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Ohio transgender candidate disqualified for only including legal name, not former name, on petitions (ohiocapitaljournal.com)

submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by stinerman@midwest.social to c/ohio@midwest.social

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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.

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[–] lingh0e@sh.itjust.works 15 points 10 months ago

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.