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Ohio ballot to include Duncan for president
YOUNGSTOWN
They received 0.07 of a percent of the 2008 vote in Ohio, but Richard Duncan and Ricky Johnson are back on the ballot for president and vice president, respectively.
As it was in 2008, the names of the two will appear only on the Ohio ballot.
But the two took the steps this year to be eligible as write-in candidates in 24 other states, including Pennsylvania.
Johnson, a pastor from Sharon, Pa., referred to President Barack Obama, a Democrat, and Mitt Romney, the Republican presidential nominee, as “two wings of the same bird.”
In 2008, the Duncan/Johnson ticket received 3,905 votes in Ohio, finishing sixth out of 14 presidential candidates on the state’s ballot, according to the Ohio secretary of state.
“We’re building on what we did in 2008 this time with write-ins in other states,” said Duncan, a retired postal worker from Aurora in Portage County.
Duncan and Johnson are the only independent candidates on this year’s presidential ballot in Ohio.
In addition to Obama and Romney, candidates for the Socialist, Constitution, Libertarian and Green parties are running for president in the state.
Duncan selected Johnson as his running mate in 2008 after getting a list of independent voters from Pennsylvania, who live near the Ohio border. He interviewed four people and selected Johnson.
“He’s got a good Christian background,” Duncan said.
The two support a strong foreign policy that would avert nuclear attacks and terrorism in the United States, are pro-life and against same-sex marriage.