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He'll Be Fine (lemmy.world)

submitted 4 months ago by homesweethomeMrL to c/progressivepolitics

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[+] [email protected] -10 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Edit: There’s some legalese that the DNC is shook about, so fair enough to be worried about Republicans and election shenanigans.

~~If his plans aren't enough for your tastes, organize and do better. Inspire others around you.~~

~~This would be a valid point, if the DNC wasn’t trying to force a primary confirmation vote early, in order to ‘lock in’ Biden. Despite Biden welcoming challengers to make a play to delegates at the convention.~~

~~I.e. “actively prevented from doing so”~~

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Wait, I thought the DNC wanted him to give up

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

Might be irrelevant given the latest on Biden dropping maybe, but this is still the official line:_

"no voting will begin before August 1." They add that the vote is set to happen before the in-person Democratic National Convention that starts Aug. 19

They’ve now explained the nuance and reasoning, which does change things a fair bit

In June, Ohio passed a bill to move its deadline from Aug. 7 to Sept. 1. But because that law technically does not take effect until Sept. 1, the DNC said they are keeping their timeline of a pre-convention virtual roll call in place due to concern of litigation. Republican Secretary of State Frank LaRose suggested earlier this month that Sept. 1 deadline to certify a candidate would stand.