Advisories

Advisory No.	Date Released	Title
2026-03	6/3/2026	Preparations for 2031 Redistricting (PDF)
2026-02	5/12/2026	House Bill 129 Impacts on Property Tax Levies and Changes to Questions and Issues Handbook (PDF) Ohio Ballot Questions & Issues Handbook (PDF)
2026-01	3/18/2026	New Ohio Voter Registration and Information Update Form (PDF) ENGLISH - Voter Registration Form (PDF) SPANISH - Formulario de Registro de Votante (PDF)
2025-06	12/05/2025	House Bill 96 Budget Bill Veto Override and Impacts to Levies (PDF)
2025-05	09/30/2025	House Bill 96 – State Operating Budget Bill for Fiscal Years 2026-2027 (PDF)
2025-04	08/11/2025	Petitions Using Form No. 6-D Regarding Adoption of Voting Machines (PDF)
2025-03	07/18/2025	House Bill 496 and Changes to Tax Levy Law (PDF)
2025-02	03/17/2025	Update to the Ohio Ballot Questions and Issues Handbook regarding election procedures for municipal income tax increases (PDF)
2025-01	02/25/2025	Biennial Adjustment (PDF)
2024-03	09/20/2024	Employing Bipartisan Elections Officials to Receive Absentee Ballots Outside of the Boards of Elections Offices (PDF)
2024-02	06/03/2024	H.B. 2, Presidential Candidates (135th General Assembly – Special Session) (PDF)
2024-01	02/06/2024	DATA Act (PDF)
2023-04	11/20/2023	Ballot Printer Rules 111:3-10-01- 111:3-10-11 (PDF)
2023-03	08/24/2023	Acquiring Electronic Pollbooks with State Funding (PDF)
2023-02	02/23/2023	Biennial Adjustment of Recount Charges-Campaign Contribution Limit Adjustment (PDF)
2023-01	02/17/2023	House Bill 487 and Changes Regarding Ballot Printing Requirements (PDF)
2022-04	09/12/2022	House Bill 140 and Changes to Tax Levy Law (PDF)
2022-03	07/14/2022	House Bill 377 and Changes to Election Worker Exclusion from PERS (PDF)
2022-02	03/11/2022	Substitute Senate Bill 102 and Changes to Local Option Elections Law (PDF)
2022-01	01/07/2022	Ohio Attorney General Opinion No. 2022-001 (PDF)
2021-06	12/1/2021	Congressional Redistricting and State Legislative Redistricting (PDF)
2021-05	9/23/2021	State ex rel. Ferrara v. Trumbull County Board of Elections (PDF)
2021-04	9/16/2021	Results and Impact of 2020 Federal Decennial Census (PDF)
2021-03	8/31/2021	S.B. 80 and Am. Sub. H.B. 110 (134th General Assembly) (PDF)
2021-02	2/23/2021	Recount Charges and Campaign Finance Contribution Limits (PDF)
2021-01	01/15/2021	Recognized Minor Political Parties Following the 2020 General Election (PDF)
2020-09	10/9/2020	A. Philip Randolph Institute of Ohio, et al. v. LaRose (PDF)
2020-08	5/27/2020	Court Order Regarding Witnessed Ink Signatures on Initiative Petitions (PDF)
2020-07	4/17/2020	Processing Absentee Ballot Requests and Ballots (PDF)
2020-06	4/1/2020	Litigation Regarding House Bill 197 (PDF)
2020-05	3/23/2020	Further Guidance re: Director’s Order that All Persons Stay at Home Unless Engaged in Essential Work or Activity (PDF)
2020-04	3/19/2020	Further Guidance re: Directive 2020-06 (PDF) (rescinded)
2020-03	3/12/2020	Absentee Ballots for Out-of-County Unforeseen Hospitalizations (PDF)
2020-02	3/5/2020	Litigation Resolved Regarding Unforeseeably Jailed Voters (PDF)
2020-01	1/24/2020	Am. Sub. S.B. 52 Post-Election Audits and Cyber Reserve (133rd General Assembly) (PDF)
2019-10	12/4/2019	Post-Secondary Student Voting Requirements (PDF)
2019-09	10/15/2019	Court Order Regarding a Board of Elections’ Review of Initiative Petitions (PDF)
2019-08	8/30/2019	Universal Postal Union (PDF)
2019-07	8/12/2019	Court Order Regarding a Board of Elections’ Review of Initiative Petitions (PDF)
2019-06	8/7/2019	Am. Sub. H.B. 166, State Operating Budget (133rd General Assembly) (PDF)
2019-05	6/10/2019	Improper Methods of Voting Equipment Disposal (PDF)
2019-04	5/7/2019	Litigation Involving a Board of Elections' Review of Initiative Petitions (PDF)
2019-03	3/1/2019	Sub. H.B. 41, Am. Sub. H.B. 300, Sub. H.B. 341, Sub. H.B. 500, and Sub. S.B. 296 (132nd General Assembly) (PDF)
2019-02	2/22/2019	Biennial Adjustment of Recount Charges/Campaign Contribution Limit Adjustment (PDF) 2019 Campaign Finance Limit Chart (PDF)
2019-01	2/11/2019	Reimbursement for Prior Purchase of Voting Equipment and Acquisition of Additional Equipment (PDF)
2018-04	11/29/2018	Voting Equipment Acquisition Program (PDF)
2018-03	8/23/2018	Am. Sub. Senate Bill 135, Voting Equipment Acquisition Program (132nd General Assembly) (PDF)
2018-02	7/9/2018	Online Voter Information Regarding Confirmation Status
2018-01	6/18/2018	Changes to Ohio Driver’s Licenses and State Identification Cards
2017-08	10/3/2017	Cybersecurity Training Opportunity
2017-07	8/8/2017	Updated Ohio Election Official Manual
2017-06	8/3/2017	Protests filed under Ohio Revised Code Section 307.95
2017-05	8/3/2017	Protests filed under Ohio Revised Code Section 307.95
2017-04	5/12/2017	Your County’s Interest in New Voting Equipment
2017-03	4/4/2017	Preparations for 2021 Redistricting
2017-02	2/23/2017	Biennial Adjustment of Recount Charges
2017-01	1/30/2017	Purchasing Electronic Pollbooks with State Funding – Reminders
1994-04	3/16/1994	Raffles and Other Games or Schemes of Chance

Advisories Archive (No Longer in Effect)

Advisory Archive

2016

Advisory No.	Date Released	Title
2016-07	9/12/2016	Substitute S.B. 63, Online Voter Registration
2016-06	9/8/2016	Expedited Briefing Schedule for Protest Filed September 8, 2016
2016-05	9/7/2016	Sub. H.B. 359, Safe at Home/Address Confidentiality Program (131st General Assembly)
2016-04	8/31/2016	Electronic Registration Information Center, Inc. (ERIC)
2016-03	08/05/2016	Updated Ohio Election Official Manual
2016-02	08/04/2016	Protests filed under Ohio Revised Code Section 307.95
2016-01	04/28/2016	Polling Locations using Electronic Pollbooks

2015

Advisory No.	Date Released	Title
2015-07	10/27/2015	Ohio Organizing Collaborative Suspicious Voter Registration Forms
2015-06	8/4/2015	Protests Filed under Ohio Revised Code Section 307.95
2015-05	7/29/2015	Investigation of ResponsibleOhio’s Petition Circulation Efforts and Petition
2015-04	7/17/2015	Am. Sub. H.B. 64, State Operating Budget (131st General Assembly)
2015-03	6/17/2015	Suspicious Voter Registration Forms
2015-02	5/27/2015	Minor Parties (Am. Sub. S.B. No. 193 (130th General Assembly))
2015-01	2/25/2015	Biennial Adjustment of Recount Charges

2014

Advisory No.	Date Released	Title
2014-05	11/26/2014	Voter List for Jury Commission
2014-04	6/2/2014	Sub. S.B. No. 205, Sub. S.B. No. 216, and Am. S.B. No. 238 (130th General Assembly)
2014-03	3/20/2014	Amended Sub. S.B. 200 (130th General Assembly)
2014-02	2/27/2014	Electronic Pollbooks
2014-01	2/26/2014	Am. Sub. S.B. No. 109 (130th General Assembly)

2013

Advisory No.	Date Released	Title
2013-05	9/13/2013	Voting Machine Acquisition & Voting Machine Census
2013-04	8/14/2013	Electronic Pollbooks
2013-03	6/21/2013	Additional Process for Filing Referendum or Initiative Petition
2013-02	6/21/2013	Sub. S.B. No. 47 and Am. S.B. No. 10 (130th General Assembly)
2013-01	2/25/2013	Biennial Adjustment of Recount Charges

2012

Advisory No.	Date Released	Title
2012-02	October 29	International Observers
2012-01	October 9	Days and Hours for In-Person Absentee Voting

2011

Advisory No.	Date Released	Title
2011-09	November 10	Sub. H.B. 318 Rescinded by Dir2011-41
2011-08	October 14	Problems on Election Day, Petitioners at the Polls and Provisional Ballot Processing Policy
2011-07	October 14	Am. Sub. H.B. 224 (129th General Assembly)
2011-06	April 22	Results of 2010 Federal Census
2011-05	April 20	Whether Provisional Ballot Envelopes are Public Records
2011-04	April 1	Judge Carr Notice
2011-03	March 16	Determining the Validity of Provisional Ballots Consistent with Directive 2010-96 Rescinded by Dir2012-06
2011-02	March 1	Clarifications on Restrictions of Candidacies for the General Election
2011-01	February 18	Biennial adjustment of recount charges

2010

Advisory No.	Date Released	Title
2010-09	December 15	Chargebacks - Attorney General Opinion
2010-08	December 14	Supplemental Poll Worker Investigation Procedures
2010-07	September 27	Disclosure Requirements under R.C. 3517.12(B)
2010-06	September 17	UOCAVA Voters Rescinded by Dir2012-20
2010-05	June 16	Am. Sub. HB 48
2010-04	June 15	HB5 Special Congressional Primary Election
2010-03	June 3	NVRA Data - Tracking and Submission
2010-02	February 17	Minor Political Party Candidates for Central Committee
2010-01	February 9	February 8, 2010 Court Order

2009

Advisory No.	Date Released	Title
2009-14	December 21	Decision Regarding Funding of Boards of Elections
2009-13	October 16	Local Liquor Option Elections
2009-12	October 1	Effect of Permanent Federal Injunction in O'Brien v. Brunner and enforcement of R.C. 3517.103
2009-11	September 11	New Ohio Driver's License and Identification Cards
2009-10	July 31	Supreme Court of Ohio Decision in State ex rel. Scioto Downs, Inc. v. Brunner
2009-09	Jul. 23	Settlement of Litigation- League of Women Voters, et al. v. Brunner [formely Blackwell]
2009-08	Jul. 20	Investigation purusant to R.C. 3501.05(N)(1)
2009-07	Jul. 9	Clarification of Instructions in Directive 2001-10 re: Verification of a State Issue Petition; Invalidation of Entire Part-Petitions versus Invalidation of Particular Signatures on Part-Petitions
2009-06	Jul. 18	Circulator Requirements for State Initiative Petitions
2009-05	Jun. 11	Campaign contribution limits on government contractors and vendors
2009-04	May 18	Circulator Requirements and Revised Forms
2009-03	Feb. 23	Biennial Adjustment of Recount Charges
2009-02	Feb. 5	60-day Notices
2009-01	Feb. 5	Statewide Issue Petitions Deadlines

2008

Advisory No.	Date Released	Title
2008-34	October 31	International Observers Rescinded by Dir2012-21
2008-33	October 31	Clarification of Court Order
2008-32	October 30	Search Procedures When Using the Statewide Voter Registration Database
2008-31	October 28	Paper Ballots, Provisional Voter, and Other Election Day Supplies
2008-30	October 28	Best Practices for Posting Precinct Results
2008-29	October 8	UOCAVA Voters - Uniformed Services and Overseas Absentee Voters
2008-28	October 6	Absentee Ballot Application From Voters Whose 60-day Notices were Returned Rescinded by Dir2012-26
2008-27		Revised Forms for Voter Challenges
2008-26	September 29	Clarification of Utility Bills Used as Voter Identification for Voters Living in Residential Facilities
2008-25	September 24	Voting Rights of Persons Facing Home Foreclosure
2008-24	September 23	Observers During In-Person Absentee Voting
2008-23	September 22	Required Information for Accepting and Processing a Completed Voter Registration Application
2008-22	September 5	Privacy of Provisional Voter and Provisional Ballot Information
2008-21	August 28	Am. Sub. HB 562: Amendments affecting School District Tax Levies under RC. 5705.194 and 5705.199
2008-20	August 18	Election Night Bipartisan Team Transport of Ballots Rescinded by Dir2012-46
2008-19	August 18	Extended office hours during the time period for absentee voting Rescinded by Dir2012-26
2008-18	August 15	Issuance and acceptance of absentee ballots for boards of elections that have established an alternate polling location for in-person absentee voting Rescinded by Dir2012-26
2008-17	August 14	2008-17 Federal Court Order Granting Ballot Access and Party Designation to Libertarian Party of Ohio Candidates
2008-16	Aug. 8	Rights of Persons Convicted of Felonies
2008-15	Aug. 7	17-Year-Old Poll Workers
2008-14	Aug. 4	Voter Registration Activities
2008-13	Aug. 4	Poll Worker Party Affiliation
2008-12		Use of a Military Identification Card for the purpose of voting
2008-11		Five-Minute Voting Rule Rescinded by Dir 2013-02
2008-10	Jul. 18	Reporting Facts of Investigations
2008-09	Jul. 18	For August Special Elections Only - Backup Optical Scan Ballots Not Mandated for Voters in DRE Counties for 2008 August Special Elections
2008-08		Updated Signatures
2008-07		Chargebacks
2008-06	Mar. 7	Board of Voting Machine Examiners' February 12, 2008 Meeting
2008-05	Feb. 29	Am. S. B. 286 (127th General Assembly) – To Amend Section 3506.21; Optical Scan Ballot Marking Requirements
2008-04	Feb. 26	Additional Information Concerning Optical Scan Ballots for Voters in Counties using DREs
2008-03	Feb. 26	Polling Place Conduct; Media Access to Polling Locations; and Exit Polling Within 100 Feet of a Polling Place Rescinded by Dir2012-29
2008-02	Feb. 22	Summary Statements Rescinded by Dir2008-87
2008-01	Feb. 21	Board of Voting Machine Examiner's Decision On Electronic Poll Books

2007

Advisory No.	Date Released	Title
2007-18	Dec. 26	Reminder of 2008 Election Notices that Must be Mailed to Electors - R.C. 3501.19
2007-17	Nov. 19	Funding Options and Approaches
2007-16	Nov. 16	Disclosure Requirements under R.C. 3517.12(B)
2007-15	Nov. 6	Pollworker Compensation Rescinded by Dir 2009-08
2007-14	Nov. 6	Statewide Ballot Advertising
2007-13	Nov. 2	New Declaration of Candidacy Forms for Judicial Candidates
2007-12	Nov. 2	State ex rel. Ernst v. Brunner
2007-11	Oct. 23	Mailing of Campaign Finance Statements for General Assembly and Court of Appeals Candidates
2007-10	Sept. 19	Clarification of "Voter Activity" in Directives 2007-11, 2005-12, and 2003-05
2007-09	August 6	Pollworker Compensation
2007-08	August 3	Write-In Candidates
2007-07	June 18	Ohio Ethics Commission
2007-06	June 15	Waiver Requests for Continued Use of DREs for Provisional Ballots
2007-05	June 4	Independent Candidates and Party Affiliation
2007-04	June 1	Political Party Ballot Access
2007-03	April 26	Sub. H. B. 141 - Exclusions to Ohio's Public Records Law Expanded
2007-02	March 13	Sub. House Bill 9
2007-01	March 7	Voter Registration form Line 15

2006

Advisory No.	Date Released	Title
2006-10	Nov. 7	Media Access to Polling Place
2006-09	Nov. 3	Clarification of Advisory 2006-08
2006-08	Nov. 1	Appointment of Observer Documents
2006-07	Oct. 3	Voter Registration and Absentee Voting of Uniformed Service Members and Overseas Citizens-Uniformedand Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act (UOCAVA) at Ohio's Election Law
2006-06	Sept. 25	Preliminary Injunction Issued Relevant To Voter Registration Fornis and Procedures
2006-05	June 5	Amended Subsitute House Bill No. 3: Changes in State Law Governing Elections Administration and Procedures
2006-04	April 21	Election Procedures
2006-03	March 31	Boards of Elections Using Direct Recording Electronic Voting Units
2006-02	March 24	Recent Ohio Sepreme Court Decision Potentially Relevant to R.C. 3515.041
2006-01	Feb. 9	Election Law and Procedures Governing the May 2, 2006 Election–Substitute House Bill No. 234 and Amended Substitute House Bill No. 3

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