Ohio Administrative Code
Title 111:3 - Elections
Chapter 111:3-6 - Voter Registration: Electronic Transmission of Records
Section 111:3-6-04 - Processing voter registration applications received electronically from designated agencies, other registration agencies and deputy registrars of motor vehicles by the secretary of state
Current through all regulations passed and filed through September 16, 2024
(A) The secretary of state shall, within three business days of receipt of a voter registration application from a designated agency, other registration agency, or deputy registrar of motor vehicles, verify the data for information required by rule 111:3-6-03 of the Administrative Code, and transmit the application by the highest degree of electronic capacity available to the appropriate board of elections with instructions for verifying the data and updating the board's records of registered voters in the county.
(B) When transmitting voter registration applications received from designated agencies, other registration agencies and deputy registrars of motor vehicles to boards of elections, the secretary of state shall include, in addition to the unique identifier supplied by the agency or deputy registrar for each voter registration application, a source identifier of the agency or deputy registrar that supplied the voter registration application. The secretary of state also shall inform boards of elections that the boards must keep confidential the source identifier designating the identity of the agency through which the person registered to vote or updated their registration .
(C) Except as required by the secretary of state for record-keeping purposes, the identity of an agency through which a person registered to vote or updated the person's voter registration records, and information relating to a declination to register to vote shall be confidential.