Matt BlazeJul 8, 2024

There are practical and political arguments against replacing Biden on the general election ticket. There are also practical and political arguments *for* doing so.

However, it is *not* the case that it is LEGALLY "too late" to change the ticket. The nominating conventions for major parties are held before every state's ballot deadline. Here's a summary of each state's laws, from the National Association of Secretaries of State (the people who run the elections).

https://www.nass.org/sites/default/files/reports/summary-ballot-access-laws-president-june-2024.pdf [pdf]

Show threadNoah CookJul 8, 2024

@mattblaze I agree that it's legally possible, conventions have to be scheduled that way. The thing is, these deadlines are all presupposing that the legal challenges would end by the convention.

I'm not sure what happens if the nomination is done in a way that creates any sort of legal challenges that cannot be resolved in the brief interim (and it really is brief, Virginia is 74 days pre-11/5, convention ends 8/22).

I'm not sure if there's a word for "legally yes, but this is a bad idea"?

Show threadNoah CookJul 8, 2024
@mattblaze I should maybe add, since you stand where you sit, that my role in the legal system is often to do the planning ahead so as to prevent the attorneys from getting involved. So that's the bias I bring to that idea: I'm generally going to err on the side of treating legal deadlines like Valve Time.
Geoff GrundyJul 8, 2024
Show threadMatt Blaze
@UncivilServant If tomorrow, one of the candidates gets hit by falling space debris, that does not knock their party off the ballot. They can nominate someone else at their (not yet held) conventions and appear on the ticket in every state.
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Show threadgzJul 8, 2024
@mattblaze @UncivilServant
Where's a piece of space debris when you want one?
Show threadDavid CollantesJul 9, 2024
@godzero 🤣🤣🤣
Show threadNorman WilsonJul 9, 2024
@godzero @mattblaze @UncivilServant Elon has a big supply.