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

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.

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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.

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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.”

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SNOWFLAKE said:

Should still smell as sweet. Apparently NOT in Ohio.

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

A transgender candidate in Ohio was disqualified from the state ballot for omitting her former name

https://apnews.com/article/transgender-candidate-disqualified-ohio-election-a7b7b5837e21ac9d6b12c1ec54598157 COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Despite receiving enough signatures to appear on the ballot, a transgender woman has been disqualified from an Ohio House race because she omitted her previous...

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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:

Transgender candidate facing disqualification now cleared to run despite omitting deadname

An 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.

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Of course, one COULD argue, transgenders should never be allowed on a ballot in the first place, right? Right??

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VySky said:

There’s already a thread on this.

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SNOWFLAKE said:

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

A transgender candidate in Ohio was disqualified from the state ballot for omitting her former name

https://apnews.com/article/transgender-candidate-disqualified-ohio-election-a7b7b5837e21ac9d6b12c1ec54598157 COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Despite receiving enough signatures to appear on the ballot, a transgender woman has been disqualified from an Ohio House race because she omitted her previous...

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ASHES said:

Did you read

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ASHES said:

the actual post you quoted?

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ASHES said:

Did you read the actual post you quoted?

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VySky said:

Do you know what today is?

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ASHES said:

The day you didn't see the other thread was linked in the OP before you said there was already a thread.

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VySky said:

There’s already a thread on the thread.

You aren’t very good at this are you?

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VySky said:

There’s already a thread on the thread.

You aren’t very good at this are you?

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ASHES said:

Did you read the actual post you quoted?

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Airyaman said:

You do realize that the OP linked to the thread you are talking about, right?

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