NEW: Biden Is Off the Ohio General Election Ballot After State Legislature Tells Him to Pound Sand

Red State ^ | May 22, 2024 | Bonchie

[ThePatriotsFlag]

Thank you. This isn’t that then.

[Alberta's Child]

I thought the Supreme Court ruled a state couldn’t keep someone off a federal ballot.

For one thing, it's not a "federal ballot." A presidential election is a combination of 50 state elections (plus the District of Columbia). That's why there is no set of uniform federal standards for ballots, for voting hours, voting processes, etc.

A state can certainly establish its own deadline for publishing its ballots.

[FLT-bird]

Its not like Ohio set a deadline to screw over the Democrats. The Democrats knew what the deadline was and chose not to meet it. They could meet that deadline if they wanted to. They are simply choosing not to.

Why should the state budge? If The Democrats don’t want Biden on the ballot in Ohio, that’s their business. I don’t imagine Sherrod Brown will be too happy about it.

[Dilbert San Diego]

The liberals and media will portray this as Republicans preventing Biden from being on the ballot.

We know that’s not really what happened here, but it will be portrayed that way.

And the liberals will point to the Supreme Court decision regarding attempts to take Trump off the ballot..

[Alberta's Child]

The difference in the New Jersey case is that the governor's office and the state legislature were all controlled by Democrats. It wasn't a judge who ordered Lautenberg onto the ballot; it was a judge who ruled there was no legal impediment to having him put on the ballot.

This is the opposite scenario -- where the legislature clearly isn't keen on the idea of ignoring its own ballot deadline.

[sergeantdave]

“The Supreme Court ruled that states could not keep a candidate off the ballot, using the 14th Amendment as their justification.”

And the supreme court ruled that the 2nd amendment is an individual right, yet that doesn’t stop the leftists from trying to cancel the 2nd amendment.

[hanamizu]

I’m not sure what the legal status of the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact

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I am not aware that any Republican leaning state has agreed to it; it is a democrat way of effectively bypassing the Electoral College. That said, if a Republican were to win the national popular vote (after waiting a month for California to report its results), but lose the Constitutional EC vote, dem state legislatures would quickly pass legislation abandoning the compact.

[matt04]

Exactly. They knew, or should have know, the deadlines.

[BruceS]

It would really mess with the Demoncrats and MSM (but I repeat myself) if DJT would contact the Republican legislators in Ohio and ask them to do whatever it takes to ensure that Biden is on the ballot. To preserve democracy, don't 'ya know.

I live in Ohio, by the way.

[Reddy]

What?

[cornfedcowboy]

Hard to believe Biden will not be on the ballot. I doubt this holds. Have there been presidential candidates held off of state ballots in modern history?

[PubliusMM]

Not surprised that DeWhine is still hoping for a ‘fix’ to this one.
It’s simple, really. Ohio has a ballot calendar with dates already in place. The dhimmicraps are pissing in the wind.

[wny]

It’s still going to happen

[LibertarianLiz]

It will be even more of a mess if they (the Democrats) decide to put in a pinch runner at the last minute.

Exactly. If it is too late for Biden to be put on the ballot, it is too late for another candidate to be put on the ballot. I can't believe this. Oh well, Trump wins OH -- great!

[Jim Noble]

The appointment of Electors by the Ohio Legislature is NOT a “federal election”.

[Reddy]

PedoJoe Brandon is not being held off the ballot by anyone but the demonrats.

His party (the demonrats) didn’t follow the rules by not notifying the state of Ohio in a timely manner. THEY (the demonrats) are keeping him off the ballot.

[Hieronymus]

I like the way you think.

[AndyJackson]

NPVIC is unconstitutional. It surrenders the votes of one sovereign state’s voters to the whims of another state, thwarting the will of the state legislature.

[rfp1234]

It’s unclear which Senate candidate would benefit from Bidet’s absence. Brown is way ahead in the polls, so Moreno may need a big turnout, which could be reduced if Trump’s win is a given.

Others think the reverse might happen.

Political science is not really much of a science, so who the heck knows? Ohio is supposed to be solid ‘red’, yet the voters recently approved a ridiculous pro-abort ballot measure and still seem to like a commie ba$t@rd like Brown...

[Jim Noble]

The appointment of Electors by the Ohio Legislature is NOT a “federal election”.