A transgender woman said she was disqualified from running for a seat in the Ohio House of Representatives because she did not disclose her former name.
candidates must provide any name changes within the last five years. joy called theaw, quote, a brand new way that republicans can use to kp trans people off the ballot. in response, asentative for the ohio secretary of stat told nbc news and i m quoting the law applies to everyone. it is cynical and unfair to criticize the stark county board of elections for their unanimous and bipartisan decision to follow ohio law. vanessa joy joins me now. thanks for being with us. what s your response to that? and i wonder if you think you might have a successful appeal here. well, i never said that it doesn t apply unilaterally to everyone in ohio. i actually agree with the law, and it s designed to keep bad players from changing their names and running for office. the law just happens to be discriminatory by proxy to the trans to the trans community, so i honestly don t think my appeal is going to go very far.
i m 42. so. let me ask you finally, when do you expect that you ll learn about the results of your appeal and i hope you ll let us know how that goes. i mean, i hope next week, but who knows how fast the government s going to work, so but since this is pretty political, i imagine that might get sped up. vanessa joy, we thank you so much for taking the time to help us understand what s going on there. and we appreciate it. okay. thank you. up next, the parole decision grabbing the sports world s attention, you re watching chris jansing reports only on msnbc. chris jansing reports only on msnbc. i was short of breath just reading a book. but i didn t wait. they told their doctors. and found out they had. atrial fibrillation. a condition which makes it about five times more likely to have a stroke. if you have one or more of these symptoms irregular heartbeat, heart racing, chest pain, shortness of breath, fatigue or lightheadedness, contact your doctor. this is no time to
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