Ohio’s name-disclosure law should be consistent for all candidates, no exceptions: editorial

Ohio law should be amended to eliminate the exceptions for the state’s five-year deadname rule and make it required of all candidates, whether they’re married, immigrants, transgender or simply candidates who’d earlier complied. The current General Assembly seems in need of legislation straightforward to pass. This amendment would seem to fit the bill, writes the editorial board of The Plain Dealer and cleveland.com.