I have written this piece for Slate. It begins: With news of President Joe Biden’s withdrawal from the presidential race, some Republicans are claiming he cannot be removed from the presidential ballot in November and in any case it is… Continue reading

After President Biden’s historic announcement earlier today, many people are wondering what will happen next. While no one yet knows for sure, there’s been speculation about the possibility of an open convention or even a “blitz primary.” But the… Continue reading

Andy Craig in MSNBC: “There is no credible basis for the claims that the Democratic Party’s candidate for president, whoever that may be, will be kicked off the ballot in any state. As things stand currently, no relevant deadlines… Continue reading

Politico on the Speaker’s smoke blowing: “Technically, Biden has not yet been formally nominated to be the Democratic presidential candidate and won’t be until a vote of the delegates selected to the Democratic National Convention. Still, Johnson said there might… Continue reading

Politico reports that the DNC is forging ahead with its plan for a pre-convention virtual roll call, originally planned to address the since-resolved Ohio ballot access problem: “The Democratic National Convention Rules Committee met virtually on Friday to outline plans… Continue reading

The Washington Post has the latest on this story: The Democratic National Committee pressed forward Wednesday with a plan to hold a virtual roll call to nominate President Biden for reelection during the first week of August, a process… Continue reading

From AP, the latest on this developing story: Democrats will look to hold a virtual vote to make President Joe Biden their party’s nominee in the first week of August, as Biden has rebuffed calls from some in… Continue reading

WaPo reports on the backlash to DNC plans to hold a “virtual roll call” prior to next month’s convention, effectively reducing the time available to replace Biden as the party’s nominee: Democratic infighting erupted into new territory Tuesday as a… Continue reading

NYT reports that the DNC is planning to have Democratic delegates vote as soon as next week: Leaders of the Democratic National Committee are moving swiftly to confirm President Biden as his party’s presidential nominee by the end of July,… Continue reading

Richard Winger of BAN reviews the caselaw and concludes: “Even though they are no precedents from Ohio, this uncontradicted list of precedents from other states is convincing evidence that when a ballot access law is eased, but the new law… Continue reading

The Atlantic has more on this subject … with the subtitle, “In a few weeks, however, his party’s own rules just might.”