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The state of Ohio has an obscure law, stipulating that in order to be on the ballot in Ohio, a presidential candidate must be certified 90 days before the election. This year that would be Aug 7. The Democrat National Convention this year is not until Aug 19. Meaning the Joe Biden candidacy will miss the Ohio deadline by 2 weeks.
From Fox News:
President Biden may fail to get on Ohio's general election ballot after the state's top election official warned his campaign about missing a key deadline on Friday.
Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose, a Republican, notified top Democratic officials that their party's national convention is scheduled to occur well past the deadline for certifying a presidential candidate in Ohio.
"The Democratic National Convention is scheduled to convene on August 19, 2024, which occurs more than a week after the August 7 deadline to certify a presidential candidate to the office," LaRose wrote to Ohio Democratic Party Chairwoman Liz Walters, according to the letter first obtained by ABC News.
Now I hate deadlines as much as the next guy, and normally I would be willing to entertain a waiver or grace period. But, you know, Democrats have been challenging the RFK campaign on ballot access everywhere he's applied for it. Democrats have used every obscure arcane rule, regulation or practice in the hopes of keeping RFK off the ballot. Under these circumstances, I think Ohio should deny the Biden campaign ballot access. Challenge your rivals to live by the rules, then you should live by them too.
I really just have to ask the Democrats: Whatever happened to basic competence? Listening to a Kamala Harris speech, I worry that dementia is contagious. Has the entire Democrat establishment taken on the traits of their candidate? Angry, belligerent, liars who forget deadlines when scheduling their lives...
I understand why they would think they should push the convention as late as possible in the campaign— limit media scrutiny (not that there would be much). Limit the candidate's schedule. Reduce the number of dates for a possible presidential debate... I really think they'll try to schedule the debates for long after early voting has begun. President Trump should insist that the debates be concluded before any state starts early voting. That way the voters could have the maximum available information for a change.
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Not just Ohio, but there are a handful of states where the deadline is well before the DNC. I saw this somewhere but can't find the link, but there's Alabama (8/15) and a few other states. (I'll search for the link later.)
The story also said that states usually give waivers to the major parties, as Ohio did for both the Dems and Reps a couple of cycles ago. But with the Dems going after DJT's and RFK's ballot access, I don't expect that to happen this year.
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This would be lovely to see.
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