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So how many votes do you think biden will STILL get?
Republicans will pull some shenanigans in at least one state to keep Biden on the ballot. My bet is Ohio. So, a non trivial amount.
I think this should be "to put Biden on the ballot." He is not currently the one the ballot, as he is not the Democratic nominee
the nominee is chosen at the party's convention, which hasn't happened yet for the Dems.
You're absolutely correct. I was under the assumption that states pre printed ballots based on the presumptive nominees. Apparently states that do that are being naughty/cutting corners.
This is like the "millions of dead people voting". It's not a thing. There are no states that do this. There's no reason to, it takes days to print ballots, not 4 months.
I was talking about write ins. But actually keeping him on the ballot???? I never thought of that, damn that would be way worse.
Possibly illegal
He's not even on the ballot in Ohio. A candidate hasn't been chosen, so if they resort to any fuckery there it could be an attempt to keep the Democrats from having a candidate on the ballot at all.
Yup. That's exactly what they tried already
To be fair that law has been on the books for years. The party should've been aware and not have scheduled the convention after the deadline.
They'll be violating several of their own state laws, and federal law if they do so. I know it's easy to go with the "but Trump gets away with everything" - reality is our elections to date have been free and fair and there's no indication that's going to change. The folks that own the elections by and large actually care about democracy. His fake electors scheme failed for a reason, and it wasn't just dumb luck.
I agree with you on people working in election offices having integrity by and large but the Ohio Republicans did actually try to pull a fast one this election cycle. Fortunately DeWine knew it was beyond the pale.