Ohio governor calls special session to pass legislation ensuring President Biden is on 2024 ballot
By The Associated Press on May 23, 2024.
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – Ohio’s Republican Gov. Mike DeWine said Thursday that he is calling a special session of the General Assembly next week to pass legislation ensuring President Joe Biden is on the state’s 2024 ballot. The question of whether Biden will appear on the fall ballot has become entangled in a partisan legislative fight to keep foreign money out of state ballot campaigns, a year after cash tied to a Swiss billionaire boosted a successful effort to enshrine abortion rights in the solidly red state’s constitution. 3-2
