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Democrats are in a pickle when it comes to getting President Joe Biden on the ballot in Ohio, as Sarah covered last week. Per state law, the ballot has to be certified 90 days before the election, but Democrats won’t be holding their convention to formally nominate Biden until August 19-22. The president earned enough delegates to become the presumptive nominee when he won the Georgia Democratic Primary in March. Gov. Mike DeWine (R-OH) called a special session to solve the ballot issue, and DNC Chairman Jaime Harrison has announced that Democrats will virtually nominate Biden to get him on the ballot.
As The Hill reported about Harrison’s announcement:
“Joe Biden will be on the ballot in Ohio and all 50 states, and Ohio Republicans agree. But when the time has come for action, they have failed to act every time, so Democrats will land this plane on our own,” Harrison said in a statement.
“Through a virtual roll call, we will ensure that Republicans can’t chip away at our democracy through incompetence or partisan tricks and that Ohioans can exercise their right to vote for the presidential candidate of their choice,” he added.
Democrats were notified earlier this year that the timing of their convention didn’t meet a state deadline to certify the party’s presidential nominee. Democrats needed to certify Biden by Aug. 7 in order to make the Ohio ballot, but the Democratic National Convention kicks off beginning Aug. 19.
Ohio legislators struggled to reach a legislative fix; Senate Republicans passed a bill that would allow a one-time fix that would move the certification deadline back so Democrats could make it. But it was also paired with a provision that would ban foreign contributions in ballot initiatives, which Democrats rejected.
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