Ohio lawmakers are moving ahead on a proposal that would ensure President Joe Biden is on the state’s November 2024 ballot.
Vice President Joe Biden campaigns for Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton at the Sinclair Community College Automotive Technology Building, Monday, Oct. 24, 2016, in Dayton, Ohio. COLUMBUS, Ohio—Ohio lawmakers are moving ahead on a proposal that would ensure President Joe Biden is on the state’s November ballot.
The Ohio House is set to vote Wednesday on hastily passed revisions to Senate Bill 92, a long-dormant elections bill, that would resolve a scheduling conflict that Secretary of State Frank LaRose’s office previously warned would keep Biden off the state’s general-election ballot this year. The revisions to SB92 would push back a state deadline to certify presidential candidates for the Nov. 5 general election from Aug. 5 until Aug. 23, according to House Speaker Jason Stephens. LaRose’s chief legal counselthat, unless some sort of action was taken, Biden would violate that deadline because he won’t be formally nominated until the Democratic National Convention is held between Aug. 19-22 in Chicago.
The changes to SB92 would also allow the Democrats to be “a lot more flexible” about how they notify LaRose’s office about Biden’s nomination, said Stephens, a Lawrence County Republican.Plain Dealer has reached out to a spokesman for Senate President Matt Huffman and other Ohio Senate Republicans to see if they support the changes and intend to also vote on them Wednesday. If the revised bill passes the legislature, it would then go to Gov. Mike DeWine’s desk.
As bills signed into law in Ohio don’t take effect for 90 days, LaRose’s office warned that lawmakers only have until this Friday to pass some sort of fix in time for it to take effect by Aug. 5.If you purchase a product or register for an account through a link on our site, we may receive compensation.
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