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 county board in Ohio has refused to reconsider the disqualification of a transgender state House candidate who omitted her former name from circulating petitions, even as other transgender candidates have been cleared for the ballot. The Stark County Board of Elections said in a statement Friday that it stands by its decision to disqualify Vanessa Joy, a real estate photographer from Massillon, Ohio, because she did not put a name that no longer aligns with her gender identity — also referred to as a deadname — on the petitions used to gather signatures to get on the ballot. State law mandates that candidates disclose any name changes from the past five years on their petitions, with exemptions for changes resulting from marriage.
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