According to a NEWSMAX report, Democrats will formally nominate President Biden as the Democratic presidential nominee via virtual roll call to avoid protests and to allow Joe on the Ohio ballot.
From NEWSMAX:
The Democratic National Convention, where the president would otherwise be formally nominated, comes after Ohio’s ballot deadline of Aug. 7. The party’s convention is scheduled for Aug. 19-22.
Ohio lawmakers have moved the deadline in the past for candidates of both parties, although they had not done so yet for Biden this year and were called to a rare special session by Gov. Mike DeWine to address the issue.
The virtual proceedings will allow Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris to get the party’s formal nod and will be very similar to the process used in 2020, when the convention went virtual because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The move also reduces the chances for an unscripted moment during the party’s highly produced Chicago convention that could embarrass Biden — who has faced discontent from some activist members of his party over his support for Israel’s war against Hamas in Gaza — on live television.
More over at Politico:
Biden to be nominated virtually before the convention in order to get on Ohio’s ballot https://t.co/6mJlvmfqEb
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