A Libertarian candidate for the Ohio legislature failed to get on the Libertarian primary ballot because his petition (which needed 25 valid signatures, and which obtained them) is deficient. The date of the election was not filled out. See the story. Thanks to Carter Momberger for the link.
The candidate, Robert E. Waters, is still free to be a write-in candidate in the primary.
How about a spellchecker type program for petitions ???
Here in CT if your name is Joe Leiberman you can neglect to sign your paperwork and that is OK.
I suppose they would rule him off the ballot in Ohio if he failed to cross the Ts in his name too. And forget that period after the initial either. Did someone say that a bureaucrat is just a bigot about grammar and spelling? If not, I just did.