McCain not on Ohio ballot?

[Highstreet]

So, I was reading thru my meetup and saw that we got Paul on the ballot. And that NHQ helped us get the petition signatures.

And then I noticed that McCain is not on the list for the 2008 Primary here in Ohio.

(pdf warning)
http://vote.franklincountyohio.gov/boe/assets/pdf/2008/primary/CANDIDATELIST010408.pdf

Here's the Franklin County Board of Elections site it is from:
http://vote.franklincountyohio.gov/boe/index.aspx

Either this should be front page news in NH and everywhere else, because the filing date was Jan. 4th, or McCain doesn't have a chance.

Does anyone know of another route to verify this?

[mexicanpizza]

Fixed PDF link...no McCain??! http://vote.franklincountyohio.gov/boe/assets/pdf/2008/primary/CANDIDATELIST010408.pdf

[all J's in IL for RP]

That's why it's vitally important we keep funding the campaign; so that this never happens to us. I'm checking for verification now.

[Blimp Media Coordinator]

this would be great if true...keep us posted

[Highstreet]

You would think it would be pretty big news if a "major" candidate is not on the ballot in a major state.

[lasenorita]

What?! That's surprising because I'm pretty sure he has campaign staff in the state. And consider his words less than a month ago:


"I think Ohio is going to be a key state not only in the general election, but in the primary as well," said McCain, who was joined on the three-way call by Husted and former senator Mike DeWine, McCain's Ohio campaign chairman.

Source: http://www.anonymz.com/?http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071220/NEWS01/712200403/1077/COL02


Not that I'm complaining. :D

ETA: McCain's official site states that "Ohio Chair Sen Mike DeWine Files McCain Delegate Slate"


U.S. Senator John McCain's presidential campaign announced that Ohio campaign Chair Mike DeWine and Speaker Jon Husted today filed a full slate of 170 delegates and alternate delegates at 11:00 a.m. EST at the Ohio Secretary of State in Columbus.

Source: http://www.anonymz.com/?http://www.johnmccain.com/Informing/News/PressReleases/Read.aspx?guid=1ab41bef-ed85-49d9-8442-7394740d15d2


Maybe they have special privileges or something and have already received validation? \O.o?

[dt_]

they misspelled "Giuliani" in that pdf :P

[romeshomey]

I had heard the same thing from my Columbus meetup group, but then I read this article.


Primary ballot filling up for Ohio voters
Presidential candidates file. Challenges for Supreme Court

By Dennis J. Willard
Beacon Journal Columbus Bureau


Published on Saturday, Jan 05, 2008

COLUMBUS: While the presidential candidates paused long enough to dissect the results of the Iowa caucuses and shifted their attention to New Hampshire, campaign representatives were busy Friday ensuring they would be on the March 4 ballot for Ohio's primary.

Six Democrats and six Republicans running for commander in chief filed signature petitions with Ohio Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner's office before the 4 p.m. deadline.

At the same time, two incumbent associate justices on the Ohio Supreme Court, including former Summit County Prosecutor Maureen O'Connor, are primed to seek re-election against two Democratic challengers to the posts.

Brunner's office will send the petitions to county boards of elections to verify that enough signatures are from registered voters before certifying any names on the March slate.




Ohio voters will not see any surprises among presidential candidates.

U.S. Sens. Barack Obama, D-Illinois, and Hillary Clinton, D-New York, who finished first and third, respectively, in the Iowa caucus, filed papers to be on the ballot in Ohio.

They will be joined by former U.S. Sen. John Edwards from North Carolina, who edged Clinton for second place.

Ohio's Dennis Kucinich, a Cleveland congressman, U.S. Sen. Joseph Biden Jr. of Delaware and New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson round out the list, although reports on Friday indicated Biden might be ending his bid.

On the Republican side, former governors Mike Huckabee from Arkansas and Mitt Romney from Massachusetts are prepared to square off in March, although there's a good chance the nominees will be set by then.

Huckabee pulled off an upset similar to Obama's in the Iowa caucuses on Thursday, but it is too early to tell whether the candidates can use their victories to win upcoming primaries, including Tuesday's New Hampshire contest.

Big-name Republicans John McCain and Rudy Giuliani filed to run in Ohio along with actor Fred Thompson.

McCain and Thompson tied for third in Iowa.

Giuliani, the former New York mayor, witnessed a political rebirth in the aftermath of the 2001 terrorist attacks on the twin towers in New York, but his showing in Iowa was lackluster.

The one-time front-runner finished sixth, behind U.S. Rep. Ron Paul from Texas. Both candidates filed to run in Ohio.

Four candidates on the ballot in Iowa did not file petitions in Ohio, including Democratic U.S. Sen. Chris Dodd of Connecticut, and Republican congressmen Tom Tancredo from Colorado and Duncan Hunter of California.

Democrat Mike Gravel, who last served in the U.S. Senate from Alaska in 1981, indicated on his Web site Friday that reports he was dropping out of the race were incorrect, but he did not file petitions in the Buckeye State.

Although the attention is on the presidential candidates, there are also races for two Supreme Court, 18 U.S. House, 99 Ohio House and 16 Ohio Senate seats.

O'Connor will seek re-election to a six-year term on the court. She was Gov. Bob Taft's running mate in 1998, but decided against running again for lieutenant governor to secure a spot on the court.

She will be challenged by Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Judge Joseph Russo.

Justice Evelyn Stratton will try to win a third term on the court. She was appointed to fill a vacancy by former Gov. George Voinovich in 1996 and won a subsequent election later that year and re-election in 2002.

Stratton is expected to face Cuyahoga County Juvenile Judge Peter Sikora, who has run twice for the high court without success.



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Dennis J. Willard can be reached at 614-224-1613 or dwillard@thebeaconjournal.com.

COLUMBUS: While the presidential candidates paused long enough to dissect the results of the Iowa caucuses and shifted their attention to New Hampshire, campaign representatives were busy Friday ensuring they would be on the March 4 ballot for Ohio's primary.

Six Democrats and six Republicans running for commander in chief filed signature petitions with Ohio Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner's office before the 4 p.m. deadline.

At the same time, two incumbent associate justices on the Ohio Supreme Court, including former Summit County Prosecutor Maureen O'Connor, are primed to seek re-election against two Democratic challengers to the posts.

Brunner's office will send the petitions to county boards of elections to verify that enough signatures are from registered voters before certifying any names on the March slate.




Ohio voters will not see any surprises among presidential candidates.

U.S. Sens. Barack Obama, D-Illinois, and Hillary Clinton, D-New York, who finished first and third, respectively, in the Iowa caucus, filed papers to be on the ballot in Ohio.

They will be joined by former U.S. Sen. John Edwards from North Carolina, who edged Clinton for second place.

Ohio's Dennis Kucinich, a Cleveland congressman, U.S. Sen. Joseph Biden Jr. of Delaware and New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson round out the list, although reports on Friday indicated Biden might be ending his bid.

On the Republican side, former governors Mike Huckabee from Arkansas and Mitt Romney from Massachusetts are prepared to square off in March, although there's a good chance the nominees will be set by then.

Huckabee pulled off an upset similar to Obama's in the Iowa caucuses on Thursday, but it is too early to tell whether the candidates can use their victories to win upcoming primaries, including Tuesday's New Hampshire contest.

Big-name Republicans John McCain and Rudy Giuliani filed to run in Ohio along with actor Fred Thompson.

McCain and Thompson tied for third in Iowa.

Giuliani, the former New York mayor, witnessed a political rebirth in the aftermath of the 2001 terrorist attacks on the twin towers in New York, but his showing in Iowa was lackluster.

The one-time front-runner finished sixth, behind U.S. Rep. Ron Paul from Texas. Both candidates filed to run in Ohio.

Four candidates on the ballot in Iowa did not file petitions in Ohio, including Democratic U.S. Sen. Chris Dodd of Connecticut, and Republican congressmen Tom Tancredo from Colorado and Duncan Hunter of California.

Democrat Mike Gravel, who last served in the U.S. Senate from Alaska in 1981, indicated on his Web site Friday that reports he was dropping out of the race were incorrect, but he did not file petitions in the Buckeye State.

Although the attention is on the presidential candidates, there are also races for two Supreme Court, 18 U.S. House, 99 Ohio House and 16 Ohio Senate seats.

O'Connor will seek re-election to a six-year term on the court. She was Gov. Bob Taft's running mate in 1998, but decided against running again for lieutenant governor to secure a spot on the court.

She will be challenged by Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Judge Joseph Russo.

Justice Evelyn Stratton will try to win a third term on the court. She was appointed to fill a vacancy by former Gov. George Voinovich in 1996 and won a subsequent election later that year and re-election in 2002.

Stratton is expected to face Cuyahoga County Juvenile Judge Peter Sikora, who has run twice for the high court without success.

http://www.ohio.com/news/top_stories/13225572.html

[romeshomey]

What?! That's surprising because I'm pretty sure he has campaign staff in the state. And consider his words less than a month ago:



Not that I'm complaining. :D

ETA: McCain's official site states that "Ohio Chair Sen Mike DeWine Files McCain Delegate Slate"



Maybe they have special privileges or something and have already received validation? \O.o?


Mike DeWine? HAHAHAHA Good news for the Revolution!!!!!

Plain Dealer: DeWine's Attacks "Pathetic" and "Smack of Desperation." "DeWine clearly knows he's about cooked. Some of his comments at Friday's City Club debate smacked of desperation….Plus, it's pathetic for a sitting U.S. senator to allege that in the 1980s, an employee of Sherrod Brown may have eaten a banana laced with marijuana. If you're going down, go down with some class. Don't go down the Ken Blackwell way." [Plain Dealer 10/29/06]

[all J's in IL for RP]

Perhaps he's doesn't have a full slate. In Illinois we had to petition for each individual congressional district. I notice the OP's pdf is specific to one county in Ohio.