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Ohio SOS gives Dem party an ultimatum

Posted on 05/22/2024 11:10:26 AM PDT by Kevin in California

Sorry, no link as it was just announced on Human Events Jack Posobiec that the Ohio SOS has instructed the Democrat party to announce their candidate by Aug 5th. If they don't, then whoever that candidate is will not be on the ballot


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To: desertsolitaire

Backdoor attempt to allow other States to not have Trump on the ballot at all.. even write-ins won’t be counted. Sounds out there, but democrats will cheat any way possible. Primaries will be nullified, dem state legislators will supply their own electors.


21 posted on 05/22/2024 12:10:07 PM PDT by Ponyexpress9790 (Every one that votes democrat is your enemy, there is no co-existing with traitors and terrorists. )
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To: hinckley buzzard
"Why would they make this problem for themselves? Anybody?"

These are laws are about how the government runs itself that only apply to politicians and political parties, not average citizens. Should the Democrats not meet the deadline and fail to put Biden on the ballot, they will sue and try to get a friendly judge to hear the case. If they win and he gets on the ballot, he is on the November ballot despite the law. Democrats will vote for him anyway.

Flaunting political power by breaking laws no one else can break and getting away with it, shows the little people who really has the power and who does not.

22 posted on 05/22/2024 12:13:38 PM PDT by Widget Jr (🇺🇸 Trump 2024 🇺🇸)
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To: desertsolitaire

Suing will not print enough ballots by Nov 5.


23 posted on 05/22/2024 12:18:47 PM PDT by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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To: nesnah

What percentage of his supporters know how to write?


What percentage of his supporters know how to write English?


24 posted on 05/22/2024 12:20:00 PM PDT by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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To: hinckley buzzard

NONE of them are NOT NEARLY as smart as THEY THINK they are.


25 posted on 05/22/2024 12:28:11 PM PDT by ridesthemiles (not giving up on TRUMP---EVER)
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To: Jamestown1630

It just doesn’t seem like something they’d allow to happen.


Have you seen the freak-show in the White House?

The black cabbage patch kid standing at the mic? The “female” admiral with a penis? The nuclear waste shaved-head, baggage-stealing nut-case?

Doesn’t surprise me in the least.


26 posted on 05/22/2024 12:33:35 PM PDT by nesnah (Infringe - act so as to limit or undermine [something]; encroach on)
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To: HamiltonJay

I’m thinking “unpledged Democrat electors” would work.
We haven’t seen something like that since the 1960’s.


27 posted on 05/22/2024 1:36:53 PM PDT by scrabblehack
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To: Jamestown1630

It looks like the repubs, who control both houses, had a not-my-problem attitude. It definitely was stupid to have the date set so early without consideration for convention dates. The law has been in place for awhile but they always got bipartisan waivers through.

Not this time.


28 posted on 05/22/2024 1:41:46 PM PDT by fruser1
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To: hinckley buzzard; HamiltonJay; desertsolitaire; suasponte137; Widget Jr

“Why would they make this problem for themselves? Anybody?”

The long-established practice is that the party that holds the White House goes second, holding its convention in August. The party of the challenger goes first, generally with a July convention.

In 2020, the Republican convention was second. As a result, Trump was renominated AFTER the Ohio deadline for the ballot. Guess what, the Republicans who control Ohio granted him an exemption. I’m guessing that, this time around, the Democrats assumed the same thing would happen.

As for all the comments about the Dems finding a “friendly” judge: The Ohio law, in practice, is that a candidate nominated after early August gets on the ballot if he’s a Republican but not if he’s a Democrat. That is, frankly, absurd. Any honest judge, regardless of political orientation, would say that Ohio can’t put a thumb on the scales like that.

This goes far beyond the standard complaints about drop boxes and the like. Anyone of either party can use a drop box. Ohio is trying to engage in blatant discrimination, and I predict it will be overturned in court. I further predict that the very attempt will be used by the Democrats to paint the GOP as being against fair elections


29 posted on 05/22/2024 1:51:54 PM PDT by Eagle Forgotten ( )
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To: Eagle Forgotten

I agree its a non issue, I don’t expect for one second that Biden’s name won’t be on the ballot.


30 posted on 05/22/2024 1:59:15 PM PDT by HamiltonJay
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To: Kevin in California; HamiltonJay
Biden won the Ohio primary for the (D) side.

Ohio voters will participate in the presidential primary today. President Joe Biden has secured the delegates needed for the Democratic nomination, and former President Donald Trump has secured the delegates needed for the Republican nomination.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-primary-elections/ohio-president-results
That puts him on the Ohio ballot.

More info for anyone wanting the dirty details:
From Federal Election Commission (FEC):

2024 PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY DATES AND CANDIDATE FILING DEADLINES FOR BALLOT ACCESS
Note: Dates Subject to Change / General Election Date 11/05/2024
Sources: State Election Offices, Statutes and State Parties (Data as of 4/25/2024)

The FEC has jurisdiction over federal campaign finance law and does not have authority over the administration of elections.

Establishing the date for a Presidential primary, and determining the type of Presidential primary held, varies from state to state. This is due to differences in state statutes, party constitutions, party rules and regulations, party by-laws, and delegate selection plans.

In some states, a caucus and/or convention may be held instead of a Presidential primary election. Other states may use a combination of both caucuses and primaries for delegate selection.

This state-by-state variation should be kept in mind when examining this listing of dates for the 2024 Presidential primaries.

Questions concerning a state’s primary election procedure should be addressed to the state’s Election Director. The dates listed are subject to change.

State data at link:
https://www.fec.gov/resources/cms-content/documents/2024pdates.pdf

From ballotpedia:

The Democratic Party will select its presidential nominee at the 2024 Democratic National Convention, which will take place from August 19-22, 2024, in Chicago, Illinois. Joe Biden (D) crossed the majority delegate threshold necessary to win the Democratic nomination on March 12, 2024, making him the presumptive Democratic nominee.

Prior to the national convention, individual state caucuses and primaries are held to allocate convention delegates. To read more about the 2024 primary schedule click here. These delegates, along with superdelegates who come from the party leadership, vote at the convention to select the nominee.

https://ballotpedia.org/Democratic_presidential_nomination,_2024

31 posted on 05/22/2024 2:42:19 PM PDT by Oorang (Politicians:-a feeble band of lowly reptiles who shun the light and who lurk in their own dens. )
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To: HamiltonJay

Some judge will just say to put “Democrat candidate “ on the ballot and be done with it.

In presidential elections you are not really directly voting for a candidate, you are voting for a slate of electors pledged to that candidate.


32 posted on 05/22/2024 5:08:36 PM PDT by SauronOfMordor (Either you will rule. Or you will be ruled. There is no other choice.)
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To: Eagle Forgotten
Ohio can't make exceptions for Republicans and not Democrats for the same reason.

Thanks for the correction. That makes sense now.

33 posted on 05/22/2024 8:20:31 PM PDT by Widget Jr (🇺🇸 Trump 2024 🇺🇸)
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