Robert Hibner News Today

Watch a previous NBC4 report on former Ohio candidate Vanessa Joy in the video player above. COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — A transgender candidate running for a seat in Ohio’s House of Representatives has been cleared to campaign after her certification was called into question for omitting her former legal name. The Mercer County Board of […]

A trio of transgender candidates will remain on the Democratic primary ballot despite not having their deadnames on their election paperwork.

Editor's note: The Mercer County Board of Elections ultimately voted Thursday morning to allow Childrey to stand as the Democratic candidate in Ohio District 84, despite his unlawful omission of his former name.Another Democratic transvestite pursuing political office has been caught flouting Ohio...

“None of us candidates knew about this when we entered the race,” Arienne Childrey, a Democrat who's running for a seat in Ohio's House, told Jezebel.

Arienne Childrey is second trans woman accused of violating a rule requiring people disclose past legal names on election documents

Arienne Childrey is second trans woman accused of violating a rule requiring people disclose past legal names on election documents

Ohio officials deploy an obscure law to prevent two Democratic transgender candidates from running for elected office.

The challenge comes a week after the state removed another trans woman from an Ohio House race ballot because she refused to disclose her dead name.

The challenge comes a week after the state removed another trans woman from an Ohio House race ballot because she refused to disclose her dead name.