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Senate Bill 296

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Regulate keeping polls open after closing time

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Long Title To amend sections 3501.17, 3501.28, 3501.32, 3505.18, 3505.181, and 3505.183 and to enact sections 2505.40, 3501.321, and 3501.40 of the Revised Code to specify requirements for lawsuits concerning election procedures, to specify the conditions under which a court may order that a polling place be kept open for extended hours on the day of an election, and to require a person who votes during those extended hours to cast a provisional ballot.

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Elections

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House Government Accountability and Oversight Committee
Senate Civil Justice Committee

Primary Sponsors

Bill Seitz

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REPRESENTATIVES

Niraj J. Antani

Louis W. Blessing III

Andrew Brenner

Jim Buchy

Doug Green

Jeff McClain

Robert McColley

Wes Retherford

Tim Schaffer

Barbara R. Sears

Marilyn Slaby

Ryan Smith

Louis Terhar

Ron Young

SENATORS

Kevin Bacon

Dave Burke

Bill Coley

John Eklund

Bob D. Hackett

Cliff Hite

Shannon Jones

Kris Jordan

Tom Patton

Joe Uecker

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