The law-meets-party-rules dispute continues. Politico:

Top Democrats are scrambling for ways to avoid a catastrophe in New Hampshire in which Joe Biden may not appear on the primary ballot, ceding the first unofficial contest of 2024 to a fringe candidate.

The bizarre predicament is one of the president’s own making, after he pushed for changes to the party’s presidential nominating calendar that stripped the Granite State of its first-in-the-nation primary. The move was designed to reward South Carolina, which catapulted Biden to the nomination in 2020.

But there’s a state law requiring New Hampshire’s contest be held a week before any others, and Republicans in charge of the governor’s office and state legislature are refusing to touch it. If they don’t, a primary may well be held without the sitting president putting his name on the ballot.

It’s worth noting both Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama appeared on the ballot for Michigan’s and Florida’s 2008 contests that breached the DNC’s rules, even though Obama refused to (formally) campaign in those states once they were out of compliance, leading to different disputes.