President Joe Biden’s campaign has responded to Alabama Secretary of State Wes Allen’s letter that notified the Democratic Party that its national convention will be too late to get its presidential nominee on the ballot for the general election in November.
“Joe Biden will be on the ballot in all 50 states,” the Biden campaign statement said.
“State officials have the ability to grant provisional ballot access certification prior to the conclusion of presidential nominating conventions.
In 2020 alone, states like Alabama, Illinois, Montana, and Washington all allowed provisional certification for Democratic and Republican nominees.” Allen on Tuesday notified the Alabama Democratic Party and the Democratic National Committee that Alabama law requires parties to certify their nominees 82 days before the election, which falls on Aug. 15 this year.
The Democratic National Convention is scheduled to begin on Aug. 19.
In 2020, the Republican nomination came after the Alabama deadline, which has been in the state law since 1975.
The Legislature passed a bill that year to make a one-time change in the 82-day deadline to allow the Republican nominee, President Donald Trump, to be on the ballot that November.
Biden and Trump are expected to meet in a rematch in November.
The campaign of President Joe Biden has replied to a letter from Secretary of State Wes Allen of Alabama informing the Democratic Party that it will be too late for its national convention to select a presidential nominee for the general election in November.
In a statement released by his campaign, Joe Biden declared that he would run for office in all 50 states. “Before the conclusion of presidential nominating conventions, state officials possess the authority to award certification for provisional ballot access.”. Democratic and Republican nominees were permitted to receive provisional certification in states like Alabama, Illinois, Montana, and Washington in 2020 alone. “.
Allen informed the Democratic National Committee and the Alabama Democratic Party on Tuesday that, according to Alabama law, the parties must certify their nominees 82 days prior to the election, which is scheduled for August. fifteen this year. On August, the Democratic National Convention is slated to get underway. 19.
With the passage of the Alabama deadline into state law in 1975, the Republican nomination in 2020 followed. In order to allow Republican nominee President Donald Trump to appear on the ballot in November of that year, the Legislature passed a bill that year that changed the 82-day deadline once.
“As Secretary of State, I will administer Alabama elections in accordance with Alabama law and the deadlines provided therein,” stated Allen in a statement on Tuesday in response to a question regarding a potential solution to the same issue facing Democrats this year. “.
This year’s Republican National Convention is in July, so the Alabama deadline is not an issue.
November is when Biden and Trump are anticipated to rematch.
