# Ohio Rev. Code § 3503.09: Electronic transfer of voter registration database changes

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## Section

- **Citation:** Ohio Rev. Code § 3503.09
- **Heading:** Electronic transfer of voter registration database changes
- **Jurisdiction:** Ohio
- **Kind:** Statutes
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** Ohio Revised Code / Title 35 / Chapter 3503 / § 3503.09

## Text

April 9, 2025 House Bill 74 - 135th General Assembly (A)(1) The secretary of state shall adopt rules for the electronic transmission by boards of elections, designated agencies, public high schools and vocational schools, public libraries, and offices of county treasurers, where applicable, of name and residence changes for voter registration records in the statewide voter registration database. (2) The secretary of state shall adopt rules for the purpose of improving the speed of processing new voter registrations that permit information from a voter registration application received by a designated agency to be made available electronically, in addition to requiring the original voter registration application to be transmitted to the applicable board of elections under division (E)(2) of section 3503.10 of the Revised Code. (B) Rules adopted under division (A) of this section shall do all of the following: (1) Prohibit any direct electronic connection between a designated agency, public high school or vocational school, public library, or office of a county treasurer and the statewide voter registration database; (2) Require any updated voter registration information to be verified by the secretary of state or a board of elections before the information is added to the statewide voter registration database for the purpose of modifying an existing voter registration; (3) Require each designated agency that transmits voter registration information electronically to transmit an identifier for data relating to each new voter registration that shall be used by the secretary of state or a board of elections to match the electronic data to the original voter registration application. Last updated January 17, 2025 at 11:06 AM

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