Biden could be left off Ohio ballot in November, state election office says
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President Joe Biden could be left off the ballot in Ohio in November, unless the GOP-led state legislature makes an exception to Ohio's ballot deadline or the Democratic Party moves up its nominating convention, according to the Ohio secretary of state's office.
Ohio set a deadline of Aug. 7 to certify presidential candidates for the general election, almost two weeks before the Democratic National Convention, where Mr. Biden is expected to be formally nominated by his party to run against presumptive GOP nominee former President Donald Trump. It is unlikely that the party would shift the date of the convention.
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