Ohio’s deadline for presidential candidates is 90 days before the election.
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine said Tuesday that both President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump are going to be on the state’s ballot this November.
Ohio law and the timing of the Democratic National Convention raised concerns for Ohio officials that Biden’s name could be left off the ballot due to a technicality.
Secretary of State Frank LaRose’s office sent a letter to Democratic officials earlier this month warning that there is an Aug. 7 deadline to certify a presidential candidate. The Democratic National Convention isn’t scheduled to convene until Aug. 19, more than a week after Ohio’s deadline.
According to the letter, Ohio Revised Code 3505.10(B)(1) required the general election ballot to include presidential candidates certified to this office who were “…[n]ominated by the national convention of a political party to which delegates and alternates were elected in this state at the next …