Democrats to nominate Biden via virtual roll call to meet Ohio ballot deadline
United States President Joe Biden
US President Joe Biden will be officially nominated as the Democratic presidential candidate through a virtual roll call prior to the party’s convention in Chicago in August. This process will enable Biden to appear on the November ballot in Ohio.
The Democratic National Convention, where the president would otherwise be formally nominated, comes after Ohio’s ballot deadline of August 7. The party’s convention is scheduled for August 19-22.
Previously, the Ohio lawmakers have extended the deadline for candidates from both parties, but they had not done so for Biden this year.
To address the issue, Governor Mike DeWine convened a rare special session.
The virtual proceedings will let Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris to get the party’s formal nod and will be very similar to the process used in 2020, when the convention went virtual because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Meanwhile in Chicago, Democrats will hold a state-by-state roll call, a process of nominating conventions, according to a Democratic National Committee official.
The DNC on Tuesday (May 28) did not specify when the virtual roll call will take place, but it is expected in the weeks after the committee’s rules and bylaws committee votes to propose changes to the roll call process.
That committee vote is scheduled for June 4.
Jaime Harrison, the Democratic National Committee chairman said, "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 failed to do so repeatedly. Therefore, Democrats will handle this on our own."
“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,” Harrison added.
The negotiations between the House and Senate on a way out to Biden’s ballot challenge began on Friday (May 24).
State Reprepresentative Bill Seitz informed reporters during a conference call that he and state Senator Rob McColley, both Republicans, are leading the discussions, but no resolution has been announced as of Tuesday.
As the Ohio changed its certification deadline from 60 to 90 days ahead of its general election, state lawmakers have had to change the requirement twice, in 2012 and 2020, to accommodate candidates of both leading parties. Each change was only temporary.
(With inputs from agencies)