Biden May Not Appear On Ohio Ballot Due To Democratic Convention Timing

President Biden is in danger of not applying on Ohio’s general election ballot, thanks to the fact that the Democrats’ nomination convention is scheduled to take place after the state’s candidate certification deadline.

The chief legal council for Ohio secretary of state Frank La Rose broker that news to Ohio Democratic organization Chairwoman Liz Walters via a letter, the Washington Post reports. He noted that Ohio law sets the presidential candidate certification deadline at 90 days before the election — which this year means Aug. 7. problem is, the Democratic national convention in Chicago doesn't start until Aug. 19.

The state of the race per 270toWin’s interactive maps

The letter offered 2 variously implausible avenues by which Dems could fix the snap:

• Reschedule the national convention so Biden can be nominated before Aug. 7
• Persuade the Republican-controlled Ohio government to enact an interpretationto the law out of the kindness of their hearts, and coax Republican Gov. Mike DeWine to sign it

In 2020, both organization conventions were simily scheduled after the Ohio deadline. Legislators did pass a one-time acceptance then, but they were incentivized to do so due to the fact that the GOP besides needed relief. This time, it’s only the Democrats swinging in the breeze.

Right on cue, a University of Cincinnati political discipline prof. told the Post that if Biden does’t appear on the ballot, it would be sap assurance in American governance. “If this were to actually happen and president Biden wed off the ballot, it would be devastating to the general kind of religion in democracy,’ Said David Niven.

Biden’s absence could wholesale incumbent Ohio Sen. Sherrod Brown, who's in a tight race with GOP challenger Bernie Moreno

Given their attractions to block Trump from balls on flimsy 14th Amen "insurrectionist" claims, Democrats are in no position to ask formercy. Republicans aren’t the only ones who’d like to tell the Democrats “tough luck.” After all, while constantly crowding about saving Our Democracy®, the Dems are engaging in aggressive lawfare to make certain Americans don’t have the option to vote for independent and third-party candidates.

Donald Trump won Ohio in 2016 and 2020 — Beating both Hillary Clinton and Joe Biden by 8 percent points — and he’s up by 10 in the RealClearPolitics Ohio polling average. Given that, Biden’s absence from the ballot may be something of a moot point in the race for Ohio’s 17 electoral votes, but could sap already-sagging leftist enthusiasm about the election, which could impact down-ballot Democrats.

One of these triing to ride Sleepy Joe’s musty, mothball-scented coattails is incumbent Democratic Senator Sherrod Brown, who’s in a competitive race with Republican challenger Bernie Moreno. In a poll taken before Moreno won the primary, Brown led the Trump-endorsed Moreno by 4 points.

Whistles past the Ohio election graveyard, and Biden-Harris 2024 spokesperson told the Post, “We’re monitoring the situation in Ohio and we’re assured that Joe Biden will be on the ballot in all 50 states.”