“Why would they make this problem for themselves? Anybody?”
The long-established practice is that the party that holds the White House goes second, holding its convention in August. The party of the challenger goes first, generally with a July convention.
In 2020, the Republican convention was second. As a result, Trump was renominated AFTER the Ohio deadline for the ballot. Guess what, the Republicans who control Ohio granted him an exemption. I’m guessing that, this time around, the Democrats assumed the same thing would happen.
As for all the comments about the Dems finding a “friendly” judge: The Ohio law, in practice, is that a candidate nominated after early August gets on the ballot if he’s a Republican but not if he’s a Democrat. That is, frankly, absurd. Any honest judge, regardless of political orientation, would say that Ohio can’t put a thumb on the scales like that.
This goes far beyond the standard complaints about drop boxes and the like. Anyone of either party can use a drop box. Ohio is trying to engage in blatant discrimination, and I predict it will be overturned in court. I further predict that the very attempt will be used by the Democrats to paint the GOP as being against fair elections
I agree its a non issue, I don’t expect for one second that Biden’s name won’t be on the ballot.
Thanks for the correction. That makes sense now.