soliciting or receiving any assessment, subscription, or contribution for any…”

Whitman v. Hamilton Cnty. Bd. of Elections, 778 N.E.2d 32 (Ohio 2002). “The opinion was concerned with an allegation that a candidate was a classified employee engaged in partisan political activity in violation of R.C. 124.57 at the time he filed his declaration of candidacy and campaigned for office.”

Whitman v. Hamilton Cty. Bd. of Elections, 2002 Ohio 5923 (Ohio 2002). “6 January Term, 2002 393, we denied a writ of prohibition to prevent the candidacy of a person for common pleas court judge who allegedly did not meet the requirement of R.”

Resek v. City of Seven Hills, 459 N.E.2d 566 (Ohio Ct. App. 1983). · cites it 3× “Solicitation of Campaign Funds for Mayor Ganim The trial court stated, in its final order: “The Court finds by clear and convincing evidence that appellant sold tickets to fund raising activities for Mayor *230 Richard Ganim in contravention of ORC 124.57.” In the hearing before…”

Am. Ass'n of Univ. Professors v. Cent. State Univ., 87 Ohio St. 3d 55 (Ohio 1999). “03 in gifts they may receive; and classified employees are limited in their solicitations of political contributions under R.C. 124.57. Furthermore, employees of Head Start agencies and out-of-home child care employees must submit to criminal record checks (R.”

State ex rel. Swanson v. Maier, 2013 Ohio 4767 (Ohio 2013). · cites it 2× “R.C. 124.57. A sheriff’s deputy in an unclassified position could run for office, but an officer running against his boss is not a realistic possibility.”

Tschantz v. Ferguson, 647 N.E.2d 507 (Ohio Ct. App. 1994). “For her second assignment of error, Tschantz submits that the trial court erred in granting summary judgment in favor of Ferguson on her claim of negligent infliction of emotional distress.”

City of Cincinnati v. Ohio Council 8, Am. Fed'n of State, Cnty. & Mun. Employees, 576 N.E.2d 745 (Ohio 1991). “Given that the purpose of Cincinnati’s Little Hatch Act is to prevent the establishment of a patronage system in city government, the phrase “political party” as used in the charter cannot be fairly read to encompass interest groups such as we have discussed here. Cf.”

State ex rel. Wolfe v. Delaware Cnty. Bd. of Elections, 724 N.E.2d 771 (Ohio 2000). “R.C. 124.57. A sheriffs deputy in an unclassified position could run for office, but an officer running against his boss is not a *187 realistic possibility.”

Martin v. Cuyahoga Cty. Prosecutor, 2015 Ohio 4589 (Ohio Ct. App. 2015). · cites it 3× “In April 2013, the prosecutor’s office established a revised political activity protocol, as outlined in R.C. 124.57, that going forward would prohibit employees from seeking or holding elected office while simultaneously maintaining employment within the prosecutor’s office.”

Maiden v. Fayette Cnty. Bd. of Retardation & Dev. Disabilities, 475 N.E.2d 135 (Ohio Ct. App. 1984). · cites it 2× “In Jackson , the appointing authority removed one Coffey from his position for engaging in partisan politics in violation of R.C. 124.57. The board found that Coffey violated R.”

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— Ohio Rev. Code § 124.57(A) — 2 cases

State v. Gamble, 2022 Ohio 2964 (Ohio Ct. App. 2022).

Antolini v. Newton Falls Twp. Jt. Fire Dist., 808 N.E.2d 899 (Ohio Ct. App. 2004).

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