On January 6, Ohio Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner issued Directive 2011-01, which says that the Constitution, Green, Libertarian, and Socialist Parties will be qualified parties during 2011. The only regularly-scheduled partisan elections in Ohio in 2011 are in several cities. However, it is always possible that there will be special elections for U.S. House, if a current member of the U.S. House resigns or dies.

There are no special legislative elections in Ohio. When a member of the legislature dies or resigns, the party of that former member chooses a replacement. Thanks to Steve Linnabary for the news about the directive. Ohio does not now have a valid law regulating minor party ballot access, because it was declared unconstitutional in 2006 and has not yet been replaced by the legislature.