Reply #25: Election Falsification is a Class 5 Felony.

[troubleinwinter]

If you wish to switch party affiliations, you will be given a form, either Form 10-X or Form 10-W, which you must fill out and sign.

Ohio Revised Code 3513.20 states:

Before any challenged person shall be allowed to vote at a primary election , the person shall make a statement, under penalty of election falsification, before one of the precinct officials, blanks for which shall be furnished by the board of elections, giving name, age, residence, length of residence in the precinct, county, and state; stating that the person desires to be affiliated with and supports the principles of the political party whose ballot the person desires to vote; and giving all other facts necessary to determine whether the person is entitled to vote in that primary election. The statement shall be returned to the office of the board with the pollbooks and tally sheets...

"Whoever violates this section is guilty of election falsification, a felony of the fifth degree. A person that commits election falsification can face six to twelve months in prison as well as a $2,500 fine"

Ironically, convicted felons lose their right to vote.

Unfortunately, pollworker training on this issue was spotty, to say the least. Many polling places did not enforce this by bothering with the forms.