{"data":{"id":"us-oh/ohio-rev.-code-3599.111","jurisdiction":"us-oh","citation":"Ohio Rev. Code § 3599.111","heading":"Per signature or per volume voter registration compensation prohibited - penalty.","body":"(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.\n(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.\n(C) No person shall receive compensation on a fee per registration or fee per volume basis for registering a voter.\n(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.\n(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.\n(2) Whoever violates division (C) of this section is guilty of receiving improper compensation for registering a voter, a felony of the fifth degree.\n(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.","path":["Title 35 Elections","Chapter 3599 Offenses And Penalties"],"source_url":"https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-revised-code/section-3599.111","current_through":"2006-05-02 (House Bill 3 - 126th General Assembly)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:24:34Z","sha256":"1778e4ddc076cc6e4425cea0133b9eb898e7fe16da266e3b4a06052e731b2dea","source_id":"us-oh","stale":false,"prev":"us-oh/ohio-rev.-code-3599.11","next":"us-oh/ohio-rev.-code-3599.12"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}