Ohio actually has a law that says if you legally change your name within the last 5 years, it has to be on the petition. In the article it mentions that there is no place for a previous name (dead name in this instance) on the petition, and the Secretary of State’s candidate guide doesn’t mention this requirement at all.
Apparently other trans candidates had their petitions accepted with no problem.
Not only is there nowhere to put it on the petition, but it isn’t included in the secretary of state’s 2024 candidate guide. It hasn’t been on any candidate guides in recent years.
WEWS/OCJ reached out to the office with numerous clarifying questions, like why the name change isn’t included in the 33-page guide, but did not hear back.
So. They couldn’t find anyone else that had to do it, even other candidates who transitioned…
The form doesn’t even have a place for it…
And the 33 page guide doesn’t mention it…
So why is it an issue here?
I feel like this part is the real reason:
Joy is also the stepdaughter of state Rep. Bill Roemer (R-Richfield), but the two do not have a relationship and have never met. Although the Republican hasn’t sponsored or cosponsored legislation impacting the trans community, he has voted in favor of legislation banning trans youth from having gender-affirming care and participating in athletics. He is one of the Republicans she wants to fight back against.
It’s an issue because some asshat at her local county board of elections wanted to make an example of her.
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From the article you’re commenting on:
At least two of the other trans candidates running also didn’t know the law, and didn’t include their dead names, but both were certified by their boards
From my comment your replying to:
The form doesn’t even have a place for it…
And the 33 page guide doesn’t mention it…
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I don’t think me explaining again will help, but I do know one way to never get roped into this exchange again.
Seeing “There is no record of this comment” after this loser tries to spread more bullshit somewhere else will feel so liberating
Die, transphobe fuck
Fucking love it.
Only response these shit heaps should get other than violence.
You’re scum.
Seeing how you immediately suspect someone of lying rather than simply misunderstanding something speaks volumes to the the objective fact that you are a moron.
The anger in your response and the fact that you feel the need to literally insult someone indicates that you feel very insecure on this subject and don’t have arguments to back up your position.
Illiterate dumbass
Jump off a cliff.
I hope she does appeal this. Considering it is selectively enforced it looks very descriminatory. Especially with Ohio being so very anti-trans right now.
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Where’s the box the name is supposed to be put in then if the law says it is supposed to be on the form?
Probably in the same place other trans candidates found it.
If you’d have read the article, you’d know that the other trans people submitted their petitions without their dead names and they were accepted.
Imagine being this big of a fucking dildo.
The downvotes here betray the echo chamber.
I feel like @derphurr has pretty strong opinions on this for whatever reason. I’m on my phone during my lunch break, so I’m not gonna look into the matter to decide if they’re right. But the emotional responses make me pause and question whether they’re (the responses) rational. It’s a troubling vibe.
What escapes dickwads like derphurr is that the law is not the same as justice. People aren’t arguing that the law doesn’t require the disclosure. They are arguing that this case is different because it’s a person who transitioned and that being required to out oneself as trans in order to run for office is a very different requirement than being forced to reveal your old name. The law is not just, and of course it was written without any consideration of trans people - much like the 2nd amendment was written without the remotest concept of what a single person can do to an elementary school with an AR-15. It’s perfectly possible to argue that the law should be enforced until it is changed while acknowledging that it’s unfair. But that would require empathy. And not being an asshole.
Excellent take. I appreciate your taking the time to ponder and respond.
Yeah he’s got some feelings
I have that person blocked now because…JFC…but directly from the article:
At least two of the other trans candidates running also didn’t know the law, and didn’t include their dead names, but both were certified by their boards.
So it seems rather selective.
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Well, you stated it, end of discussion!
Except wait, no.
The other candidates were certified. This candidate was not. That is selective. I have stated it.
There is a difference between selective enforcement and incomplete enforcement. The drunk police officer not being asked to do a breathalyzer test after an accident causing death is selective enforcement. Uncle Bob driving home drunk without incident not being arrested is incomplete enforcement.
I don’t claim to know the intent or knowledge of the people who did and didn’t enforce this requirement, and I can see where this would be more troubling for a trans person than it would be for some unfortunate soul whose parents decided to name their child Daisy Duke after the show was aired, but this situation brings a number of things to light.
This requirement isn’t completely unreasonable, though. It would be reasonable to have a requirement like this so people can’t hide their notoriety in what is to some degree a popularity contest. And if the previous name is posted on ballots, this would mean the voting information would be different had the forms been filled out correctly (I don’t know if this is a requirement in Ohio, and I can’t be bothered to find out for a place where I don’t expect I’ll ever have a right to vote). If she was barred from running again because of this, this would be particularly egregious, and could also give an advantage to candidates with deeper pockets.
The fact that you begin almost every post by aggressively calling people liars is half of your problem. You’re not simply correcting a misconception or misunderstanding, you’re also being a massive dick for no reason. You lost any claim to impartiality when you started. Fucking. Posting. Like. This.
So yeah, you absolutely come across as someone with an agenda.
Even if you’re not ‘stating opinions’ you seem to feel strongly about this. I think the law should be interpreted reasonably and In this case I think it’s fairly obvious there wasn’t any attempt to deceive anyone, the paperwork just wasn’t very clear on the requirements. It’s also a very simple problem to solve.
You appear to want to uphold the law in this particular instance, though, which is what makes you come off as a transphobe. Just trying to explain the negative reactions you’re (rightfully) getting if you are genuinely confused.
Will they really though?
You’re pathetic.
I wonder how Nikki Nimrod Haley’s name would appear on ballot in Ohio primaries
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Shocker you jump to her defense. Get the fuck off Lemmy.
Jim crow laws meet jane mockingbird laws.
There is an exception that says the law doesn’t apply to marriage name changes, but since it isn’t well-known, WEWS/OCJ checked with dozens of lawmakers anyway. WEWS/OCJ asked married lawmakers if they had any issues when they changed their names, but all had been married for longer than five years.
Leaving out the policy in the instructions is bullshit, but the article mentions the exception for marriage changes.
edit: this is answering a question OP originally had on the post
Yeah I honestly skimmed the article before I posted and then saw that later. I edited after I noticed the mistake. Mea culpa.
No worries, I just had to throw that edit on there so I didn’t get brigaded by people mad at me for bringing it up for no apparent reason.
Thank God they’ve prevented her running. Imagine if she’d won!
It would have caused rampant inflation, fundamentally undermined democracy, accelerated the timeline of the climate apocalypse, increased school shootings, made health insurance prohibitively expensive, made the US have a poorly performing healthcare system despite outspending other developed countries up to 4 times, caused rampant immigration, and cost tens of thousands of jobs.
Glad Ohio has it’s priorities in order!
You forgot “gerrymandered the fuck out of this shithole state” but you’re spot on with regards to the rest.
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- Trans person gets denied election rights for a minor bureaucratic mistake on the form.
- Everyone: “this is so unfair.”
- Some commenter: “it seems the law is just being strictly followed in this case, here’s a link to the law.”
- Everyone: “You’re so transphobic, get cancelled”
- Another random commenter: “I now blocked them”.
I mean defending blatant transphobia is inherently transphobic.
Yeah you can argue that the law is just being followed but the point is it’s only being followed because the person is trans.
