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Joe Biden will probably be left off the ballot after the state legislature refuses to bail out the Democrats who decided their wants superseded any state election law. 

They scheduled their convention for August 19–22, well past this cutoff date, to be able to get on the ballot.

This really won’t affect the presidential election since Biden has no chance of winning the state.

However, it could have a major impact in the race for the US Senate since Biden will not be there.

Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose said:

“I’ve said from here to Colorado that it’s in the best interest of voters to have a choice in the race for president. I’m also duty-bound to follow the law as Ohio’s chief elections officer.”

“As it stands today, the Democratic Party’s presidential nominee will not be on the Ohio ballot. That is not my choice. It’s due to a conflict in the law created by the party, and the party has so far offered no legally acceptable remedy,”

“The Ohio House speaker said today there won’t be a legislative solution, so I’ve sent a letter to [Ohio Dems] chair seeking (again) a solution that upholds the law and respects the voters. I trust they’ll act quickly.”

With a legislative remedy taken off the table, I must remind you that the deadline is fast approaching, and the matter remains unresolved. Unless your party plans to comply with the statutory deadline, I am duty-bound to instruct boards of elections to begin preparing ballots that do not include the Democratic Party’s nominees for president and vice president of the United States.

Let me be clear that this is not an action I wish to take, as I believe it to be in the best interest of Ohio voters to have a choice between at least the two major party candidates for the nation’s highest political office. Unfortunately, however, the Ohio House of Representatives has refused to act, and the Democratic Party has so far offered no legally acceptable remedy.

As the Ohio Attorney General’s office has advised my office, the Democratic Party’s offer to submit a “provisional certification” by the statutory deadline “simply is not provided for by law,” and “there is no provision in Ohio’s Election Code that would permit the Secretary to provide the Democratic Party with an alternative process” to the one required in statute.