In all elections the names of candidates on all ballots for the nomination or election to the elective offices provided for by this Charter, shall be printed and rotated in such order on the ballots in accordance with the Ohio Revised Code. (Amended 5-7-02)
The method of printing and combining the ballots in tablets to meet the rotation requirements herein shall be as follows: The total number of ballots upon which the names of all the candidates to be printed thereon are the same, shall be printed in as many series as the number of candidates in the largest group of candidates seeking the same nomination or election. Such total number of ballots to be printed divided by the number of series to be printed shall determine the number of ballots to be printed in each series. On the first series of ballots the names of the candidates in each group of candidates for the same office shall be in alphabetical order of their surnames under the title thereof. On each succeeding series the name of the candidate in each group of candidates for the same office which was first in the preceding series shall be last, and the names of each of the other candidates in each group for the same office shall be moved up one place. The printed ballots shall then be combined in tablets by assembling series of ballots, each consisting of one ballot of each series printed as above described, assembled in the same consecutive order in which the series, of which each ballot is a part, was printed, and by combining as many of such assembled series of ballots as may be necessary to make tablets consisting of the number of ballots required for each precinct.
A blank space shall be provided on all ballots below the printed names of the candidates for each office to be voted for, wherein an elector may write in the name of a person for whom he desires to vote for the nomination or election to the office designated on the ballot, and votes cast for such person shall be counted in the same manner as votes cast for candidates whose names are printed on the ballots. (Adopted 11-4-52; 5-7-02.)