Alabama secretary of state says Democratic convention too late to get Biden on ballot this fall

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  1. Hmm…sounds like AL must not need a shit ton of federal money then.

  2. This is retaliation for states trying to remove Trump. Don’t be fooled into anything else.

  3. Why am I not surprised these election denying bastards are at it again.

  4. No problem, all Biden has to do is somehow start an insurrection. Then the SCOTUS will get him back on the ballot.

  6. So Alabama’s secretary of state is worried Joe Biden could win Alabama

  7. Did they change their law to manufacture this circumstance?the GOO convention was later in the month in 2020.

    Democratic convention dates this century

    Aug 14-17, 2000

    July 26 – 29, 2004

    Aug 25-28, 2008

    Sept 4-6, 2012

    July 25-28, 2016

    Aug 17-20, 2020

    Aug 19-22, 2024

    GOP dates

    July 31 – Aug 3, 2000

    Aug 30 – Sept 2, 2004

    Sept 1-4, 2008

    Aug 27-30, 2012

    July 18-21, 2016

    Aug 24-27, 2020

    July 15-18, 2024

  8. Just thinking about couples that get married in a small, quiet ceremony (for insurance reasons, or for some other benefit) prior to their big, splashy wedding later on. Can Dems similarly hold a quickie, pared down convention via Zoom in July then hold their regularly scheduled ceremonial convention in Chicago?

  9. Can’t the DNC just submit the certificates ahead of the deadline and then “certify” Biden at the convention as a formality?

  11. Can’t the Democrats just officially nominate Biden in time and then have whatever ceremony they want at the convention?

  12. deadline he’s citing (which has been active since 1975) – Aug 15

    RNC 2020 – AUG 27

    RNC 2016 – JUL 18

    RNC 2012 – AUG 27

    RNC 2008 – SEPT 1

    RNC 2004 – AUG 30

  15. Ds need to know there’s no point in getting tied up with this. Don’t move the convention, just file the certificates early for Alabama and Ohio and any other state that’s pulling this shit. Do it on the final day if you wanna piss em off a lil. If Ds decide to start a fight here and keep the convention date and not do anything till then, D turnout will be trash for downballot races, and that *will* hurt that new narrow D district.

  16. Supposedly the law has been on the books since 1975.

    It would have removed Bill Clinton from the 1996 ballot, Obama from the 2008 and 2012 ballot, and Biden from the 2020 ballot there, if enforced.

    It also would have removed Ford in 1976, Reagan in 1984, HW Bush in 1992, W Bush in 2004, McCain in 2008, Romney in 2012, and Trump in 2020 from the ballot if enforced.

  17. DNC will just have to schedule a virtual vote earlier, is all. This is dumb and childish of these states to now pretend to care about this rule but alas thats all republicans are anymore.

  18. How is it unconstitutional for Trump to be kept off the ballot in Colorado but this is allowed in Alabama. Either states have the power to keep a candidate off the ballot or they don’t. Trust the Republicans to be dripping in hypocrisy.

  19. ah yes, the anti democracy, anti US, pro putin, pro rapist, pro adultery party strikes again.

  20. So this law has been on the books since 1972:

    Here’s the [Republican conventions](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Republican_National_Conventions) that have ended after their Aug 15 cut-off while this law has existed:

    * August 21-23, 1972
    * August 16-19, 1976
    * August 20–23, 1984
    * August 15–18, 1986
    * August 17–20, 1990
    * August 30–September 2, 2004
    * September 1–4, 2008
    * August 27–30, 2012
    * August 24–27, 2020

    And here’s the [Democratic conventions](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Democratic_National_Conventions):

    * August 26–29, 1996
    * August 14–17, 2000
    * August 25–28, 2008
    * September 4–6, 2012
    * August 17–20, 2020

    ​

    Anybody recall Alabama not having either major party candidate on their ballot in those years? Can you say “Selective Enforcement”?

  21. This is typical of Republicans, can’t win on issues, can’t win with policies of division, can’t win by taking away people’s rights, so now they want to try to win by cheating and lying. Alabama isn’t the only state trying to do this.

  22. Didn’t SCOTUS just rule that a state can’t keep a presidential candidate off a ballot?

  23. Didn’t the Supreme Court rule individual states can’t keep presidential candidates off of ballots?

  24. The fucking Supreme Court just ruled that states cannot make decisions in determining candidates in federal elections. If they could then Trump would already be off several state ballots

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