Andrew Yang has launched a write-in campaign for the Ohio Democratic primary in March after failing to fully comply with the state's ballot access laws.
Frank LaRose, the state's secretary of state, said in a statement on Saturday that Yang failed to qualify for the ballot because"petition forms must be submitted complete with a statement from the candidate stating their intention to run." The Yang campaign,"by their own admission," LaRose said, did not do that.
Read MoreYang called the mistake a"setback.""My campaign submitted nearly three times the amount of signatures needed, virtually ensuring I would be on the ballot in Ohio," Yang said."Nevertheless, because of a bureaucratic paperwork issue caused by an awkwardly-worded law, nearly 3,000 Ohioans' First Amendment rights have been denied.
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