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NEW: Biden Is Off the Ohio General Election Ballot After State Legislature Tells Him to Pound Sand
Red State ^ | May 22, 2024 | Bonchie

Posted on 05/22/2024 4:15:07 PM PDT by T Ruth

As things stand, Joe Biden will not be on Ohio's general election ballot in November, setting up potentially disastrous down-ballot consequences for Democrats.

For months, the president and his party have been pushing the legislature to pass a "fix" that would allow him to make the state deadline in early August. On Wednesday, the Republican-led legislature justifiably told him to pound sand.

The fix won’t happen through the legislature, said Ohio House Speaker Jason Stephens, R-Kitts Hill, and Ohio House Minority Leader Allison Russo, D-Upper Arlington, during separate gaggles Tuesday morning.

“There’s just not the will to do that from the legislature,” Stephens said.

Russo said she was skeptical the fix was ever going to happen in the legislature.

“We’ve seen the dysfunction here in this place,” she said. “And I think we’ve seen that folks have not been able to put aside partisanship and hyper-partisanship and infighting. … I think at this point, you’re probably going to see either, you know, some sort of inner party effects or perhaps court action.”

At issue is the fact that the Democrat National Committee (DNC) flouted known state law in Ohio and scheduled the close of its nominating convention on August 22nd. The deadline to file as a candidate for the general election ballot is August 7th. That means Biden will not technically be the nominee in time to qualify.

While Biden was never going to be competitive in Ohio, his absence could depress turnout, leading to losses in down-ballot races for his party. Notably, all of this is happening with the backdrop of multiple Democrat-led states attempting to forcibly remove Donald Trump from the ballot. ….

Naturally, Ohio's moderate Republican governor still wants to see a "fix" happen.

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TOPICS: Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Ohio
KEYWORDS: biden; stephens; trump
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To: mbrfl

Thank you. This isn’t that then.


21 posted on 05/22/2024 4:36:10 PM PDT by ThePatriotsFlag (Accepting a false premise initiates conversational defeat.)
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To: ThePatriotsFlag
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.

22 posted on 05/22/2024 4:39:01 PM PDT by Alberta's Child (“Ain't it funny how the night moves … when you just don't seem to have as much to lose.”)
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To: T Ruth

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.


23 posted on 05/22/2024 4:39:10 PM PDT by FLT-bird
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To: T Ruth

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..


24 posted on 05/22/2024 4:40:10 PM PDT by Dilbert San Diego
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To: wny
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.

25 posted on 05/22/2024 4:41:32 PM PDT by Alberta's Child (“Ain't it funny how the night moves … when you just don't seem to have as much to lose.”)
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To: mbrfl

“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.


26 posted on 05/22/2024 4:41:58 PM PDT by sergeantdave (AI training involves stealing content from creators and not paying them a penny)
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To: BigB60

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


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.


27 posted on 05/22/2024 4:42:08 PM PDT by hanamizu ( )
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To: vaskypilot

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


28 posted on 05/22/2024 4:45:06 PM PDT by matt04 ( )
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To: T Ruth
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.

29 posted on 05/22/2024 4:50:52 PM PDT by BruceS
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To: rfp1234

What?


30 posted on 05/22/2024 4:53:33 PM PDT by Reddy (BO stinks)
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To: T Ruth

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?


31 posted on 05/22/2024 4:53:44 PM PDT by cornfedcowboy ( )
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To: T Ruth

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.


32 posted on 05/22/2024 4:54:07 PM PDT by PubliusMM (RKBA; a matter of fact, not opinion. The Dhimmicraps are ALL Traitors. All of them.)
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To: Alberta's Child

It’s still going to happen


33 posted on 05/22/2024 4:55:13 PM PDT by wny
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To: reg45
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!

34 posted on 05/22/2024 4:55:55 PM PDT by LibertarianLiz
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To: ThePatriotsFlag

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


35 posted on 05/22/2024 4:57:36 PM PDT by Jim Noble (Assez de mensonges et de phrases)
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To: cornfedcowboy

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.


36 posted on 05/22/2024 4:57:55 PM PDT by Reddy (BO stinks)
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To: BruceS

I like the way you think.


37 posted on 05/22/2024 4:58:34 PM PDT by Hieronymus ( )
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To: BigB60

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.


38 posted on 05/22/2024 5:03:40 PM PDT by AndyJackson
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To: Reddy

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...


39 posted on 05/22/2024 5:05:54 PM PDT by rfp1234 (E Porcibus Unum )
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To: ThePatriotsFlag

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


40 posted on 05/22/2024 5:19:36 PM PDT by Jim Noble (Assez de mensonges et de phrases)
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