I'm a steamroller, baby...
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The coronation continues...As the Dems make up their rules as they go...
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/kamala-harris-campaign-dnc-virtual-roll-call/
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Looks like they’re responding to rules the GOP is making up as they go…
In May, the DNC made a push for a virtual process because of Ohio's Aug. 7 deadline for major parties to submit the names of their certified candidates for the November ballot.
While Ohio Republicans passed a law that pushed that deadline to Sept. 1, because it does not go into effect until Sept. 1, DNC officials cited potential litigation from Republican groups as a reason to go ahead with the early virtual roll call vote.
"If we take chances with state processes and deadlines, Republican groups could make the argument to challenge Democratic votes on the post-election side, arguing that our nominee should never have been on the ballot in the first place," said DNC outside counsel Pat Moore. "We should not and must not give them that opportunity."
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Looks like they’re responding to rules the GOP is making up as they go…
In May, the DNC made a push for a virtual process because of Ohio's Aug. 7 deadline for major parties to submit the names of their certified candidates for the November ballot.
While Ohio Republicans passed a law that pushed that deadline to Sept. 1, because it does not go into effect until Sept. 1, DNC officials cited potential litigation from Republican groups as a reason to go ahead with the early virtual roll call vote.
"If we take chances with state processes and deadlines, Republican groups could make the argument to challenge Democratic votes on the post-election side, arguing that our nominee should never have been on the ballot in the first place," said DNC outside counsel Pat Moore. "We should not and must not give them that opportunity."
@jon-nyc said in I'm a steamroller, baby...:
Looks like they’re responding to rules the GOP is making up as they go…
In May, the DNC made a push for a virtual process because of Ohio's Aug. 7 deadline for major parties to submit the names of their certified candidates for the November ballot.
While Ohio Republicans passed a law that pushed that deadline to Sept. 1, because it does not go into effect until Sept. 1, DNC officials cited potential litigation from Republican groups as a reason to go ahead with the early virtual roll call vote.
"If we take chances with state processes and deadlines, Republican groups could make the argument to challenge Democratic votes on the post-election side, arguing that our nominee should never have been on the ballot in the first place," said DNC outside counsel Pat Moore. "We should not and must not give them that opportunity."
That line of reasoning was thoroughly debated and debunked by the same people pushing for the roll call now, back when Biden was the presumptive nominee. I believe Vox had an article on it and I remember Nate Silver having an online debate with one of Biden’s staff over it.
