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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.

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.
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