COLUMBUS, Ohio — Gov. Mike DeWine said Tuesday that changes are needed to ensure that transgender legislative candidates aren’t kept off the ballot for not listing their “deadnames” on their campaign paperwork.
However, DeWine said during a meeting with The Plain Dealer/cleveland.com editorial board that he wasn’t exactly sure how to better ensure that would-be candidates comply with the little-known law, which requires political applicants to state on their declaration of candidacy any prior names they’ve used in the past five years.
