Boards and Commissions

Ohio Legislative Service Commission

Voting Machines Examiners, Board of

Status	Type of Board	Full-time	Expiration Date
Current	Permanent	No	12/31/2024

Subject to Sunset Review	Partisan Affiliation Restriction	Senate Confirmation Required
Yes	No	No

Authority	Total Membership
R.C. 3506.05	4

Dates of Appointment		Term Length
Not specified		Term of office of Secretary of State

Ending Date Of Term	Report Requirements
End of Secretary of State's term	Not applicable

Appointment Authority	Membership Composition
House Minority Leader, Other, Senate Minority Leader, Senate President, Speaker	Members with other stated qualifications

Compensation		Staff Assistance
Expenses Only, Other, or pollbook		Executive agency staff, Secretary of State

Chairperson	Additional Information
Not specified	Sub. H.B. 143, 120th G.A. (effective July 22, 1994) changed the Board of Examiners of Marking Devices into the Board of Voting Machine Examiners

Qualifications
2 members are appointed by Secretary of State, 1 member is appointed by the House Speaker or House Minority Leader, whichever is a member of the opposite political party from the one to which Secretary of State belongs, and 1 member is appointed by Senate President or Senate Minority Leader, whichever is member of the opposite political party to which Secretary of State belongs. All members must be a competent or experienced election officer or knowledgeable about the operation of voting machines, marking devices, automatic tabulating equipment, and software for the purpose of casting or tabulating votes or for communications among systems involved in the tabulation, storage, or casting of votes. Board members cannot have any pecuniary interest in voting machines, marking devices, automatic tabulating equipment or such software, or any affiliation with the vendor of any of the same.

Qualifications

2 members are appointed by Secretary of State, 1 member is appointed by the House Speaker or House Minority Leader, whichever is a member of the opposite political party from the one to which Secretary of State belongs, and 1 member is appointed by Senate President or Senate Minority Leader, whichever is member of the opposite political party to which Secretary of State belongs. All members must be a competent or experienced election officer or knowledgeable about the operation of voting machines, marking devices, automatic tabulating equipment, and software for the purpose of casting or tabulating votes or for communications among systems involved in the tabulation, storage, or casting of votes. Board members cannot have any pecuniary interest in voting machines, marking devices, automatic tabulating equipment or such software, or any affiliation with the vendor of any of the same.