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Ohio Rev. Code § 3517.09 (2026)

Coercing political contributions

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Effective:
April 26, 2005
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Senate Bill 115 - 126th General Assembly
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(A) No person or committee shall solicit, ask, invite, or demand, directly or indirectly, orally or in writing, a contribution, subscription, or payment from a candidate for nomination or election or from the campaign committee of that candidate, and no person shall solicit, ask, invite, or demand that a candidate for nomination or election or the campaign committee of that candidate subscribe to the support of a club or organization, buy tickets to an entertainment, ball, supper, or other meeting, or pay for space in a book, program, or publication. This division does not apply to any of the following:

(1) Regular advertisements in periodicals having an established circulation;

(2) Regular payments to civic, political, fraternal, social, charitable, or religious organizations of which the candidate was a member or contributor six months before the candidate's candidacy;

(3) Regular party assessments made by a party against its own candidates.

(B) No person shall coerce, intimidate, or cause harm to another person by an act or failure to act, or shall threaten to coerce, intimidate, or cause harm to another person, because that other person makes or does not make a contribution to a candidate, campaign committee, political party, legislative campaign fund, political action committee, political contributing entity, or person making disbursements to pay the direct costs of producing or airing electioneering communications.

(C) An employer or labor organization, directly or through another person, may obtain contributions for a candidate, campaign committee, political action committee, legislative campaign fund, political party, or person making disbursements to pay the direct costs of producing or airing electioneering communications from an employee or member from whom the employer or labor organization was not obtaining contributions for that candidate, campaign committee, political action committee, legislative campaign fund, political party, or person making disbursements to pay the direct costs of producing or airing electioneering communications before March 31, 2005, on an automatic basis pursuant to a payroll deduction plan only if the employee or member who is contributing to that candidate, campaign committee, political action committee, legislative campaign fund, political party, or person making disbursements to pay the direct costs of producing or airing electioneering communications affirmatively consents to the contribution in writing.

(D) In addition to the laws listed in division (A) of section 4117.10 of the Revised Code that prevail over conflicting agreements between employee organizations and public employers, this section prevails over any conflicting provisions of agreements between labor organizations and public employers that are entered into on or after March 31, 2005, pursuant to Chapter 4117. of the Revised Code.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5 cases, 1995–2004 · leading case: Lesiak v. Ohio Elections Comm'n, 716 N.E.2d 773 (Ohio Ct. App. 1998).
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Lesiak v. Ohio Elections Comm'n, 716 N.E.2d 773 (Ohio Ct. App. 1998). · cites it 18× “, contesting the commission’s finding that he had violated R.C. 3517.09. The trial court affirmed the commission’s decision, and this appeal followed.”
Toledo Area AFL-CIO Council v. Pizza, 898 F. Supp. 554 (N.D. Ohio 1995). · cites it 4× “This Court additionally finds that O.R.C. § 3517.09(C), 2 which has the same import as O.”
United Auto Workers, Local Union 1112 v. Philomena, 700 N.E.2d 936 (Ohio Ct. App. 1998). · cites it 3× “09(B) directly prohibits solicitation that results in involuntary *790 contributions and does so without burdening protected speech.”
Toledo Area AFL-CIO Council v. Pizza, 907 F. Supp. 263 (N.D. Ohio 1995). “082(D), (c) § 3517.09(C), (d) § 3599.031(H), and (e) § 3599.”
Disciplinary Couns. v. Conese, 812 N.E.2d 944 (Ohio 2004). · cites it 2× “On March 20, 2001, the Secretary of State removed respondent from the county board of elections for malfeasance and misfeasance in office.”
— Ohio Rev. Code § 3517.09(A) — 1 case
Lesiak v. Ohio Elections Comm'n, 716 N.E.2d 773 (Ohio Ct. App. 1998). “, contesting the commission’s finding that he had violated R.C. 3517.09. The trial court affirmed the commission’s decision, and this appeal followed.”
— Ohio Rev. Code § 3517.09(B) — 2 cases
United Auto Workers, Local Union 1112 v. Philomena, 700 N.E.2d 936 (Ohio Ct. App. 1998). “09(B) directly prohibits solicitation that results in involuntary *790 contributions and does so without burdening protected speech.”
Disciplinary Couns. v. Conese, 812 N.E.2d 944 (Ohio 2004). “On March 20, 2001, the Secretary of State removed respondent from the county board of elections for malfeasance and misfeasance in office.”
— Ohio Rev. Code § 3517.09(C) — 3 cases
Toledo Area AFL-CIO Council v. Pizza, 898 F. Supp. 554 (N.D. Ohio 1995). “This Court additionally finds that O.R.C. § 3517.09(C), 2 which has the same import as O.”
United Auto Workers, Local Union 1112 v. Philomena, 700 N.E.2d 936 (Ohio Ct. App. 1998). “09(B) directly prohibits solicitation that results in involuntary *790 contributions and does so without burdening protected speech.”
Toledo Area AFL-CIO Council v. Pizza, 907 F. Supp. 263 (N.D. Ohio 1995). “082(D), (c) § 3517.09(C), (d) § 3599.031(H), and (e) § 3599.”
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