Whenever any initiative or referendum petition has been filed with the secretary of state, he shall forthwith separate the part-petitions by counties and transmit such part-petitions to the boards of elections in the respective counties. The several boards shall proceed at once to ascertain whether each part-petition is properly verified, and whether the names on each part-petition are on the registration lists of such county, or whether the persons whose names appear on each part-petition are eligible to vote in such county, and to determine any repetition or duplication of signatures, the number of illegal signatures, and the omission of any necessary details required by law. The boards shall make note opposite such signatures and submit a report to the secretary of state indicating the sufficiency or insufficiency of such signatures and indicating whether or not each part-petition is properly verified, eliminating, for the purpose of such report, all signatures on any part-petition that are not properly verified.
In determining the sufficiency of such a petition, only the signatures of those persons shall be counted who are electors at the time the boards examine the petition.
State ex rel. Heffelfinger v. Brunner, 116 Ohio St. 3d 172 (Ohio 2007). · cites it 7ד2d 907 , construing the General Code versions of R.C. 3519.15 and 3519.16. Validation of Statewide Supplemental Petition: R.”
In Re Protest of Brooks, 801 N.E.2d 503 (Ohio Ct. App. 2003). · cites it 3דThe Secretary of State then separated the petition by counties and sent the part-petitions to the respective county board of elections to determine the sufficiency and validity of each part-petition, pursuant to R.C. 3519.15. {¶ 6} Keith Brooks, an opponent of the initiative…”
State ex rel. Oster v. Lorain Cnty. Bd. of Elections, 756 N.E.2d 649 (Ohio 2001). · cites it 2דInstead, it involved a statewide initiative petition to amend the Ohio Constitution, and under R.C. 3519.15, boards of elections must count as valid signatures of these persons who are electors “at the time the boards examine the petition,” not on the dates the persons sign the…”
Ohio Renal Assn. v. Kidney Dialysis Patient Prot. Amendment Commt. (Slip Opinion), 2018 Ohio 3220 (Ohio 2018). “R.C. 3519.15 ; see also R.C. 3501.11(K)(1) (requiring boards to "[r]eview, examine, and certify the sufficiency and validity of petitions and nomination papers, and, after certification, return to the secretary of state all petitions and nomination papers that the secretary of…”
State ex rel. Evans v. Blackwell, 111 Ohio St. 3d 1 (Ohio 2006). · cites it 6דOn December 1, 2005, in accordance with R.C. 3519.15, the secretary transmitted part-petitions to the respective boards of elections to determine their validity.”
State ex rel. Hodges v. Taft, 591 N.E.2d 1186 (Ohio 1992). “15, which provides: “Whenever any initiative or referendum petition has been filed with the secretary of state, he shall forthwith separate the part-petitions by counties and transmit such part-petitions to the boards of elections in the respective counties.”
State ex rel. Evans v. Blackwell, 857 N.E.2d 88 (Ohio 2006). “On December 1, 2005, in accordance with R.C. 3519.15, the Secretary transmitted part-petitions to the county boards of elections to determine their validity.”
Thorton v. Montville Plastics & Rubber, Inc., 902 N.E.2d 482 (Ohio 2009). “On August 25, 2006, the secretary of state’s office issued a letter to the petitioners certifying that they had not provided a sufficient number of valid signatures and, per R.C. 3519.15, providing them with an additional ten days to supply those signatures.”
Citizens for Tax Reform v. Deters, 462 F. Supp. 2d 827 (S.D. Ohio 2006). · cites it 2דO.R.C. § 3519.15. In Oregon, conversely, the Secretary of State verifies the petitions using “a statistical sampling technique to verify whether a petition contains the re *834 quired number of signatures of electors.”
Thornton v. Salak, 858 N.E.2d 1187 (Ohio 2006). “” {¶ 18} Of further relevance is R.C. 3519.15, which provides that the Secretary of State shall separate the part-petitions by county and transmit them to the respective county boards of elections to determine the sufficiency of the signatures.”
In Re Protest of Brooks, 801 N.E.2d 514 (Ohio Ct. App. 2003). · cites it 7ד16 of a report of the Miami County Board of Elections to the Secretary of State made pursuant to R.C. 3519.15. *386 {¶ 2} The board had denied a protest alleging that certain part-petitions supporting a state-wide electoral initiative were insufficient for several reasons.”
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