On November 18, Ohio will hold a special U.S. House election in the 11th district, to fill the vacancy caused by the death earlier this year of Stephanie Tubbs Jones. The ballot in the special election will contain only one name, that of Democratic nominee Marcia Fudge.
One independent candidate submitted a petition to be on the ballot in that election. He is James Germalic. The law required him to submit 750 valid signatures by October 13. He submitted 1,385 signatures, but he was told that only 487 of his signatures were valid. Ohio consistently has the lowest petition validity of any state in the nation. Germalic says his circulators were careful to avoid obtaining signatures from people who don’t live in the district. The biggest problem seemed to be that so many voters have moved since they last registered to vote. They sign the petition showing their current address, but that address doesn’t match the voter registration records, and the signature is then invalid.
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Is Tubbs-Jones on the general election ballot on the 4th?
Hugh,
No she is not. The ODP was able to replace her with Ms. Fudge. The district is majority black and is therefore highly Democratic. She’s all but won.
There are a couple of write-in candidates for this seat in the November 18 election. In fact, while at the gas station yestrday, I saw a stack of glossy leaflets on the counter, promoting the candidacy of Craig Willis, a former Cleveland Councilman, who is running as a write in candidate.