2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumohio trying to outlaw third parties
On 10/30/2013 the Ohio House passed it's version of senate bill 193 abolishing all minor parties which didn't meet state wide minimum set in this bill for past elections.
I guess gerrymandering wasn't enough for kasuck and his legislative buddies.
Agnosticsherbet
(11,619 posts)GreenPartyVoter
(72,388 posts)hockeynut57
(230 posts)That was my take on on it too.
GreenPartyVoter
(72,388 posts)would they when they clearly on have the GOP on a leash, and a short one at that?
rdharma
(6,057 posts)Imagine that!
Sponsor: Senator Seitz (R)
Cosponsors: Senator Eklund (R)
Representatives Buchy (R), Huffman (R), Stebelton (R), Wachtmann (R) Speaker Batchelder (R)
Hmmmm! Looks like they are trying to keep the baggers on the Republican reservation!
hockeynut57
(230 posts)blkmusclmachine
(16,149 posts)truebluegreen
(9,033 posts)Not enough to limit the vote, now they limit the choices.
gopiscrap
(23,769 posts)even with this SCOTUS
hockeynut57
(230 posts)Lots of billable hours before it's all sorted out.
gopiscrap
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