Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine has signed a measure to ensure President Joe Biden will appear on the state ballot in November.

DeWine, a Republican, signed the measure — which relaxes a state candidate filing deadline — Sunday along with a related bill that imposes a ban on foreign nationals contributing to state ballot campaigns. Both will take effect Aug. 31.

The Republican-dominated Legislature had approved the two measures last week during a rare special session. The contribution ban had been demanded by the Senate, which approved the measures Friday, a day after the House passed them.

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    5 months ago

    There would have been a vocal minority on the right wing pissing and moaning about it on fox, but I don’t think the expectation would be that this hypothetical governor would deliberately obstruct.

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      5 months ago

      Yeah I was referring to the hemming and hawing from the sidelines, especially from the birther crowd in Congress and right-wing media.