{"data":{"id":"us-oh/ohio-rev.-code-3599.34","jurisdiction":"us-oh","citation":"Ohio Rev. Code § 3599.34","heading":"Prohibitions concerning destruction of election records.","body":"No person, from the time ballots are cast or voted until the time has expired for using them in a recount or as evidence in a contest of election, shall unlawfully destroy or attempt to destroy the ballots, or permit such ballots or a ballot box or pollbook used at an election to be destroyed; or destroy, falsify, mark, or write in a name on any such ballot that has been voted.\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-3599.34","current_through":"1996-07-01 (Senate Bill 2 - 121st General Assembly)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:24:34Z","sha256":"c80042f00233c801769d0c67da13b5fe484546ae5e3e82f7fd63ef623217c4c5","source_id":"us-oh","stale":false,"prev":"us-oh/ohio-rev.-code-3599.33","next":"us-oh/ohio-rev.-code-3599.35"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}