The Legal Affairs Director for the Ohio Secretary of State, Laurel Beatty, has scheduled a June 5 meeting, to discuss emergency regulations on how new political parties qualify for the ballot. The old law was declared unconstitutional last year. No bills are pending in the legislature to replace the old law. Therefore, the Secretary of State will probably draw up a regulation for a temporary replacement for the old law. The old law required a petition signed by 1% of the last vote cast, due 4 months before the primary. The 6th circuit determined that it is too harsh, given that no groups had used it since 2000.