Ohio Revised Code

Ohio Rev. Code § 3513.253 (2026)

Nomination for officers of township

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July 2, 2010

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House Bill 48 - 128th General Assembly

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Nominations of candidates for election as officers of a township shall be made only by nominating petitions, unless a majority of the electors of such township have petitioned for a primary election. The nominating petitions of nonpartisan candidates for township trustee and township fiscal officer shall be signed by not less than twenty-five qualified electors of the township. Such petition shall be filed with the board of elections not later than four p.m. of the ninetieth day before the day of the general election, provided that no such nominating petition shall be accepted for filing if it appears to contain signatures aggregating in number more than three times the minimum number of signatures required by this section. A board of elections shall not accept for filing a nominating petition of a person if that person, for the same election, has already filed a declaration of candidacy, a declaration of intent to be a write-in candidate, or a nominating petition, or has become a candidate through party nomination at a primary election or by the filling of a vacancy under section 3513.30 or 3513.31 of the Revised Code for any other township office, or for a municipal office, for member of a city, local, or exempted village board of education, or for member of a governing board of an educational service center. When a petition of a candidate has been accepted for filing by a board of elections, the petition shall not be deemed invalid if, upon verification of signatures contained in the petition, the board of elections finds the number of signatures accepted exceeds three times the minimum number of signatures required. A board of elections may discontinue verifying signatures when the number of verified signatures on a petition equals the minimum required number of qualified signatures.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 9 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 1985–2021 · leading case: State ex rel. Brown v. Ashtabula Cty. Bd. of Elections (Slip Opinion), 2014-Ohio-4022, 31 N.E.3d 596.

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State ex rel. Brown v. Ashtabula Cty. Bd. of Elections (Slip Opinion), 2014-Ohio-4022, 31 N.E.3d 596. · cites it 2× “R.C. 3513.253. And a board of education of a 17 SUPREME COURT OF OHIO city, local, or exempted village school district or governing board of an exempted educational service may establish a nonpartisan primary by resolution.”

State ex rel. Ferarra v. Trumbull Cty. Bd. of Elections (Slip Opinion), 2021-Ohio-3156, 182 N.E.3d 1142. “See R.C. 3513.253. The signatories must be electors residing in Brookfield Township who are registered to vote.”

State ex rel. Scherach v. Lorain Cnty. Bd. of Elections, 2009-Ohio-5349, 915 N.E.2d 647. “, R.C. 3513.253 (nominations of candidates for township officers to be by petition) and R.”

Cripps v. Seneca Cnty. Bd. of Elections, 629 F. Supp. 1335 (N.D. Ohio 1985). “CODE § 3513.253. Nominating petitions for candidates for city, local, exempted village or county boards of education are to be filed no later than 75 days before the general election.”

State ex rel. Grumbles v. Delaware Cty. Bd. of Elections (Slip Opinion), 2021-Ohio-3132, 180 N.E.3d 1099. “When the General Assembly has prohibited candidacies, it has done so expressly. See, e.g., R.C. 3513.04 (prohibiting persons who have unsuccessfully sought party nomination from running for the same office at the general election); R.”

In re Contested Election on November 7, 1995 Concerning Election of Twp. Tr., 76 Ohio St. 3d 234 (1996). “041 because R.C. 3513.253 expressly prohibits write-in candidates and provides that the filing of a nominating petition is the exclusive method for the election of township trustees.”

State ex rel. Moore v. Summit Cnty. Bd. of Elections, 526 N.E.2d 110 (Ohio Ct. App. 9th Dist. 1987). · cites it 2× “Moore requests this court to command that the board place her name on the November 3, 1987 ballot as a candidate for re-election to the office of Trustee for Twinsburg Township.”

State ex rel. Brown v. Ashtabula Cty. Bd. of Elections (Slip Opinion), 2014-Ohio-4022. “R.C. 3513.253. And a board of education of a 17 SUPREME COURT OF OHIO city, local, or exempted village school district or governing board of an exempted educational service may establish a nonpartisan primary by resolution.”

In re Contested Election on Nov. 7, 1995, 76 Ohio St. 3d 234 (1996). · cites it 2× “Since Kayser was the sole township trustee candidate who had timely filed his nominating petition pursuant to R.C. 3513.253, his name was the only one to appear on the November 1995 ballot for Elyria Township Trustee.”

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