Ohio transgender candidate disqualified for only including legal name, not former name, on petitions - Ohio Capital Journal
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A transgender candidate for the Ohio House has been disqualified because she only circulated petitions with her legal name, instead of her former name — and it has put multiple other LGBTQ+ candidates in flux.

Ohio actually has a law that says if you legally change your name within the last 5 years, it has to be on the petition. In the article it mentions that there is no place for a previous name (dead name in this instance) on the petition, and the Secretary of State’s candidate guide doesn’t mention this requirement at all.

Apparently other trans candidates had their petitions accepted with no problem.

  • @derphurr
    -30•11 months ago

    Note: Any former names that have been declared or submitted in accordance with R.C. 3513.06 or R.C. 3513.271 shall be printed on the ballot in parenthesis directly below the present name of such person. (R.C. 3505.02) For example: Frank J. Thomas (John Francis Thomason)

    A candidate’s nickname may be printed on the ballot if the nickname is a natural derivative of the candidate’s legal name.

    Nimrata Nikki Haley

    She can use married name. It’s not clear if Ohio should allow her to use middle name because Nikki is not nickname for first name.