On September 12, U.S. District Court Judge George C. Smith, of Columbus, Ohio, refused to grant an injunction putting Charlie Morrison on the ballot as an independent candidate for U.S. House, 15th district. Morrison is appealing.

He turned in enough valid signatures, but he was kept off the ballot because he had run for Republican Party committee member in this year’s primary, and had also voted in this year’s primary. Ohio does not have registration by party, and the law is vague about who may or may not qualify to be an independent candidate. Ironically, the Green Party nominee for Governor of Ohio this year also voted in a major party primary, and he is on the ballot as an independent candidate. No one challenged his ballot status.