There is literally zero reason to do this now that Ohio moved their deadline…
Ohio passed a law moving the deadline from Aug 7 to Aug 31, but technically that law does not take effect until Sep 1.
No law passed by the general assembly shall go into effect until ninety days after it shall have been filed by the governor in the office of the secretary of state
So the reason to do a virtual roll call is to prevent legal shenanigans from the Trump campaign.
Cool. So there’s still be time if they pull shit?
Sounds like there’s still no reason
No, there isn’t time to nominate if the Trump campaign challenges the nomination after the deadline.
Lawyers and generals don’t interrupt opponents who are making mistakes.
Can you just stop for a minute, look at a calendar, then try to explain to me how they can reschedule something from 8/7/2024 to 8/31/2024 on 9/1/2024?
Again, the governor signed a law moving the deadline from Aug 7 to Aug 31. But the Ohio constitution says this law cannot take effect until September 1.
So Trump lawyers can argue that the law doesn’t do anything at all, and on Aug 19 (when the Democratic convention starts) the deadline is still Aug 7.
Well, I could go with what legal experts, the media, and political experts say…
Or I could trust a random social media accounts interpretation…
Give me a while to decide which is more likely to be a subject matter expert on this
Try to keep up. I am telling you what the literal chair of the DNC said.
Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past.
They are trying their best to lose
I think I’m having a stroke… can that take all morning?
This is the second article today that starts somewhere in the middle, then wanders around aimlessly retracing its own steps.
wanders around aimlessly
Kinda like Biden?
Has he actually managed to retrace his own steps recently?
No
This is the best summary I could come up with:
The Democratic National Committee is moving ahead with its plans to virtually nominate President Joe Biden in the coming weeks, sending out an email to its members Wednesday morning stressing that that is “the wisest approach” despite fierce backlash from some Democratic lawmakers.
According to the email, which was sent to members of the convention rules committee within the last hour and was obtained by CNN, the committee will proceed with its previously scheduled meeting on Friday to deliberate – and set in motion – the steps and timeline for virtually nominating Biden.
CNN reported on Tuesday that the DNC’s decision to move ahead with virtually nominating Biden in the coming weeks – and a quiet pressure campaign by some Biden allies to accelerate that process ahead of the Democratic National Convention in Chicago next month – has sparked an uproar inside the Democratic Party.
A growing faction of House Democrats, convinced that Biden is too politically damaged to defeat Donald Trump in November, is calling on the DNC to ditch those plans.
A draft letter is circulating among Democratic lawmakers calling on the party to slow down the process.
Walz was referring to the initial rationale for the virtual roll call process, which was intended to step around an issue in Ohio that threatened to leave Biden off the ballot in that state.
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Yes! Democrats are embracing WFH!
TL;DR
They are gonna install Biden despite polls showing he can’t win swing states.
Incredible: Trump leading Biden in all 7 major swing states: Polling
I’ve been making plans since 2021 to get out of this country when it became necessary to do so. The DNC is hastening my departure.
What are your “plans?” Jump on a plane and go?
Relocate to a country with a climate, social, and political system that I have already researched. Probably jump on a plane and look for a place to rent, secure that first, then move. I can start applying for jobs once I know where I’ll live. That’s as much info as I’m willing to give out before making the switch.
To be clear, I love the Bay Area and Oakland and hope to stay here. But another T term will mean I have to get out because I just can’t do it again. It was too damaging to my mental and emotional wellbeing.
Your pretty far behind for 3 years of planning
That’s not true, the polling 2 links deep at https://d3nkl3psvxxpe9.cloudfront.net/documents/Times_SAY24_20240712_state_poll_results.pdf literally has every state within the margin of error. And that’s before you consider the self selection of who answers polls.
Not sure who supports Trump more, the DNC or the RNC
The DNC, They are merely the buffer between progress and right wing idealism. Their job isn’t to fight republicans, but to prevent leftist orgs and movements from gaining power.
