COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio’s Republican Gov. Mike DeWine said Thursday that he is calling a rare special session of the General Assembly next week to pass legislation ensuring that President Joe Biden is on the state’s 2024 ballot.
The special session was called for Tuesday.
“Ohio is running out of time to get Joe Biden, the sitting President of the United States, on the ballot this fall. Failing to do so is simply unacceptable. This is ridiculous. This is (an) absurd situation,” DeWine said.
So. While this law is relatively new (more than a decade old iirc,) it has required waivers in previous elections already, from both parties. Maybe next time the parties should actually take deadlines like this into consideration when planning their conventions? The deadline is August 7th, so it’s not some implausibly early date, as the Democratic convention is only scheduled like two weeks later. And the deadline hasn’t been a surprise.
I agree they should get a waiver but damn, seems a bit incompetent.
You’ve got it backwards. While there’s several reasons why the conventions shouldn’t be held earlier (such as the possibility of tight primaries and the fact that campaigns need a lot of time to prepare), there’s absolutely no reason why a completely arbitrary deadline can’t be changed.