{"data":{"id":"us-oh/ohio-rev.-code-3599.33","jurisdiction":"us-oh","citation":"Ohio Rev. Code § 3599.33","heading":"Fraudulent marking or altering ballots or election records.","body":"No person, from the time ballots are cast or counted until the time has expired for using them as evidence in a recount or contest of election, shall willfully and with fraudulent intent make any mark or alteration on any ballot; or inscribe, write, or cause to be inscribed or written in or upon a registration form or list, pollbook, tally sheet, or list, lawfully made or kept at an election, or in or upon a book or paper purporting to be such, or upon an election return, or upon a book or paper containing such return the name of a person not entitled to vote at such election or not voting thereat, or a fictitious name, or, within such time, wrongfully change, alter, erase, or tamper with a name, word, or figure contained in such pollbook, tally sheet, list, book, or paper; or falsify, mark, or write thereon with intent to defeat, hinder, or prevent a fair expression of the will of the people at such election.\nWhoever violates 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-3599.33","current_through":"1996-07-01 (Senate Bill 2 - 121st General Assembly)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:24:34Z","sha256":"c7010a532cd6c0c9e06c1d14c76ba1dc577a2d27fd73850952451d1353557f54","source_id":"us-oh","stale":false,"prev":"us-oh/ohio-rev.-code-3599.32","next":"us-oh/ohio-rev.-code-3599.34"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}