"Ohio Transgender Candidates Overcome Legal Hurdles to Secure Ballot Access"

Transgender candidates running for state office in Ohio are facing potential disqualification from the ballot for failing to disclose their "deadnames," the names they had before their transition, on election paperwork, due to an obscure state law. Several Democratic candidates argue that the law is being weaponized against them and have faced ballot access issues as a result. While some candidates have been cleared to run, others have been disqualified, leading to calls for the law to be amended to ensure transgender candidates are not unfairly disqualified.