The session, which will be held on May 28, aims to pass
legislation ensuring both Biden and Republican presidential
candidate Donald Trump will be on Ohio's ballot in November,
DeWine said in a statement.
The move by the Republican governor came as questions rose about
whether Biden would appear on the state's ballot.
The state has an Aug. 7 deadline, 90 days before the election,
for certification of candidacies, but Biden will not be formally
nominated until the Democratic National Convention which will be
held Aug. 19-22.
DeWine said the state was "running out of time" to get Biden on
the ballot after Ohio's House of Representatives failed to take
action on the matter.
"It is important that when Ohioans cast their vote for president
of the United States, United States senator and many other
offices this fall, they have the opportunity to cast a vote for
either of the major party candidates for those offices," he
said.
(Reporting by Jasper Ward, editing by Ross Colvin and Chris
Reese)
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