Biden could miss the deadline for the November ballot in Ohio, the state's election office says - The Washington Post
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By John Seewer and Marc Levy | APApril 8, 2024 at 10:27 a.m. EDT(Alex Brandon/AP)ShareComment on this storyCommentAdd to your saved storiesSave
TOLEDO, Ohio — President Joe Biden could be left off the ballot in Ohio this fall unless the state's Republican-dominated legislature creates an exception to the ballot deadline or the Democratic Party moves up its convention, according to the office that oversees the state's elections.
Ohio's deadline to certify presidential candidates for the general election is Aug. 7, nearly two weeks before the Democratic National Convention, at which Biden is expected to be nominated to run against Republican challenger Donald Trump.
Ohio law requires that presidential candidates be certified 90 days before the general election, which is on Nov. 5 this year, said a letter written last week by Paul DiSantis, chief legal counsel for Republican Secretary of State Frank LaRose.
"Please contact me as soon as possible with any information that can assure this office of timely compliance with Ohio law," the letter said.
The Biden campaign said Monday that it does not expect the snag to keep the president off the ballot.
"We're monitoring the situation in Ohio, and we're confident that Joe Biden will be on the ballot in all 50 states," the campaign said in a statement.
A similar situation came up before the 2020 presidential election. In that case, both the Republican and Democratic conventions were scheduled outside the deadline window so Ohio lawmakers approved changing the cutoff to 60 days — but only for that election.
The letter sent to Ohio Democratic Party Chair Liz Walters said that the legislature would need to act by May 9 to create an exception to the 90-day deadline or that Democrats would need to move up their convention, which would seem unlikely.
Messages seeking comment were left with Walters and the state party on Monday.
Trump won Ohio in 2016 on his way to the White House and won it again in 2020, when he lost to Biden, becoming the first losing presidential candidate Ohio had supported since it sided with Richard Nixon over John F. Kennedy in 1960.
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Levy reported from Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
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Guess this is ironic and poetic justice seeing as how the Dems wanted Trump off the ballot in several states.
It would be if Republicans pulled the same shit as Democrats.
Instead Republicans in the Ohio Legislature will beg, plead, and cajole Brandon and the DNC into eventually writing requesting an extension; and then pass a bill extending. The entire leadup to the written permission will be treated the same Democrats using lawfare to go after Trump; and keep independents off the ballot by the media. Democrats will scream and cry how Republicans are persecuting them unfairly- and are abusing state law in Ohio to keep them off the ballot.
Could we be that lucky?
Would be some real funny shit being a battleground state.
How would handing the presidency to Trump be fortunate for the nation?
Hmmm, disliked and unpredictable or liked and feeble? Yeah, that's a tough choice...
I don't think Biden is liked all that much. He's pretty much pissed off just about everyone.
True, okay then. Old and incontinent or old and addled?
I did not say anything about handing the presidency to Trump. That was your interpretation not mine. I simply meant it would be poetic justice to those blue states so intent on doing it to Trump.
Dems seem to forget about Karma and that old "What goes around comes around".
"disliked and unpredictable" is a substantial downplaying from a vindictive, loose-cannon, narcissistic traitor who is the only PotUS in US history to attempt to steal a presidential election through coercion, fraud, lying, and incitement.
If Biden loses all electoral votes in a critical state, he almost certainly loses the election. That hands the presidency to Trump.
Good
At least you're proud to wear a MAGA Hat!
Ha, as opposed to the other?
Well, being I don't own one, your post is, once again, bullshit.
I see it more as keeping the presidency from Biden myself.
Then you would prefer Trump to be PotUS?
There are not many options here, Ed. Either you prefer Trump or you prefer Biden.
No, you don't have to prefer either one, just realize your stuck with one...
That means one cannot see any difference between the two in terms of the impact on the nation.
Bullshit.
No two politicians are identical and Trump and Biden are substantially different. No way on the planet can they be considered identical.
Thus everyone who gives this any thought whatsoever will form an opinion on which is better/worse for the nation.
As you said, bullshit!
So all you can offer is nuh'uh.
What do you think can be offered at this point?
I just illustrated how it is essentially impossible for two presidential candidates to be seen as equal in terms of good/harm to the nation. There is always a difference. And in the case of Trump and Biden the differences are profound.
It is ridiculous to imply that a rational adult cannot make a determination as to which of the two would be worst/best for the nation.
One can always offer which they hold as worse (or best) and provide reasons why they hold that opinion.
We have gone through this several times previously and I have always said I do not want either one in the Oval Office as I do not think either one is fit for the office a second time around. I keep saying the same thing over and over.
I am quite aware of your position and I did not ask you your position. I know you are not planning to vote for either because you believe neither is fit.
That was not the point.
The point is that it is basically impossible to hold that Trump and Biden are equal. There are differences ... profound differences. Those two men will take the USA in very different directions.
One of them will be the PotUS. If you had the power to pick which one (but only out of those two), I doubt that you would throw up your arms and claim that you cannot decide.
That was the point.
Ahhhh, carry on then..
It would be just as unfortunate for Brandon the Human Fuck Up Machine to be handed the presidency via the Democrats use of lawfare.
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If only it would happen!
I'd have to tune into MSNBC.
TOLEDO, Ohio — President Joe Biden could be left off the ballot in Ohio this fall unless the state's Republican-dominated legislature creates an exception to the ballot deadline or the Democratic Party moves up its convention, according to the office that oversees the state's elections.
While I really don't want that to happen and doubt it will it would be hilarious to watch the the lefts reaction to it. The screams of agony by the same people that want Trump taken off some ballots would be a show for the ages.
Notagonnahappen...
just like the 14th was going to keep him off the ballot
or just like that half a billion bond was going to bankrupt him ,
or just like , not one but 2 impeachments were suppose to take care of the matter ....
im starting to wonder if they are not mixing teflon in with his cheap spray tan solution .....
Damn he has ineffective lawyers.
Get back to us if Biden is not on Ohio's ballot November 5th...
Oh I think he will be on the ballot, not that I care, I'm not voting in Ohio.
Heck I don't even live in a swing or battleground state for that matter, so I can vote my conscience to no real effect except to say I voted.
Because the democrats have an army of lawyers working on election rules?
This law has been in place since 2014. I don’t know what the deadline was before that. In 2020, both parties held their conventions in late August, so this is not new scheduling. Apparently Ohio made an exception that year. Going back several elections, a number of conventions have been held in late August, and even in September.
Now that’s curious. Apparently, if you engage in Insurrection, in violation of the 14th Amendment (according to your state Secretary of State, and a state court), you can’t be left off the ballot because that would constitute interfering with a federal election.
But if your convention is a little late, Ohio can keep you off the ballot.
Seems fair
Democrats deserve what they get for the shit they have pulled trying to keep Trump off the ballot.
In fact for the shit they have pulled for the last 8 years and counting.
Also, learn the definition of what an insurrection is! Then teach it to every last damn Democrat and leftist out there.
That might be harder than you think. The law on insurrection reads as follows:
So, if a person engages in insurrection, incites insurrection, or assists insurrection, he is guilty of insurrection. That’s pretty circular. None of this explains what insurrection actually is legally. Usually, you can read a law and find the elements required to prove violation of the law, but this law just says you’re guilty of the crime if you commit the crime.
In cases like this, the courts end up defining the crime. I.e. Act A is insurrection, but Act B is not. Then, you make the argument that in the case at bar, the alleged behavior more closely resembles Act A than it does Act B. These vagaries are why I think Trump has not been - and never will be - charged with insurrection. The events of January 6 are entirely unique in American history. The prosecutors don’t want to roll that dice.
All this hand-wringing over one state which has voted Democrat twice in the past six presidential elections (both times for Obama). And current polling in the state shows it leans heavily Republican.
Somehow I don't think this is a state that Democrats are really counting on in the first place.
They could always do nothing , and depending on the states write in rules ( each state is different i have found out ) he could always be written in .
Ohio for Kennedy!
You mean if the DNC lawyers don't keep Kennedy off the Ohio ballot that is.