Gov. DeWine signs bill to allow President Biden to appear on Ohio’s fall ballot

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WTVG) – Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine on Sunday announced he’s signed a pair of bills passed by the state legislature in a special session, including one that will allow President Joe Biden to appear on the state’s general election ballot in November.

Democrats scheduled their national convention after a deadline set in state law for parties to nominate their candidate for president. The bill DeWine signed Sunday tweaks that deadline to allow Biden to appear on the ballot.

DeWine called the special session – the first in Ohio in 20 years – after lawmakers failed repeatedly to send him a bill to address the problem.

In exchange for helping Democrats get their nominee on the fall ballot, Republicans passed a bill to ban foreign money in ballot issue campaigns. Democrats opposed that bill because it allows the Attorney General to investigate campaign contribution campaigns instead of the independent Ohio Elections Commission.

Just before the start of the special session, Democrats announced a plan to nominate President Biden virtually to meet Ohio’s ballot deadline. It’s unclear if that process will still happen after DeWine signed the legislation temporarily adjusting the state’s law.

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