Bill > HB153

This bill requires state and district school board members to be nominated through primary elections and appear on ballots with party designations, effectively changing their current nonpartisan status to partisan positions. Specifically, state and school district board members will now need to be nominated by their political party during primary elections and will have their party affiliation listed on the ballot. Candidates will need to file declarations of candidacy, gather signatures from party members, and follow the same nomination procedures as other partisan candidates. This change means that voters will now choose board members based on their party affiliation, rather than considering them as nonpartisan positions. The bill amends multiple sections of Ohio's Revised Code related to elections and candidate nominations, and it will first apply to the nomination and election of state and school district board members beginning with the next primary election held in an even-numbered year that is at least 120 days after the bill's effective date.

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https://www.legislature.ohio.gov/legislation/136/hb153