On July 27, Ohio Representative Jim Trakas introduced House Bill 638, which lets candidates who use the independent procedure choose a partisan label. Any short label that doesn’t mimic the name of a fully-qualified party is permitted. Thus, labels such … Continue reading
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On July 14, at the last possible hour, Ohio Secretary of State Ken Blackwell removed Charlie Morrison from the November ballot. Morrison had qualified as an independent candidate for U.S. House in the 15th district (the district now represented by … Continue reading
On July 11, the Summit County, Ohio District Attorney ruled that ballots are a public record. Therefore, declared write-in candidates who were told they got zero write-ins, are free to examine the ballots in their district, to see if elections … Continue reading
The Ohio Secretary of State’s office has determined that both the Green and Libertarian Party gubernatorial candidates have enough valid signatures on their petitions. Each needed 5,000 valid signatures and turned in double that amount. Each will have the label … Continue reading
Ohio state representative Jim Trakas has promised to introduce a bill in the next 10 days to let petitioning candidates choose a partisan label, to be placed on the November ballot next to the name of that candidate. A slight … Continue reading