2020 election denier and Ohio secretary of state hopeful is ruled ineligible for November ballot

Assistant Ohio Secretary of State Kimberly Burns said podcaster Terpsehore Maras is not eligible to be on the Nov. 2022 ballot as an independent candidate for secretary of state.

Maras, who denies former President Donald Trump lost the 2020 election in her podcasts, wanted to run for Ohio's top elections post and her name was to be on the ballot alongside Frank LaRose, the Republican incumbent running for re-election, and Chelsea Clark, the Democratic candidate.

The announcement comes just days after a hearing where 65 of Maras' petition signatures were challenged in a court hearing.

Justin Bis, Ohio Republican Party executive director, filed the challenge which went before Terrence O'Donnell, former Republican Ohio Supreme Court justice, last week. On Friday, O'Donnell determined 18 of the petition signatures were not valid. O'Donnell recommended Maras be removed from the ballot because she was short of the 5,000 valid petition signatures needed to be on the ballot as an independent.