{"data":{"id":"us-oh/ohio-rev.-code-3599.14","jurisdiction":"us-oh","citation":"Ohio Rev. Code § 3599.14","heading":"Prohibited acts concerning declarations or petitions.","body":"(A) No person shall knowingly, directly or indirectly, do any of the following in connection with any declaration of candidacy and petition, declaration of intent to be a write-in candidate, nominating petition, or other petition presented to or filed with the secretary of state, a board of elections, or any other public office for the purpose of becoming a candidate for any elective office, including the office of a political party, for the purpose of submitting a question or issue to the electors at an election, or for the purpose of forming a political party:\n(1) Misrepresent the contents, purpose, or effect of the petition or declaration for the purpose of persuading a person to sign or refrain from signing the petition or declaration;\n(2) Pay or offer to pay anything of value for signing or refraining from signing the petition or declaration;\n(3) Promise to assist any person to obtain appointment to an office or position as a consideration for obtaining or preventing signatures to the petition or declaration;\n(4) Obtain or prevent signatures to the petition or declaration as a consideration for the assistance or promise of assistance of a person in securing appointment to an office or position;\n(5) Circulate or cause to be circulated the petition or declaration knowing it to contain false, forged, or fictitious names;\n(6) Except as otherwise provided in section 3501.382 of the Revised Code, add signatures or names except the person's own name on the petition or declaration;\n(7) Make a false certification or statement concerning the petition or declaration;\n(8) File with the election authorities the petition or declaration knowing it to contain false, forged, or fictitious names;\n(9) Fail to fill out truthfully and file all itemized statements required by law in connection with the petition or declaration.\n(B) Whoever violates division (A) of this section is guilty of 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-3599.14","current_through":"2006-05-02 (House Bill 3 - 126th General Assembly)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:24:34Z","sha256":"3f9a5551bcc8d064326f04fa2b249a5cc7b23cad6c9c4df2a2871ed32153292b","source_id":"us-oh","stale":false,"prev":"us-oh/ohio-rev.-code-3599.13","next":"us-oh/ohio-rev.-code-3599.15"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}