Posted on 05/23/2024 4:31:43 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine (R) said Thursday that he is calling a special session of the General Assembly to pass legislation next week to ensure President Biden is on the November ballot for the general election.
“Ohio is running out of time to get Joe Biden, the sitting President of the United States, on the ballot this fall. Failing to do so is simply unacceptable. This is ridiculous. This is (an) absurd situation,” DeWine said, according to the Associated Press.
DeWine's decision came after Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose (R) warned the state Democratic Party on Tuesday that Biden will not be on the ballot in the November election unless the party's nomination date is changed to comply with state law.
The party will officially choose its nominee at the the Democratic National Convention, which is scheduled for Aug. 19-22. However, Ohio's deadline for political parties to certify their nominee is 90 days before the general election, which is Aug. 7 this year.
LaRose mentioned that he had previously told the party that either the Democratic National Committee will have to move its presidential nomination or the Ohio state legislature would pass a remedy. However, the state House of Representatives failed to pass a bill that would have allowed Biden to be on the ballot before the legislative session ended, the Ohio Capital Journal reported.
DeWine said that LaRose told him Thursday that the state is “up against a wall,” and next Wednesday is the final deadline.
“I’ve waited. I’ve been patient. And my patience has run out,” DeWine said.
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He can run as a write in. It worked for Murkowski, and that is a lot harder to spell.
Another example of how foolish Freepers look when they say “The worst RINOs are 1000 times better than the best Democrats!”
What they fail to understand is that RINOs are Democrats.
Why is there so little time in the U.S. Congress and in state legislatures?
The ever incresing “needs” to expand and alter the administrative state. Basic things. like getting budgets done on time, and fiscal policies to pay for expenditures instead of borrowing get short shrift to the last minute while they argue over stuff that often ought to not even be on their agenda, as they ought to not been seen as things the government should dictate over.
Dems thought it was pretty funny when they tried to ban Trump from the ballots
Worth repeating.
“I’ve waited. I’ve been patient. And my patience has run out“
DeWhine is such a rino cuck ugh
I emailed Huffman (my Senator) that very idea. No answer
Deweinie called Ohio for Biden in 2020. Trump won by 8. Mike is not my friend.
Would a write in for FJB or Brandon or Tater be counted for Biden?
The culprit here is the DNC. Alabama decided to allow Biden to be on the ballot even though he had the same issue there as in Ohio.
On the flip side, what if they put Biden on the ballot, but then the dems swap Biden for someone else during the August convention?
What a coinkydoink!
The freepers who say that are too!
This is not about Biden, it is to kill Brown in senate race. You put your efforts and spend your money running ads telling people that Ohions warned the DNC that they need to change their convention. OH didnt pass or change anything. Then reinforce the incompetence of the dem party, cant do anything right. The OH GOP can spend its money on that instead of Trump, Get a head start on the PR game before the press all for the reason of crushing dem turnout to kill Sherrod Browns reelect chances, but the retard party cant do anything right.OH is a safe state for Trump but Brown is leading the polls
Sadly DeWine showed his true colors during the covid debacle. Revealed himself as a genuine ‘rat bastard. Fortunately he is a lame duck and may not be able to pull this one off.
“If they don’t the GOP could be labled in Ohio in November with the same complaint (valid in the GOP case) that Dims are using “lawfare” to try to keep Trump off the ballot.”
Except it isn’t “Lawfare”. “Lawfare” would be OH suing the Dems to keep them OFF the ballot.
The law has been in place for a good long while (multiple election cycles), and the Dems always managed to schedule things to meet the deadlines.
Dems quite plainly pooched it, and they should have to follow the rules.
Dewine is an absolute idiot for pushing a special session for this. “Special sessions” are for completing the regular business of the Legislature - not for giving special favors to idiot commies who can’t put a calendar together. “I’m out of patience” - wtf does Dewine think he is, bH0?
“Bullsh*t. It’s part of Ohio’s law, and has nothing to do with the current makeup of Ohio’s representation in their government....”The culprit here is the DNC. Alabama decided to allow Biden to be on the ballot even though he had the same issue there as in Ohio.”
Yes. And even Alabama
[Alabama has a Republican trifecta and a Republican triplex. The Republican Party controls the offices of governor, secretary of state, attorney general, and both chambers of the state legislature.]
changed their law. Yet you think it wrong for the Governor of Ohio to bring the legislature back in session for the same purpose???
We let him on the ballot in Alabama, even though he won’t be nominated until after the deadline to be on the ballot. Ohio will do the same thing.
“Except it isn’t “Lawfare”.
The general public will not see the legal distinction.
So are Ohio citizens calling the governor’s office to remind him that he is a pathetic, feckless nitwit?
He was most likely threatened with lawfare by the WH
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