Democrats are finally getting a taste of their own medicine in the state of Ohio.
Joe Biden’s ballot eligibility is now under fire in Ohio due to a scheduling conflict between the DNC nomination process and Ohio’s laws.
The DNC’s sham nomination will take place on August 19th, but Ohio requires Presidential candidates to be certified no later than August 7.
There are now three ways this can go: the DNC can alter the date for their nomination conference, or Ohio can ignore or bend its election rules—something that has become all too common.
The final potential scenario is that neither Ohio nor the DNC budge and Biden is kept off the ballot in Ohio.
Conservative Brief shared this statement from legal counsel to the Ohio Secretary of State Paul DiSantis:
“I am left to conclude that the Democratic National Committee must either move up its nominating convention or the Ohio General Assembly must act by May 9, 2024 (90 days prior to a new law’s effective date) to create an exception to this statutory requirement.”
https://twitter.com/ConservBrief/status/1776640168516022437
Could Biden be left off a swing state ballot? The irony 🤌🏼
The DNC is set for 8/19. Ohio’s deadline to certify the presidential candidate is 8/7.
They must either move up the entire convention or the Ohio General Assembly must act by May 9 to make an exception to the rule. pic.twitter.com/i1iOm0dvrr
— Tayyy (@tayjoness) April 6, 2024
ABC News offered this statement from a Biden campaign spokesperson and explained:
Ohio, a former battleground state, has shifted right in recent years.
They elected former President Donald Trump by eight points in both 2016 and 2020.
“We’re monitoring the situation in Ohio and we’re confident that Joe Biden will be on the ballot in all 50 states,” a Biden campaign spokesperson confirmed to ABC News.
Amuse asked: “Unless the DNC moves up its Ohio primary or Ohio changes state law Biden will NOT appear on the November ballot. Who will blink first? Will Biden relent and hold his uncontested primary early or will he wait to see if the GOP legislature will change the law?”
SHOCK: Unless the DNC moves up its Ohio primary or Ohio changes state law Biden will NOT appear on the November ballot. Who will blink first? Will Biden relent and hold his uncontested primary early or will he wait to see if the GOP legislature will change the law?
— @amuse (@amuse) April 6, 2024
🤣😂🤣 they had ONE job lol!!!
Biden may have trouble getting on Ohio’s general election ballot, state's top elections official warns https://t.co/hhpkJXTR22
— Rie (@DesertRie) April 6, 2024
NBC News revealed:
In the note, LaRose goes on to say that the oversight can be rectified in two ways: either by the Democratic Party moving up its nominating convention or by getting the Ohio state legislature to “create an exemption to this statutory requirement” by May 9, which is 90 days before a new law’s effective date.
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