A transgender woman running for an Ohio House seat has been disqualified for failing to disclose her former name on petitions circulated to voters, in violation of a seldom-enforced state law.
Local election officials informed Vanessa Joy, who hoped to run as a Democrat for Ohio House District 50, that she was not eligible to do so, despite having collected the signatures necessary to run.
Joy sought to run in a firmly Republican district covering Stark County, just south of Akron.
Did Ted Cruz have to put his birth name (Rafael) on ballots?
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It’s all Ohio. Always has been.
BIG if true!!
Not as big as if Ohio was in Texas. It’s the rule.
America has only three cities: New York, San Francisco, and New Orleans. Everywhere else is Cleveland.
Would have picked Los Angeles over New Orleans
Take it up with Tennessee Williams.