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Trans Ohio House candidate loses appeal, still disqualified for omitting former name
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Leroy N. Soetoro
Jan 19, 2024, 3:02:04 PM1/19/24
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — A transgender candidate disqualified from running
for a seat in Ohio’s House of Representatives will remain off the ballot
after losing her appeal on Tuesday.
The Stark County Board of Elections voted to keep Vanessa Joy from running
as a Democrat in House District 50, a heavily Republican district in the
county, against GOP candidate Matthew Kishman. The board cited little-
known Ohio law that a candidate must provide any name changes within the
last five years to qualify for the ballot.
“A can of worms has been opened and unfortunately I find myself at the
center of it,” Joy said. “This unknown law that came out of nowhere is
what disqualified me.”
Joy had legally changed her name and birth certificate in 2022, which she
said she provided to the board for the March 19 primary. To provide her
former name, Joy said, would be to use her deadname, a term used by the
trans community to refer to the name given at birth, not one they chose
that aligns with their gender identity.
While Joy said she agrees with “the spirit of the law” and understands how
it would prevent bad actors from running for office, she said the measure
creates a barrier for trans people who want to run for office and may not
want to share their deadname.
“Our dead names are just that — they’re dead,” she said. “They’re things
that are gone and buried. It’s like somebody bringing up your kid that has
been killed in a horrible violent way and talking about it all the time.”
Joy noted that a 33-page Ohio candidate requirement guide outlines rules
for those who wish to run, but does not directly list the name-change law.
A few exceptions are built into the law, like not applying to a change of
name because of marriage or to a candidate who has once complied with the
law and who has previously been elected.
“With the trans community, this law is unintentionally discriminatory
against us,” Joy said.
Other Ohio law prohibits Joy from running as a write-in candidate. So, it
is highly unlikely she will be running in her district’s upcoming
election, leaving the Republican candidate uncontested.
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — A transgender candidate disqualified from running
for a seat in Ohio’s House of Representatives will remain off the ballot
after losing her appeal on Tuesday.
The Stark County Board of Elections voted to keep Vanessa Joy from running
as a Democrat in House District 50, a heavily Republican district in the
county, against GOP candidate Matthew Kishman. The board cited little-
known Ohio law that a candidate must provide any name changes within the
last five years to qualify for the ballot.
“A can of worms has been opened and unfortunately I find myself at the
center of it,” Joy said. “This unknown law that came out of nowhere is
what disqualified me.”
Joy had legally changed her name and birth certificate in 2022, which she
said she provided to the board for the March 19 primary. To provide her
former name, Joy said, would be to use her deadname, a term used by the
trans community to refer to the name given at birth, not one they chose
that aligns with their gender identity.
While Joy said she agrees with “the spirit of the law” and understands how
it would prevent bad actors from running for office, she said the measure
creates a barrier for trans people who want to run for office and may not
want to share their deadname.
“Our dead names are just that — they’re dead,” she said. “They’re things
that are gone and buried. It’s like somebody bringing up your kid that has
been killed in a horrible violent way and talking about it all the time.”
Joy noted that a 33-page Ohio candidate requirement guide outlines rules
for those who wish to run, but does not directly list the name-change law.
A few exceptions are built into the law, like not applying to a change of
name because of marriage or to a candidate who has once complied with the
law and who has previously been elected.
“With the trans community, this law is unintentionally discriminatory
against us,” Joy said.
Other Ohio law prohibits Joy from running as a write-in candidate. So, it
is highly unlikely she will be running in her district’s upcoming
election, leaving the Republican candidate uncontested.
--
We live in a time where intelligent people are being silenced so that
stupid people won't be offended.
Durham Report: The FBI has an integrity problem. It has none.
No collusion - Special Counsel Robert Swan Mueller III, March 2019.
Officially made Nancy Pelosi a two-time impeachment loser.
Thank you for cleaning up the disaster of the 2008-2017 Obama / Biden
fiasco, President Trump.
Under Barack Obama's leadership, the United States of America became the
The World According To Garp. Obama sold out heterosexuals for Hollywood
queer liberal democrat donors.
President Trump boosted the economy, reduced illegal invasions, appointed
dozens of judges and three SCOTUS justices.
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