Judge Blocks Ohio Ballot Access Law Provision Regarding State Residency

A federal district judge has permanently blocked an Ohio law requiring petition circulators to be residents. The judge upheld other state imposed limits to ballot access. The ruling upholds a law critics dubbed the "John Kasich Re-Election Protection Act." They say the criteria it set up for third parties to gain and maintain ballot access were intended to help the Republican governor fend off a tea-party challenge last year.  The judge says the Libertarian Party of Ohio failed to prove the law was unconstitutional.

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Jim has been with WCBE since 1996. Before that he worked as a reporter at another Columbus radio station, and for three newspapers in Southwest Florida.