DNC to nominate Biden and Harris to bypass Ohio ballot issues - ABC News
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The move came before the Ohio Senate addressed Biden appearing on the ballot.
ByIsabella MurrayMay 28, 2024, 2:29 PM
The Democratic National Committee will move to conduct virtual party proceedings to certify President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris as the Democratic Party nominees before Ohio's Aug. 7 ballot certification deadline, and before their in-person convention beginning Aug. 19, the party confirmed to ABC News on Tuesday.
This will take a big moment away from Biden and the party -- the official nomination at convention is typically met with fanfare and celebration, but he will become the official nominee virtually, without the pomp and circumstance.
The move came moments before the Ohio Senate convened on Tuesday for a special session to address Biden's ability to appear on their general election ballot in November -- which the GOP-led legislature has tied up with a separate bill related to campaign finance, something Democrats oppose.
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President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris listen as Second gentleman Doug Emhoff speaks at an event celebrating Jewish American Heritage Month in the Rose Garden of the White House on May 20, 2024 in Washington, DC.Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images
"Joe Biden will be on the ballot in Ohio and all 50 states, and Ohio Republicans agree. 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," DNC Chair Jamie Harrison said in a statement provided to ABC News.
The Biden campaign said that while there will be a virtual roll call and nomination of Biden and Harris, the DNC will still hold in-person ceremonial events for each process at their convention during the week of Aug. 19 in Chicago.
Neither the party nor the Biden campaign have confirmed a date when this virtual nomination could happen, but it will definitely be before the Aug. 7 Ohio ballot certification deadline.
To conducting the virtual roll call, the DNC's Rules and Bylaws Committee will need to vote on Tuesday, June 4, on a resolution to propose changes to the call to allow for virtual party proceedings. Then, in the coming weeks, the resolution will be voted on by the full DNC membership. Once the resolution is adopted, the remainder of the pre-nomination process will follow the standard order of operations.
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Democrats playing fast and loose with the rules again. But, yeah, the 2024 election is going be free, fair, and above board. That's what Biden promised and Democrats are going to lie, cheat, and steal to keep that promise.
Nice propaganda. The Democratic Party is entitled to set their own rules. We didn't notice your outrage when the Republicans fixed the rules to ensure Trump got the nomination.
Ohio is entitled to their own state election laws. If Democrats can't follow them- then tough shit.
The Democrats are following Ohio state election laws. Try to keep up.
What rules did the RNC fix? Please provide evidence.
I didn't specifically mention " the RNC".
Read this:
Bush jr. left the party 24 million in debt. Trump’s campaign agreed to pay that debt off so he got to call the shots. He even got the debate questions in advance. Oh wait a minute,,,,,,,
That's a very instructive message being communicated there.
Democrats think laws don't apply to them.
Good on Ohio for proving them wrong.
Somebody needs more and newer material.
Good! Ohio is in play...
This, IMO, is really nothing more than using the media to try to paint the other guy as a bad guy. Yeah, the DNC is going to nominate Biden before the August convention. We all know that Biden has all the votes necessary to carry the nomination so IMO this is a nothing burger.
However this does bring one other issue into the light. Sort of puts a big pause on any possible plans to push Biden into retirement and promote someone else to run. Let's face it, almost anyone else could beat Trump in the election. I do say almost anyone as I doubt that Harris could win and Newsom carries a lot of baggage as well.
So the Democrats are trying to circumvent the law. Sadly this isn't surprising.