Ohio Statutes § 3599.111 Per signature or per volume voter registration compensation prohibited - penalty
Statute Text
(A)
As used in this section, "registering a voter" or "registering voters" includes any effort, for compensation, to provide voter registration forms or to assist persons in completing or returning those forms.
(B)
No person shall receive compensation on a fee per signature or fee per volume basis for circulating any declaration of candidacy, nominating petition, initiative petition, referendum petition, recall petition, or any other election-related petition that is filed with or transmitted to a board of elections, the office of the secretary of state, or other appropriate public office.
(C)
No person shall receive compensation on a fee per registration or fee per volume basis for registering a voter.
(D)
No person shall pay any other person for collecting signatures on election-related petitions or for registering voters except on the basis of time worked.
(E)
(1)
Whoever violates division (B) of this section is guilty of receiving improper compensation for circulating a petition, a felony of the fifth degree.
(2)
Whoever violates division (C) of this section is guilty of receiving improper compensation for registering a voter, a felony of the fifth degree.
(3)
Whoever violates division (D) of this section is guilty of paying improper compensation for circulating a petition or registering a voter, a felony of the fifth degree.
History
Effective Date: 3/31/2005 ; 5/2/2006 .