Ohio Revised Code

Ohio Rev. Code § 731.34 (2026)

Designation of committee filing petition

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October 1, 1953

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House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly

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The petitioners may designate in any initiative or referendum petition a committee of not less than three of their number, who shall be regarded as filing the petition. After a petition has been filed with the city auditor or village clerk it shall be kept open for public inspection for ten days. If, after a petition proposing an ordinance or other measure has been filed with such auditor or clerk, the proposed ordinance or other measure, or a substitute for the proposed ordinance or measure approved by such committee, is passed by the legislative authority of the municipal corporation, the majority of the committee shall notify the board of elections in writing and such proposed ordinance or measure shall not be submitted to a vote of the electors.

If, after a verified referendum petition has been filed against any ordinance or measure, the legislative authority of the municipal corporation repeals such ordinance or measure, or it is held to be invalid, the board of elections shall not submit such ordinance or measure to a vote of the electors.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 9 cases, 1962–2016 · leading case: State ex rel. Thurn v. Cuyahoga Cnty. Bd. of Elections, 649 N.E.2d 1205 (Ohio 1995).

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State ex rel. Thurn v. Cuyahoga Cnty. Bd. of Elections, 649 N.E.2d 1205 (Ohio 1995). · cites it 2× “” R.C. 731.34 provides that “[a]fter a petition has been filed with the city auditor or village clerk it shall be kept open for public inspection for ten days.”

State ex rel. Sensible Norwood v. Hamilton Cty. Bd. of Elections (Slip Opinion), 2016-Ohio-5919, 69 N.E.3d 696. “Relator Amy Wolfinbarger is the founder of Sensible Norwood and is one of the committee members designated under R.C. 731.34 to represent the petitioners who filed the initiative petition.”

Taylor v. London, 88 Ohio St. 3d 137 (Ohio 2000). “R.C. 731.34. 3. Appellants concede that municipalities are not prohibited from circumventing a referendum by “passing at one session after the filing of the referendum petition two consecutive emergency ordinances, one to repeal the ordinance under referendum and the other to…”

State ex rel. Williams v. Iannucci, 530 N.E.2d 869 (Ohio 1988). “” R.C. 731.34 makes clear the purpose of the ten-day holding period, stating in part: “After a petition has been filed with the city auditor or village clerk it shall be kept open for public inspection for ten days.”

State ex rel. Sinay v. Sodders, 80 Ohio St. 3d 224 (Ohio 1997). “Sodders held the petition open for public inspection for ten days, in accordance with R.C. 731.34. {¶ 3} On July 29, Sodders refused to certify and transmit the initiative petition to the Montgomery County Board of Elections (“board”).”

State Ex Rel. Badgett v. Mullen, 893 N.E.2d 870 (Ohio Ct. App. 4th Dist. 2008). “” The intervenors are the individuals designated on the face of the initiative petition as the committee to represent the petitioners under R.C. 731.34. They sought to intervene to ensure that the initiated law becomes effective and that no money is spent on a new municipal…”

State ex rel. Winters v. Applegate, 197 N.E.2d 831 (Ohio Ct. App. 1963). · cites it 2× “The respondent during the next ten days examined all signatures but not until July 30, after the ten days for public inspection required by Section 731.34, Revised Code, did he commence checking signatures questioned by him (no complaints were received from others) with the…”

State ex rel. Tester v. Bd. of Elections, 174 Ohio St. (N.S.) 15 (Ohio 1962). · cites it 2× “This question would appear to be partially answered by the portion of Section 731.34, Revised Code, reading: “If, after a verified referendum petition has been filed against any ordinance or measure, the legislative authority of the municipal corporation repeals such ordinance…”

State ex rel. Arnett v. Winemiller, 80 Ohio St. 3d 255 (Ohio 1997). “Winemiller held the petition open for public inspection for ten days in accordance with R.C. 731.34. Within the ten-day inspection period, Winemiller received written requests from 234 of the petition signers to remove their names from the initiative petition.”

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