A lot of states have laws that don’t conform to the national primary process. For instance, Ohio has a law on the books that says the official nomination has to occur by a certain date which is before the second major party convention.
It is important to know that elections are technically run at the state level with some federal oversight.
It was considered. They were going to nominate Biden early to be ahead of this date. I don’t think that’s happening anymore.
It’s also important to know that (IIRC) currently things have been put in place in Ohio for this not to be an issue, but that could change if enough Ohio politicians want it to.
How? Biden wasn’t the official candidate yet.
A lot of states have laws that don’t conform to the national primary process. For instance, Ohio has a law on the books that says the official nomination has to occur by a certain date which is before the second major party convention.
It is important to know that elections are technically run at the state level with some federal oversight.
I’d like to think that the DNC considered all of that before having Joe withdraw.
It was considered. They were going to nominate Biden early to be ahead of this date. I don’t think that’s happening anymore.
It’s also important to know that (IIRC) currently things have been put in place in Ohio for this not to be an issue, but that could change if enough Ohio politicians want it to.