Ohio Governor Mike DeWine gave remarks regarding whether or not President Joe Biden can appear as a Democratic candidate on Presidential election ballots in Ohio.

Governor DeWine has called a special session of the Ohio General Assembly on Tuesday, May 28 to pass legislation to ensure Biden gets on the ballot in November, as well as legislation that prohibits campaign spending by foreign nationals.

This issue stemmed from a scheduling conflict between Ohio's deadline for certifying candidates for the general election ballot, and the Democratic Party's nominating convention.

According to an email from Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose to Ohio Democratic Party Chairwoman Liz Walters, LaRose had reached out to the party with one of two options: to change the date of the nominating convention or action by the Ohio General Assembly to make an exception for this requirement.

However, LaRose said in a post on X, formerly known as Twitter, that the party has not offered a legal remedy so far and added that the Ohio House Speaker stated on Tuesday that there won't be a legislative solution.

Because of this, Biden cannot appear on the ballot in Ohio.

"That is not my choice. It’s due to a conflict in the law created by the party, and the party has so far offered no legally acceptable remedy," LaRose said.

DeWine called this situation "ridiculous and absurd" and said when this situation happened in the past, the Ohio General Assembly had passed bills to remedy the situation to ensure candidates could get on the ballot, and while the Senate had passed several bills to remedy the situation, the House still has not.

"Ohio is running out of time to get Joe Biden, the sitting President of the United States on the ballot this fall. Failing to do so is simply not acceptable," DeWine said.

Shortly after this, Ohio-based Republican U.S. Senator J.D. Vance issued his own statement in support of getting Biden on the ballot stating that a lot of Trump voters would not show up to the polls if Biden was not on the ballot, which in turn could hurt Republicans' down ballot races.

The full statement reads as follows:

“This is the right call and it's a reasonable compromise: Republicans keep foreign money out of our state ballot process, and both major parties’ nominees will be on the ballot.”

“Remember: Donald Trump will beat Joe Biden, whether he’s on the ballot or not, by 10 points. But a lot of Trump voters might sit at home if there isn't a real presidential race, and that will really hurt our down ballot races for the Senate and Congress. We need to play chess."

Walters also released her own statement:

"Throughout this process, corrupt GOP politicians in Columbus have prevented Ohioans from choosing who they want to be president, politicized the process and used it to play political games with Ohioans’ ability to hold their government accountable. Instead of proposing partisan political witch hunts aimed at limiting Ohioans ability to hold their government accountable, we must pass the Ohio Anti-Corruption Act, which would require dark money groups to identify their funders, disclose their spending, and strengthen the ban on foreign money."

"Meanwhile, Republican politicians who hold supermajorites in both chambers at the statehouse must put politics aside and pass a clean bill to put Joe Biden on the ballot. Despite Republicans' political gamesmanship, we're confident Joe Biden will be on the Ohio ballot."