[FR_addict]

The law in post 26:

has already filed a declaration of candidacy, a declaration of intent to be a write-in candidate, or a nominating petition, or has become a candidate through party nomination at a primary election or by the filling of a vacancy under section 3513.30 or 3513.31 of the Revised Code for:

(1) Any federal, state, or county office,

Doesn’t say anything about participating in a Republican debate as being a reason to deny the candidate. They can’t just make up the law.

I’m glad this is coming out now. Trump needs to find out now what his options are before he “files a declaration of intent” in Ohio for any party.

[DoughtyOne]

On August 7, Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted told the press that this means Donald Trump cannot possibly get on the November 2016 ballot as a presidential candidate (unless he is the Republican nominee) because at the August 6 debate he “declared his candidacy” for the Republican nomination. Husted is interpreting the term “declaration of candidacy” to mean a candidate’s spoken words in any conversational setting, rather than a reference to an Ohio election form.

Hustard says Trumps participation in the debate was a declaration of Republican candidacy.

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