05-09-2024, 04:16 PM
Glad to see they are moving to allow Joe Biden on the ballot to let the people decide.
Need move of our elected leaders coming together like this in common sense for the good of the country.
https://ohiocapitaljournal.com/2024/05/09/ohio-lawmakers-insist-biden-will-be-on-novembers-ballot-but-theyre-fuzzy-on-details/
In a surprise move, the Ohio House decided not to take up legislation to ensure President Joe Biden appears on the November ballot in Ohio.
But elected leaders from both parties insist Biden will appear on voters’ ballots. They have said so many times. But the thing is, they’re not exactly sure how, and an obscure provision in state law gives them a deadline they may not be able to meet.
Ohio law provides that political parties must certify their candidates with the Secretary of State “on or before” the 90th day prior to an election. The Democratic National Convention, the meeting at which the party will officially nominate Biden, won’t happen until August 22 — 75 days prior to the election.
This week, lawmakers hammered out two competing proposals, one in the House and one in the Senate, that would push that deadline to 74 days instead.
But because laws passed without an emergency clause don’t take effect for 90 days, lawmakers inadvertently gave themselves a deadline of May 9 to get the measure signed, sealed and delivered.
At the eleventh hour, the House and Senate were still wrangling over which bill should serve as the vehicle for passage. The Senate approved its bill and adjourned, but unrelated amendments soured some House members – mostly Democrats – on the proposal.
Need move of our elected leaders coming together like this in common sense for the good of the country.
https://ohiocapitaljournal.com/2024/05/09/ohio-lawmakers-insist-biden-will-be-on-novembers-ballot-but-theyre-fuzzy-on-details/
In a surprise move, the Ohio House decided not to take up legislation to ensure President Joe Biden appears on the November ballot in Ohio.
But elected leaders from both parties insist Biden will appear on voters’ ballots. They have said so many times. But the thing is, they’re not exactly sure how, and an obscure provision in state law gives them a deadline they may not be able to meet.
Ohio law provides that political parties must certify their candidates with the Secretary of State “on or before” the 90th day prior to an election. The Democratic National Convention, the meeting at which the party will officially nominate Biden, won’t happen until August 22 — 75 days prior to the election.
This week, lawmakers hammered out two competing proposals, one in the House and one in the Senate, that would push that deadline to 74 days instead.
But because laws passed without an emergency clause don’t take effect for 90 days, lawmakers inadvertently gave themselves a deadline of May 9 to get the measure signed, sealed and delivered.
At the eleventh hour, the House and Senate were still wrangling over which bill should serve as the vehicle for passage. The Senate approved its bill and adjourned, but unrelated amendments soured some House members – mostly Democrats – on the proposal.
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