Democrats to nominate Joe Biden in virtual session to ensure he's on Ohio ballot

[Uncle Joe]

Democrats will virtually choose President Joe Biden as their nominee after Ohio lawmakers dragged their feet in changing a state deadline that clashed with the party's convention.

The Democratic National Committee will hold a virtual roll call ahead of its Aug. 19 convention in Chicago and before Ohio's Aug. 7 deadline to certify the ballot, party officials told the USA TODAY Network Ohio Bureau on Tuesday. The announcement came the same day the Ohio Legislature convened a special session at Gov. Mike DeWine's behest to get Biden on the ballot.

A DNC committee will meet next week to greenlight virtual proceedings, and all members will vote on the change sometime after that. Democrats have not yet set a date for the roll call, which they also held virtually in 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

"Joe Biden will be on the ballot in Ohio and all 50 states, and Ohio Republicans agree," DNC chair Jaime Harrison said. "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."

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https://www.dispatch.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/05/28/joe-biden-to-be-nominated-early-by-democrats-to-meet-ohio-deadline/73876023007/



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