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A rose by any other name............

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Should still smell as sweet. Apparently NOT in Ohio.

This is a follow up thread to a similar story that had been posted:

In this case:

Transgender candidate facing disqualification now cleared to run despite omitting deadname

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A transgender candidate vying for a seat in the Republican-majority Ohio House was cleared to run Thursday after her certification had been called into question for omitting her former name on qualifying petitions as required by a little-used Ohio elections law.

The Mercer County Board of Elections chose not take up a vote on disqualifying Arienne Childrey, a Democrat from Auglaize County who is one of four transgender individuals campaigning for the Legislature, for not disclosing her previous name — also known as her deadname — on petition paperwork.

Childrey, who legally changed her name in 2020, said she would have provided her deadname if she had known about the law.
Now for those of you out there who will say "the law is the law" and she didn't follow it, read on:
The Ohio law, unfamiliar even to many state elections officials, mandates that candidates disclose any name changes in the past five years on their petition paperwork, with exemptions for name changes caused by marriage. But the law isn't listed in the 33-page candidate requirement guide and there is no space on the petition paperwork to list any former names.
But Republican Gov. Mike DeWine said Tuesday that the law should be amended and that the county boards should stop disqualifying transgender candidates on these grounds. DeWine did not say how it might be amended.

“We shouldn’t be denying ballot access for that reason,” the governor told Cleveland.com’s editorial board. “It certainly should be fixed.”
Of course, one COULD argue, transgenders should never be allowed on a ballot in the first place, right? Right??
 
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Should still smell as sweet. Apparently NOT in Ohio.

This is a follow up thread to a similar story that had been posted:

In this case:

Transgender candidate facing disqualification now cleared to run despite omitting deadname


Now for those of you out there who will say "the law is the law" and she didn't follow it, read on:


Of course, one COULD argue, transgenders should never be allowed on a ballot in the first place, right? Right??
There’s already a thread on this.
 
There’s already a thread on this.
Did you read the actual post you quoted?

This is a follow up thread to a similar story that had been posted:
 
Do you know what today is?
The day you didn't see the other thread was linked in the OP before you said there was already a thread.
 
The day you didn't see the other thread was linked in the OP before you said there was already a thread.
There’s already a thread on the thread.

You aren’t very good at this are you?
 
There’s already a thread on the thread.

You aren’t very good at this are you?
So you still haven't read the post you quoted. One of those days.
 
There’s already a thread on the thread.

You aren’t very good at this are you?
You do realize that the OP linked to the thread you are talking about, right?

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