Ohio AG Yost trying to kick Dem Justice Jennifer Brunner off ballot language case.- from twitter

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This gets a bit in the weeds of Ohio politics, but this 2023 article is a good explanation.


https://apnews.com/article/ohio-judicial-elections-party-labels-lawsuit-8245c5c15b5424d53815e5a83942bbcc

By JULIE CARR SMYTH
Updated 5:01 PM EDT, November 8, 2023
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A top jurist and former elections chief in Ohio has sued two state officials over a recently passed law that requires certain judicial candidates to declare their party affiliation on ballots.

Ohio Supreme Court Justice Jennifer Brunner argues in the lawsuit filed Tuesday that the 2021 law violates the free speech, due process and equal protection clauses of the U.S. Constitution because it subjects candidates like her to different rules for fundraising and campaigning than their potential nonjudicial rivals.

That’s partly because candidates for those court positions are subject to “significant prohibitions of certain conduct” under Ohio’s judicial code of conduct, Brunner argues in U.S. District Court in Youngstown, including any kind of “political or campaign activity that is inconsistent with the independence, integrity, or impartiality of the judiciary.”

The legal challenge was filed against Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose and Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost in their roles as the state’s top elections and legal officers, respectively. Brunner served as secretary of state from 2007 to 2011."


(For the record, her seat is up in 2026)

Yost is muddling the judicial waters in Ohio by this.