Ohio § 6105.20

Full text of Ohio Ohio Revised Code § 6105.20, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.

§ 6105.20.

The board of elections with which a petition has been filed under section 6105.18 of the Revised Code , after determining that the petition is in proper form and is signed by at least

two hundred qualified electors residing within the territorial boundaries of the watershed

district, shall, on or before the ninetieth day before the day of the election at

which the question of dissolving the district is to be submitted to the electors,

certify to the board of elections of each watershed county the question of whether

or not the district shall be dissolved. The board of elections of each of such counties shall place such question on the questions

and issues ballot, to be voted at such election by the electors of the county residing

within the territorial boundaries of the district, by placing on such ballot the words

“For continuing the existence of (name of the district to be here inserted)” and “Against

continuing the existence of (name of the district to be here inserted),” with a square

before each proposition and a direction to record the vote in the square before one

or the other of said propositions as the voter favors or opposes the dissolution of

the district. The vote on the question of the dissolution of the district shall be counted and canvassed

in the same manner as the vote for candidates for district office are counted and

canvassed. The board of elections with which the petition was originally filed shall certify

the results of such election. If a majority of the electors voting upon the proposition vote against continuing

the existence of the district, the district shall be dissolved as of the thirty-first

day of December immediately thereafter. If a majority of the electors voting upon the proposition vote for continuing the

existence of the district, no further referendum shall be held on the same proposition

for a period of three years.

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