Democratic Party Plans to Nominate President Biden Before End of July

President Joe Biden is expected to secure the 2024 presidential nomination through a virtual vote held before the end of July, ahead of the Democratic National Convention in August. President Biden’s principal deputy campaign manager, Quentin Fulks, confirmed on July 16 the Democratic National Committee (DNC) will move forward with the plan as previously scheduled, organizing a virtual roll call before the convention. The plans to nominate President Biden ahead of the Aug. 19 convention predates his June 27 debate with former President Donald Trump. The exact date of the roll call has not been released, but the DNC has indicated it will do so by late July. The plan to nominate the president ahead of the convention stemmed from an Ohio law that requires all candidates to be legally certified by Aug. 7 to qualify for ballot access. With the DNC convention not beginning until Aug. 19, under the law, President Biden would have been kept off the November ballot in the state. Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine called a rare special session to address the issue in late May. On May 31, Ohio’s Legislature approved a measure to temporarily extend the certification deadline so that President Biden would be eligible for the November ballot. Despite the temporary fix granting the president Ohio ballot access, the DNC said at the time it will still hold the early virtual roll call. Mr. Fulks during the press conference blamed Ohio Republicans for playing games, referring to the rule change. The 2024 Democratic National Convention will be held in Chicago from Aug. 19 to Aug. 22. This is not the first time Democrats have approved their nominee virtually; they opted to do so in 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic. That nomination, however, occurred during the virtual convention, not before it. Meanwhile, some Democrats in Congress have been circulating a letter asking the DNC to delay the early nomination of President Biden. In a draft letter viewed by The Epoch Times, they call the virtual roll call process “a purely political maneuver.” It is unclear how many Democrats will sign the letter. Can you please rewrite this for me?

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