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Ohio Rev. Code § 3517.05 (2026)

Terms of party committees - determining rightful county central or executive committee

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Effective:
October 19, 1978
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 655 - 112th General Assembly
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All party committees, the selection of which is provided for in sections 3517.02 and 3517.03 of the Revised Code, shall, except as otherwise provided in this section, serve until the date of the organizational meeting provided for in section 3517.04 of the Revised Code. A county central committee shall serve until the sixth day after the date of the declaration of the results by the board of elections of the primary election in that county. In case of vacancies caused by death, resignation, failure to elect, or removal from the precinct, ward, township, or district from which a committeeman was chosen, the controlling committee or, if authorized, the executive committee shall fill the vacancy for the unexpired term by a majority vote of the members of such committee.

If more than one organized group claims to be the rightful county central or executive committee, each such group shall file a list of its officers and members as provided in section 3517.06 of the Revised Code, and the board of elections with which such lists are filed shall certify them to the state central committee of the party concerned. The state central committee shall meet within thirty days after receipt of such certification and forthwith determine and certify which committee shall be recognized as the rightful county central or executive committee.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 1994–2025 · leading case: Hicks v. Clermont Cty. Repub. Cent. Commt., 2024 Ohio 3049 (Ohio Ct. App. 2024).
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Hicks v. Clermont Cty. Repub. Cent. Commt., 2024 Ohio 3049 (Ohio Ct. App. 2024). · cites it 8× “03 discussing the membership of committeepersons who had been elected onto each major political party's controlling committee; and R.C. 3517.05 addressing the procedure to fill vacancies within each major political party's controlling committee due to, among other reasons, the…”
State Ex Rel. Lucas Cnty. Repub. Party Exec. Comm. v. Brunner, 2010 Ohio 1873 (Ohio 2010). · cites it 5× “An elections counsel for the secretary of state replied that the secretary would not give an advisory opinion because R.C. 3517.05 places the duty on the state central committee of the Ohio Republican Party to resolve the dispute between the two rival factions, and the issue was…”
State Ex Rel. Hoag v. Lucas Cnty. Bd. of Elections, 2010 Ohio 1629 (Ohio 2010). “See R.C. 3517.05 (“If more than one organized group claims to be the rightful county central or executive committee, each such group shall file a list of its officers and members as provided in section 3517.”
Federspiel v. Ohio Repub. Party State Cent. Comm., 867 F. Supp. 617 (S.D. Ohio 1994). · cites it 10× “Ohio Rev.Code § 3517.05 (Anderson, 1988).”
Hicks v. Clermont Cty. Repub. Cent. Commt., 2025 Ohio 2913 (Ohio Ct. App. 2025). · cites it 15× “03 discussing the membership of committeepersons who have been elected onto each major political party's controlling committee; and R.C. 3517.05 addressing the procedure to fill vacancies within each major political party's controlling committee.”
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