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Effort to Keep Biden on the Ballot in Ohio Stalls Out Ahead of Deadline: Ohio’s Republican secretary of state said Legislature had until Thurs to fix procedural issue with President Biden’s nomination (www.nytimes.com)

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[-] criitz@reddthat.com 78 points 6 months ago

What kinda bullshit is this. One guy tries to overthrow the government and somehow it's necessary for the good of the republic to force him onto the ballot, yet these jokers just decide they don't wanna play ball and put the current president on their ballot.

[-] disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago

Republican bullshit. It’s smellier than normal bullshit, and only fertilizes weeds.

[-] Rapidcreek@lemmy.world 57 points 6 months ago

House Minority Leader Allison Russo, D-Upper Arlington said. "I think we've officially sunk lower than Alabama at this point."

[-] Cosmonauticus@lemmy.world 9 points 6 months ago

Can you sink lower than the rock bottom?

[-] AshMan85@lemmy.world 27 points 6 months ago

Sounds like sedition.

[-] BigMacHole@lemm.ee 22 points 6 months ago

I remember when people said we HAD to keep Trump on the Ballot otherwise THIS EXACT SITUATION might happen! Then we kept Trump on the Ballot and this EXACT SITUATION happened anyways!

[-] CoggyMcFee@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago

Trump was kept on the ballot by SCOTUS, not because Democrats decided it’s a bad idea to challenge.

[-] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 9 points 6 months ago

At the heart of the issue is a partisan fight over donations by foreign nationals in support of ballot initiatives in Ohio, which Republicans in the state blamed for the passage last year of a constitutional amendment enshrining access to abortion in the state. Hansjörg Wyss, a Swiss billionaire, is a major donor to one of the progressive groups that campaigned in Ohio in support of the measure, and Republicans supporting the measure have repeatedly singled out Mr. Wyss as a target of the ban.

Republicans in Ohio have said that passing the ban on foreign donations is the price that Democrats will have to pay to ensure that Mr. Biden is on the ballot in the state.

I wondered what the catch on “banning foreign money for ballot initiatives” was. Turns out they’re mad about having to allow women’s health on the ballot. All because of some lousy shifty Swiss person! Ooooooo! shakes fist

Srs tho its just standard state politics stupid stuff. Its not like republiQans haven’t ever skirted election finance laws before. They know it’s just a show.

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