Ohio, the seventh most populous state in the United States, is facing a unique challenge in getting the sitting president on the ballot for the upcoming election. While the president typically appears on all 50 states' ballots, Ohio's ballot deadline fell before the nomination of Joe Biden at the Democratic National Convention in August.
Unlike Alabama, where Republican legislators changed the law to accommodate the ballot deadline issue, Ohio Republicans have so far refused to take similar action. They have linked the ballot deadline adjustment to an unrelated measure that aims to prohibit foreign funds in statewide ballot initiatives.
