No person shall, directly or indirectly:
(a) Willfully misrepresent the contents of any initiative or referendum petition;
(b) Pay or offer to pay any elector anything of value for signing an initiative or referendum petition;
(c) Promise to help another person to obtain appointment to any office provided for by the constitution or laws of the State of Ohio or by the ordinances of the City of Cleveland or any municipal corporation, or to any position or employment in the service of the State of Ohio or any political subdivision thereof, including the City of Cleveland, as a consideration for obtaining signatures to an initiative or referendum petition;
(d) Obtain signatures to any initiative or referendum petition as a consideration for the assistance or promise of assistance of another person in securing an appointment to any office or position provided for by the constitution or laws of the State of Ohio or by the ordinances of any municipal corporation therein, including the City of Cleveland, or employment in the service of the State of Ohio or any subdivision thereof, including the City of Cleveland;
(e) Alter, add to, or erase any signatures or names on the parts of a petition after such parts have been filed with the Clerk of Council;
(f) Fail to file the sworn itemized statement required in Section 110A.01;
(g) Accept anything of value for signing an initiative or referendum petition; or
(h) By intimidation or threats, influence or seek to influence any person to sign or abstain from signing, or to solicit signatures to or abstain from soliciting signatures to an initiative or referendum petition.
(Ord. No. 854-17. Passed 11-20-17, eff. 11-21-17)