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CANDIDATE REQUIREMENT GUIDE

Please note that additional information is provided below
specific to judicial candidates.

The 2023 Candidate Requirement Guide (PDF)
is updated on an annual basis,
contains requirements and guidelines for those
who may decide to run for elected office.
This publication is available in electronic format only.

Additional information that may be beneficial:
Campaign Finance Statutes and Administrative Rules

DESIGNATION OF TREASURER

A campaign cannot accept any donations
until a Designation of Treasurer form is completed
and submitted to the appropriate filing entity –
for local candidates or issues, it would be filed with your
local county board of elections.
Any questions concerning filing your petitions,
please contact your local county board of elections.
To print out Designation of Treasurer form, please visit here.
For all campaign forms, please visit here.

ELECTIONS CALENDAR

The 2022 Elections Calendar (PDF, 12″ X 18″)
The 2023 Elections Calendar (PDF – 11″x17″)
provides dates and information on elections,
campaign finance deadlines and events throughout each year.
Includes Campaign Finance Reporting Dates.
This publication is available in electronic format only.

CAMPAIGN FINANCE REPORTING CALENDAR

For the 2022 Reporting Calendar with Filing Deadlines,
please visit here.
For the 2023 Reporting Calendar with Filing Deadlines,
please visit here.

The Campaign Finance Reporting Calendar contains filing dates throughout the year.
Filing entities submitting reports to a county board of elections
should contact the board for special election dates and other filing deadlines.
See Ohio Revised Code 3517.10 for complete details of the timing
and requirements for most campaign finance reporting.

CAMPAIGN FINANCE FORMS

Click here for Campaign Finance Forms

CAMPAIGN FINANCE HANDBOOK
All chapters revised May 2022

Visit here to view or download the Ohio Campaign Finance Handbook.

The Ohio Campaign Finance Handbook assists all reporting entities
in navigating the various regulatory paths established by Ohio law.
Each of the handbook’s chapters discusses specific entity types or
areas of campaign finance activity and can serve as a map for the reader
to understand each area of regulation and reporting applicable to their circumstance. 
This publication is available in electronic format only.

Local candidates and other political entities may also receive filing information
from your local county board of elections.

FILE REPORTS ONLINE: E-FILING

PLEASE NOTE:
Online Campaign Finance E-Filing with the Secretary of State’s Office
is permitted for those committees that file reports with the Secretary of State’s Office.
Local committees may file all reports with their board of elections OR online.
If you have questions about where you should file your reports,
please contact your local county board of elections.
Here are links for E-Filing:
Campaign Finance E-Filing: Main Page
State E-Filers – File Now
Local/County E-Filers – File Now

CONTRIBUTION LIMIT CHART

The Contribution Limit Chart is adjusted for inflation
in each odd-numbered year.
Current Limit Chart – PDF
EFFECTIVE:
FEBRUARY 25, 2023 – FEBRUARY 24, 2025

JUDICIAL CANDIDATES

The Ohio Board of Professional Conduct provides a page – link is here – containing information and resources for judicial candidates, members of judicial campaign committees, and other individuals involved in judicial campaigns or interested in rules applicable to judicial campaign conduct. Please refer to the following links:

  • 2023 Judicial Candidate Seminar Schedule
  • 2023 Judicial Candidate Handbook
  • 2023 Judicial Candidate Seminar Presentation – Board of Professional Conduct
  • 2023 Judicial Candidate Campaign Finance Presentation – Ohio Secretary of State
  • Judicial Campaign Conduct and Finance Rules – Includes all provisions effective as amended as of October 15, 2020
    • The U.S. District Court, Southern District of Ohio, has effectively established an additional exception to the general prohibition against the solicitation of campaign contributions by judicial candidates. See Rule 4.4(A), Code of Judicial Conduct, and AFSCME v. Brunner, et. al., 912 F.Supp. 556 (S.D. Ohio 2012) (Rule 4.4(A) is unconstitutional as applied to judicial candidates who personally solicit campaign contributions from immediate family members).
  • Contribution Limits for Judicial Candidates – Effective for 2021 Election Cycle and Subsequent Election Cycles
  • Campaign Conduct; Enforcement and Sanction Rules
  • Judicial Campaign Misconduct Case Summaries
  • Advisory Opinions Relative to Judicial Campaign Conduct and Fundraising
  • Ohio Elections Commission Advisory Opinions
  • Statutory Requirements for Newly Elected or Appointed Judges – Oaths, Bonds and Required Documentation
  • Financial Disclosure for Judges, Magistrates, and Judicial Candidates

The Ohio Code of Judicial Conduct requires all judicial candidates, including incumbent judges, to attend and complete a two-hour seminar on judicial campaign practices. A judicial candidate is required to complete the two-hour training requirement at least one year prior to, or sixty (60) days after, his or her candidacy is certified by the election authority.

The judicial campaign seminars include instruction on ethics rules applicable to judicial campaign conduct, including participation in campaign activities, the content of judicial campaign advertisements, and campaign fundraising activities. The seminar also addresses state law requirements on disclaimers and campaign finance reporting.

The seminars are a collaboration among the Ohio Board of Professional Conduct, the Ohio Judicial College, and the Ohio Secretary of State’s office.

Judicial candidates are encouraged to bring their campaign treasurer and volunteers to the seminar. The seminars are offered at no cost to attendees, and no preregistration is required. Judges and attorneys attending the seminar receive two hours of continuing legal education credit.

If you have any questions regarding any of the judicial information above, please refer to the contacts listed below: 

Ohio Board of Professional Conduct
65 South Front Street
Columbus, Ohio 43215-3431
614.387.9370

​Questions re: Canon 4 (campaign conduct and fundraising):

  • Richard A. Dove, Esq., Director
    rick.dove@bpc.ohio.gov
    614.387.9370
  • D. Allan Asbury, Esq., Senior Counsel
    allan.asbury@bpc.ohio.gov
    614.387.9370

​Questions re: Ohio Elections Laws (campaign finance reporting and disclaimers):

  • Erie County Board of Elections
    • 419.627.7601
    • E-Mail: erie@OhioSoS.gov
  • Ohio Secretary of State /Campaign Finance Division
    • General E-Mail: Contact Us
    • Shanda Behrens,
      Campaign Finance Administrator & Public Integrity Counsel
      SBehrens@OhioSoS.gov
      614.696.8874​
    • Heather Moore-Kester
      Deputy Campaign Finance Administrator
      HMooreke@OhioSoS.gov
      614.696.8759

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If any questions concerning any of the above information,
please contact your local county board of elections
or
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      • ODCCA Officers – 2019-2023
        • Message from President Janet Carson
        • ODCCA Executive Committee, Regional Liaisons & Committees
        • County Chairs of the Year – 2020
        • ODCCA Constitution and Bylaws
        • How Ohio’s 88 counties got their names
    • Ohio Democratic Party (ODP)
      • History: Ohio Democratic Party
    • Democratic National Committee
      • DNC Officers
      • Ohio DNC Members
  • Team
    • President Joe Biden & Vice President Kamala Harris
      • Nominees and Appointees
      • The American Rescue Act of 2021
      • American Jobs Plan – 2nd Phase of ‘Build Back Better’ agenda
      • American Families Plan – 3rd Phase of ‘Build Back Better’ Agenda
      • Speeches by President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris
    • Senator Sherrod Brown
    • U.S. House of Representatives
      • Congressman Greg Landsman – Ohio’s 1st District
      • Congresswoman Joyce Beatty – Ohio’s 3rd District
      • Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur – Ohio’s 9th District
      • Congresswoman Shontel Brown – Ohio’s 11th District
      • Congresswoman Emilia Sykes – Ohio’s 13th District
    • Justices of the Ohio Supreme Court
      • Ohio Supreme Court Justice Michael P. Donnelly
      • Ohio Supreme Court Justice Melody J. Stewart
      • Ohio Supreme Court Justice Jennifer Brunner
    • State Senate Minority Leadership – 135th General Assembly
    • State House Minority Leadership – 135th General Assembly
    • Former President Barack Obama
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      • LEAD Ohio & Main Street Initiative Trainings Announced: Run for Office 2023
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