Democratic deadlines: When key states need to know whose name to print on ballots

[mystery-ak]

Democratic deadlines: When key states need to know whose name to print on ballots
By
Mike Brest
July 7, 2024 6:38 pm
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President Joe Biden has maintained that he will push ahead with his presidential campaign after his debate performance has concerned Democrats about his viability against former President Donald Trump.

Many Democrats have rallied around the president and continue to support him, but a small group of party members have called on him to step aside so that Vice President Kamala Harris or someone else can lead the ticket in November.

These conversations are happening quickly given the timeline and how far out the election is from early July. The Democratic National Convention will be in Chicago, Illinois, on Aug. 19-22, and the party will choose its nominee. Biden has said he wants that to be him, despite the growing concerns about whether he is mentally capable of handling the rigors of the presidency.

Should he decide to step aside, however, he has to do so before it’s too late for states to adjust their ballots. Here are some of the key deadlines for battleground states, according to the Daily Mail.

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[libertybele]

I don't think they're in panic mode. The DEMS will cheat regardless.

[DB]

Democrats will just change the rules. Rules are for suckers...

[cato potatoe]

In any case, it seems kind of silly for the states to set deadlines three months in advance.  It doesn't take that long to print ballots, and there are ways to deliver ballots overseas without spending 30 days.

[bilo]

I don't think they're in panic mode. The DEMS will cheat regardless.

Consider Wisconsin lost, since their Supreme Court just ruled that drop boxes are to be allowed.

The govt. funded "NGO's" are registering illegal aliens and even if these illegals are to afraid to vote the NGO's know who they are and will fill out ballots in their names and then put them in the drop boxes. The same thing will happen in as many States as possible. The Rats just need the courts to allow for drop boxes.

[Fishrrman]

A serious question:

In the presidential election contest, why will this matter?

If ol' joe's name is on the ballot, even after he's been replaced by, say, Josh Shapiro... so what?

When you cast your vote "for president", you are not voting [directly] for the candidate himself.

Instead, you're voting for ELECTORS who will in turn [be presumed to] vote for that candidate when the Electoral College convenes AFTER the election.

In an extraordinary set of circumstances, I believe the electors are not "bound" to vote for ol' joe and ol' joe ONLY. They can cast their votes as they see fit.
(hence, the "faithless elector" instances of past years)

So... those who wished to vote dem-communist could vote for the "Electors for joe biden" knowing that those electors would in turn cast their votes for the ACTUAL presidential candidate of The Party.

I seriously doubt any blue (or even purple) states would try to block such a switch in voting.

I will state this again:
All this "news noise" you hear and read about deadlines that make it too late to "change names" on the ballot is nothing more than FUD -- distortion to confuse you. Ignore it.

I invite rebuttals to this post.
Anyone?

[DefiantMassRINO]

Dem progressives want to eliminate the Electoral College because its affirmative action for rural states.

It would be ironic for Dems to leverage it to have Electors select someone other than Joe Biden.  It would certainly be a $h!tstorm of litigation that may not get univserally resolved prior to Electors casting their votes or Congress reading their States' Electoral Votes tally.

If Dems ditch Biden, Trump will win because such a move will depress Dem voter turnout.

The Dem Primary was the opportunity to replace Joe Biden by "democratic" means.

If the DNC replaces Joe Biden by non-democratic means, they lose the "saving democracy" moral high ground.

Dems will be left to run on Green New Deal, Abortion, The Great Replacement, and Piers for Peace in Gaza.

[Hoodat]

A serious question:

In the presidential election contest, why will this matter?

If ol' joe's name is on the ballot, even after he's been replaced by, say, Josh Shapiro... so what?

When you cast your vote "for president", you are not voting [directly] for the candidate himself.

Instead, you're voting for ELECTORS who will in turn [be presumed to] vote for that candidate when the Electoral College convenes AFTER the election.

In an extraordinary set of circumstances, I believe the electors are not "bound" to vote for ol' joe and ol' joe ONLY. They can cast their votes as they see fit.
(hence, the "faithless elector" instances of past years)

So... those who wished to vote dem-communist could vote for the "Electors for joe biden" knowing that those electors would in turn cast their votes for the ACTUAL presidential candidate of The Party.

I seriously doubt any blue (or even purple) states would try to block such a switch in voting.

I will state this again:
All this "news noise" you hear and read about deadlines that make it too late to "change names" on the ballot is nothing more than FUD -- distortion to confuse you. Ignore it.

I invite rebuttals to this post.
Anyone?

Presidents are elected by the States.  State legislatures set their own election rules.  It is completely up to the discretion of each State to set its own procedures and guidelines.  Keep in mind that the citizens have no Constitutional right to vote for President at all.  This is purely a privilege granted by each State.

States set the rules.  If they place a deadline for putting someone on the ballot, they have that right.  If they choose to discard votes to candidate names not on the ballot, they have that right too.

[Wingnut]

Name? Dems don't need no stinking name.  If it has a "D" behind it they will vote for a dead man.