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.

    • @Municipal0379
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      96 months ago

      I don’t think Ohio is in Texas.

      BIG if true!!

      • @PwnTra1n
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        36 months ago

        Not as big as if Ohio was in Texas. It’s the rule.

    • JWBananas
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      46 months ago

      America has only three cities: New York, San Francisco, and New Orleans. Everywhere else is Cleveland.