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Ohio Rev. Code § 3513.254 (2026)

Nomination for members of board of education

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July 2, 2010
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House Bill 48 - 128th General Assembly
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(A) The name of each candidate for member of a city, local, or exempted village board of education shall appear on the nonpartisan ballot. Nominating petitions of candidates for member of a board of education of a local or exempted village school district shall be signed by twenty-five qualified electors of the school district. Nominating petitions for candidates for member of a board of education of a city school district having a population of less than twenty thousand, as ascertained by the next preceding federal census, shall be signed by twenty-five qualified electors of the school district. Nominating petitions for candidates for member of a board of education of a city school district having a population of twenty thousand or more but less than fifty thousand, as ascertained by the next preceding federal census, shall be signed by seventy-five qualified electors of the school district. Nominating petitions for candidates for member of a board of education of a city school district having a population of fifty thousand or more but less than one hundred thousand, as ascertained by the next preceding federal census, shall be signed by one hundred fifty qualified electors of the school district. Nominating petitions for candidates for member of a board of education of a city school district having a population of one hundred thousand or more, as ascertained by the next preceding federal census, shall be signed by three hundred qualified electors of the school district.

(B) Nominating petitions 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 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 position as a member of a city, local, or exempted village board of education or position as a member of a governing board of an educational service center, or for a municipal or township office. 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 petitions when the number of verified signatures equals the minimum required number of qualified signatures.

(C) This section is subject to section 3513.256 of the Revised Code.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4 cases, 1985–2009 · leading case: State ex rel. Brinda v. Lorain Cnty. Bd. of Elections, 874 N.E.2d 1205 (Ohio 2007).
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State ex rel. Brinda v. Lorain Cnty. Bd. of Elections, 874 N.E.2d 1205 (Ohio 2007). · cites it 14× “Because the board abused its discretion and clearly disregarded the plain language of R.C. 3513.254 by refusing to accept the nominating petition, we grant the writ.”
State Ex Rel. Scherach v. Lorain Cnty. Bd. of Elections, 2009-Ohio-5349, 915 N.E.2d 647. “253 (nominations of candidates for township officers to be by petition) and R.C. 3513.254 (nominations of candidates for boards of education to be by petition).”
Cripps v. Seneca Cnty. Bd. of Elections, 629 F. Supp. 1335 (N.D. Ohio 1985). “CODE §§ 3513.254 and 3513.-255. Nominating petitions for candidates, independent or otherwise, for the office of member of state board of education must be filed no later than 75 days before the date of the general election at which state board of education members are elected.”
State Ex Rel. Sturgill v. Lorain Cnty. Bd. of Elections, 842 N.E.2d 78 (Ohio Ct. App. 9th Dist. 2005). · cites it 3× “It is undeniable that the *276 instruction that Sturgill received from the board of elections employee was in error, as was the employee’s acceptance of 68 signatures and alleged refusal of the additional 98 signatures (for a total of 161).”
Ohio Rev. Code § 3513.254(A): 1 case
State Ex Rel. Sturgill v. Lorain Cnty. Bd. of Elections, 842 N.E.2d 78 (Ohio Ct. App. 9th Dist. 2005). “It is undeniable that the *276 instruction that Sturgill received from the board of elections employee was in error, as was the employee’s acceptance of 68 signatures and alleged refusal of the additional 98 signatures (for a total of 161).”
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