Term:

Senator: Four years (OH Const. Art. II, §2)
Representative: Two years (OH Const. Art. II, §2)

Qualifications

Residency Requirement:
Must be a resident of the district for one year immediately preceding the election, unless absent on the public business of the United States or of this State, and be a registered elector. (OH Const. Art. II, §3, Art. XV, §4, R.C. 3.15)

Filing Deadlines:
Party candidates: By 4 p.m. on February 16, 2006 (75th day before the primary election). (R.C. 3513.05)
Independent candidates: By 4 p.m. on May 1, 2006 (one day before the primary election). (R.C. 3513.257)

Filing Fee:
$85 (R.C. 3513.10(A), (B))

Petition Form Numbers:
#2-B for party candidates
#3-B for independent candidates

Filed With:
Board of elections of the most populous county within the district (R.C. 3513.05, 3513.257, 3513.261)

Signature Requirements:
(R.C. 3513.05, 3513.257)

1. Major party candidates: 50 signatures
2. Intermediate or minor party candidates: 25 signatures
3. Independent candidates: Based on the number of votes cast in the congressional district in the last general election for governor:

Number of votes cast:	Number of signatures:
Fewer than 5,000	25, or 5 percent of vote (whichever is less)
5,000 or more	1 percent of vote

 

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