ROCCO-WELCH Memorial VFW Post 8673
2825 E LEFFEL LN
SPRINGFIELD, OH 45505
Phone: 937-325-5047
Fax: 831-307-7235
Email: vfw8673@yahoo.com
2004 Ohio Election Calendar
J. Kenneth Blackwell, Secretary of State
General and Special Elections
2004 R.C. Reference
Sep. 17 Boards of elections must file with Secretary of State exemption requests for polling places inaccessible to handicapped voters . .3501.29
Sep. 20 Protests against write-in candidates must be filed by 4 p.m. (45 days before the election) . .3513.041
Sep. 21 Boards of elections shall advertise in newspaper(s) the places, dates, times, qualifications, and methods for registration (six weeks before the election) . .3503.12
Sep. 28 General Election absentee ballots must be ready (35 days before the election) . .3509.01, 3511.04
Oct. 4 Deadline for voter registration for general election (30 days before the election) . .3503.19
Oct. 18 Boards of elections shall prepare precinct voter registration list (15 days before the election) . .3503.23
Oct. 22 Deadline for political parties, groups of five or more candidates, and issue committees to file witness and challenger appointments (11 days before the election) . .3505.21
Oct. 22 Corrections and challenges to precinct registration lists may be filed (11 days before the election) . .3503.24
Oct. 23 Boards of elections must give public notice of election (10 days before the election) . .3501.03
Oct. 25 Certificate to fill vacancy on ballot caused by death of candidate nominated at primary election whose name is on ballot in more than one county must be filed by 4 p.m. (10 days before the election) . .3513.31
Oct. 28 Certificate to fill vacancy on ballot caused by death of independent or nonpartisan candidate prior to Oct. 23 (10 days before the election) must be filed by 4 p.m. (five days before the election) . .3513.31
Oct. 28 Certificate to fill vacancy on ballot caused by death of candidate nominated at primary election whose name is on ballot in one county must be filed by 4 p.m. (five days before the election) . .3513.31
Oct. 30 Applications by mail for absentee ballots must be received by boards of elections by noon (three days before the election) . .3509.03, .031, .08, 3511.02
Nov. 1 Absentee ballots may be voted in person at boards of elections until close of business hours (day before the election) . .3509.03
Nov. 1 Amendments to witness and challenger appointments must be filed by 4 p.m. (day before the election) . .3505.21
Nov. 1 Militia on active duty may file applications in person for absentee ballots by 4 p.m. (day before the election) . .3509.031
Nov. 2 General Election Day. Polls are open from 6:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. . .3501.01, .32
Nov. 2 Absentee ballots, of other than out-of-country voters, must be received by the boards of elections by 7:30 p.m. . .3509.05, 3511.11
Nov. 2 Voters hospitalized because of medical emergency may apply for absentee ballots until 3 p.m. . .3509.08
Nov. 12 Out-of-country civilian ballots must be postmarked or signed before close of polls on Nov. 2 and must be received by boards of elections by this date to be counted (10 days after the election)
. .3509.05
. . . .Out-of-country armed service absentee ballots must be signed on or before close of polls on Nov. 2 and must be received by boards of elections by this date to be counted (10 days after the election) . .3511.11
Nov. 13 Boards of elections may begin official canvass of ballots (11 days after the election) . .3505.32
Nov. 17 Boards of elections must begin official canvass of ballots no later than this date (15 days after the election) . .3505.32
2005
Jan. 1 General election ballots from 2004, except for federal office, may be discarded unless ordered by the Secretary of State (60 days after the election) . .3505.31
