CHARLOTTE, N.C. (Queen City News) — With just over 100 days until the Nov. 5 election, Democrats are rallying around Vice President Kamala Harris while Republicans are shifting strategy in the face of a new challenger.
Media outlets reported late Monday that the vice president had secured enough support from delegates to become his partner's presumptive nominee.
The Hill reported that the Democratic National Convention There were plans to hold a “virtual roll call.” On August 7th, delegates will be able to vote for candidates electronically.
Still, the party likely won't finalize a nominee until the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, 12 days from now.
This has prompted some Republicans to resort to legal action and led to misinformation being spread on social media.
Fox News reports that the Heritage Foundation has begun considering putting up legal obstacles to block Democrats from deleting votes for President Joe Biden.
They argue that deadlines have passed in key states to remove candidates from the ballot and that doing so now would be illegal.
But legal experts say this argument may not hold water.
Ballot Access News reports that “no state requires eligible political parties to certify candidates for national office before Aug. 21.”
It was also noted that the Biden-Harris pairing was not solidified through the Democratic National Convention process, and therefore their names did not appear on the ballot.
Mecklenburg County Election Commission Chairman Michael Dickerson did not discuss laws in other states but said that in North Carolina, votes are not finalized until 75 days before the election.
Until then, political parties must notify states who they will nominate as party candidates.
“If you print out the ballot, everything is screwed up and your name is going to be on that ballot,” Dickerson stressed.
He explained that as soon as the deadline arrives, his team will start printing and finalizing the ballots, which will then be tested to see if they can be read under the voting machines.
“Absentee ballots must be distributed within 60 days of the election,” he explained.
He said it was unprecedented for a party's leading presidential candidate to drop out so far in an election, but explained that it could happen in local elections with smaller audiences.
