The Democratic National Committee (DNC) plans to nominate Joe Biden and Kamala Harris ‘virtually’ ahead of the Democrat convention in Chicago in August. They are obviously trying to avoid a potentially embarrassing situation where some person or group objects to the choice.
The spin below is that this is all about the snafu with the Ohio ballot. That may be true, and it gives Democrats an excuse to blame Republicans for this decision, but I suspect this is also about the chaos that is expected from the Democrat base.
No one can challenge Biden’s nomination if that decision was made before the convention.
FOX News reports:
Democratic National Committee to nominate Biden, Harris virtually ahead of Chicago conventionThe Democratic National Committee (DNC) is preparing to nominate President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris as the Democratic Party nominees via virtual proceedings before Ohio’s Aug. 7 deadline, and before its in-person convention this summer in Chicago.Ohio requires its parties to certify presidential candidates at least 90 days before Election Day. The DNC won’t certify Biden until its convention, which is scheduled for Aug. 19 – 75 days before the election.The rare move comes as Ohio Senate lawmakers convened for a special session called by Republican Gov. Mike DeWine on Tuesday to address Biden’s ability to appear on their general election ballot. Republicans, who hold supermajorities in the state House and Senate, have been opposed to passing a bill that would relax the deadline for Biden without a vote on unrelated campaign finance legislation that Democrats opposed.In addition, the virtual nomination will mostly likely take away from the fanfare and celebration at the DNC slated to begin Aug. 19.”Joe Biden will be on the ballot in Ohio and all 50 states, and Ohio Republicans agree,” DNC Chair Jaime Harrison said in a statement. “But when the time has come for action, they have failed to act every time, so Democrats will land this plane on our own. Through a virtual roll call, we will ensure that Republicans can’t chip away at our democracy through incompetence or partisan tricks and that Ohioans can exercise their right to vote for the presidential candidate of their choice.”
This has nothing to do with Republicans.
Ironically, the Democrats did the exact same thing in 2020 using Covid as a reason.
From Politico:
The virtual nomination will look similar to the process the party used during the 2020 convention, when most of the proceedings were impacted by the Covid pandemic. The DNC said the Chicago convention will still go on as planned, serving as a convening event for the party.There are typically a few states each election year whose ballot certification deadlines do not align with the party’s official nominating convention. These misalignments are almost always quietly resolved by either the state legislature or by the secretary of state.
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