The co-chair of the partyâs rules committee confirmed during a news conference that the voting wonât take place before Aug. 1.
The Democratic National Committee (DNC) intends to hold a virtual vote to nominate President Joe Biden; however, the vote will not take place before Aug. 1, according to Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, who is the co-chair of the Democratic National Conventionâs rules committee.
Mr. Waltz said that the timing of the convention necessitates an early virtual roll call but he clarified that the virtual vote âwonât happen before the first of August.â
Mr. Walz said the DNC needs to complete it ahead of the convention to ensure the signatures are on ballots in all 50 states, including Washington, which has an Aug. 20 certification deadline.
The DNC first planned to nominate the president before the start of the Democratic National Convention in Chicagoâwhich runs Aug. 19 to 22âdue to Ohioâs Aug. 7 ballot certification deadline. Ohio later approved a measure to extend the deadline to allow President Biden to appear on the ballot, but the DNC said it will still hold the early virtual roll call.
During the news conference, Mr. Walz responded to a question about Ohioâs measure to move its certification deadline back to allow the president ballot access. The governor asserted that there could still be challenges from Ohioâs Secretary of State if the nomination isnât done ahead of the original deadline, Aug. 7.
Mr. Walz added that Ohio is not the only reason for the virtual roll call, pointing to Washingtonâs deadline.
âI think the process of how we do this, itâs how weâve always done it. So itâs not just Ohio, itâs the process of getting on the ballotsâ in all states, he said.
The virtual roll call âwas scheduled way before the debate,â Mr. Walz added, âIt was scheduled way before anything else, and the process and the agenda for this was to start setting the rules for the convention. Weâve always done this.â
He said that the virtual roll call remains because Ohioâs measure is just a âlegislative fix.â
âWe instituted this before they had a fix, and weâre going to continue on that path, because weâre not going to leave it up to them to change the rules,â Mr. Fulks said.
While the virtual roll call was announced a month prior to the June 27 debate with former President Donald Trump, some lawmakers have called on President Biden to drop out of the race due to his performance that night.
Some congressional Democrats circulated a letter on July 16 asking the DNC to delay President Bidenâs early nomination. In a draft letter viewed by The Epoch Times, the lawmakers called the early virtual roll call a âpurely political maneuver.â
âWe write to share our serious concerns about the DNCâs plan to hold a âvirtual roll callâ to select our Democratic presidential nominee as early as July 21,â the letter read.
Meanwhile, Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), whoâs favored to win the Senate race in November, has urged President Biden to withdraw from the presidential race.
He said that although the decision to drop out from the race ultimately lies with the president, he believes âit is time for him to pass the torch.â
Original News Source Link – Epoch Times
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