It will be interesting to see the other side if Biden steps down. Republicans have already promised to try and force Biden to stay on the ballot in several states if he withdraws. That will lead to some ugly legal battles that may involve the court.
Biden is not yet the nominee, so the Republicans have no case. HeтАЩs the тАЬpresumptive nomineeтАЭ based on delegate count but the Democrats could change party rules and say that they pick a nominee using any method they wantтАФprimaries, convention, lottery, oijia boardтАж..etc.
I wish it was that easy. Every state has different intricate rules about replacing the candidates. Ultimately it will likely fail but some states (GA, NV, WI) there will be legal challenges. And I bet the Supreme Court will probably have to at least weigh in through some form
I think you are thinking about what the rules are AFTER the convention.
State parties may have rules about how delegates to the party convention are to vote, but those rules can be changed. Parties ultimately nominate their candidateтАФvoters do not. ItтАЩs a fairly recent development that states have primaries and delegates are pledged to the winner of the stateтАЩs primaryтАФeven as recently as 2008 there was a superdelegate faction that theoretically had enough heft to overrule the popular vote. There was a kerfuffle between superdelegates that favored Hillary and delegates pledged to Obama because he won more via the primaries.
I do think that if Biden refused to step aside, youтАЩd have a point. HeтАЩd have to agree to quit and release his delegatesтАФthen the party could make rules about how those delegates should voteтАжsome kind of state by state delegate caucus right before the convention, or a more open process at the convention.
It will be interesting to see the other side if Biden steps down. Republicans have already promised to try and force Biden to stay on the ballot in several states if he withdraws. That will lead to some ugly legal battles that may involve the court.
Biden is not yet the nominee, so the Republicans have no case. HeтАЩs the тАЬpresumptive nomineeтАЭ based on delegate count but the Democrats could change party rules and say that they pick a nominee using any method they wantтАФprimaries, convention, lottery, oijia boardтАж..etc.
I wish it was that easy. Every state has different intricate rules about replacing the candidates. Ultimately it will likely fail but some states (GA, NV, WI) there will be legal challenges. And I bet the Supreme Court will probably have to at least weigh in through some form
I think you are thinking about what the rules are AFTER the convention.
State parties may have rules about how delegates to the party convention are to vote, but those rules can be changed. Parties ultimately nominate their candidateтАФvoters do not. ItтАЩs a fairly recent development that states have primaries and delegates are pledged to the winner of the stateтАЩs primaryтАФeven as recently as 2008 there was a superdelegate faction that theoretically had enough heft to overrule the popular vote. There was a kerfuffle between superdelegates that favored Hillary and delegates pledged to Obama because he won more via the primaries.
I do think that if Biden refused to step aside, youтАЩd have a point. HeтАЩd have to agree to quit and release his delegatesтАФthen the party could make rules about how those delegates should voteтАжsome kind of state by state delegate caucus right before the convention, or a more open process at the convention.