Ohio transgender candidate disqualified for only including legal name, not former name, on petitions - Ohio Capital Journal
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A transgender candidate for the Ohio House has been disqualified because she only circulated petitions with her legal name, instead of her former name — and it has put multiple other LGBTQ+ candidates in flux.

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.

  • givesomefucks@lemmy.world
    631·
    11 months ago

    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…