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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    911 months ago

    I don’t think Ohio is in Texas.

    BIG if true!!

    • @PwnTra1n
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      311 months ago

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