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OH HB391
Bill
Status
12/13/2011
Primary Sponsor
Matt Huffman
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AI Summary
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Eliminates the requirement for two primary elections in 2012 and establishes a single primary election on May 22, 2012, for nominating all candidates scheduled for election that year.
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Candidates for most offices must file declarations of candidacy or nominating petitions by December 7, 2011; candidates for President, Vice-President, U.S. House, and national convention delegates must file by the seventy-fifth day before the May 22 election.
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Previously filed candidates for the March 6, 2012, primary are automatically transferred to the May 22, 2012, primary election for the same office, except those with properly rejected filings.
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Permits special elections on May 22, 2012, instead of March 6, 2012, for any political subdivision or taxing authority that had scheduled one; also reinstates authority to conduct special elections in August 2012.
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Allows absent voter ballot applications to begin December 7, 2011, for the May 22, 2012, primary and related special elections; declares the act an emergency measure to avoid confusion and costs from conducting two primaries.
Legislative Description
To repeal Sections 3 and 4 of Sub. H.B. 318 of the 129th General Assembly and to repeal Sections 3, 6, and 7 of Sub. H.B. 319 of the 129th General Assembly to eliminate the requirement that Ohio conduct two primary elections in 2012, to eliminate the appropriation that would pay for the second primary election in 2012, to eliminate the requirement of mailing an election notice to each registered elector prior to the March 6, 2012, primary election, to establish a single primary election on May 22, 2012, for the purpose of nominating all candidates for election in 2012, and to declare an emergency.
Two primaries in 2012-eliminate one
Last Action
To State Government & Elections
12/13/2011