Ohio refuses to reconsider disqualification of trans state House candidate

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Ohio refuses to reconsider disqualification of trans state House candidate

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https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/01/24/ohio-refuse-revisit-disqualifcation-trans-candidate-deadname/

Jan 24 Written by Eleanor Noyce in the Pink News

An Ohio board is upholding its decision to disqualify a trans state House candidate who refused to disclose her deadname – even though others have been cleared.

Vanessa Joy, an estate agent photographer from Massillon, did not list her deadname on the petitions used to collect signatures for a place on the ballot. Currently, the state law dictates that candidates need to disclose any changes they've made to their name in the past five years on the petition, though alterations related to marriage are excluded from the policy.

Notably, the legal technicality isn't listed in the 33-page requirement guide issued to candidates, and trans candidates Bobbie Arnold of Preble County and Arienne Childrey of Auglaize County were granted permission to run earlier this month.

Joy is now campaigning to change the Ohio law before November, when Childrey or Arnold would see the results of the ballot - but they could face being kicked out of office if she doesn't succeed.

"I'm out of the race, but I'm not out of the fight," Joy told the Associated Press.
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