[Reno89519]

I am trying to figure out how this happens, new this year or does it happen each four years? How could a party schedule convention for after these deadlines or were they changed? Either way, a bit of embarrassment but I’m sure the states and party, courts if needed, will fix this. By November it will be forgotten.

[who_would_fardels_bear]

For some reason the Dems are having their convention much later in the year than they normally do.

It's anyone's guess as to why this is. Could they be giving Old Joe more time to disintegrate so they can replace him? Did they want less time between the convention and election to give Joe a break from electioneering?

Who knows.

[napscoordinator]

They passed a one time law allowing trump to get on the ballot 4 years ago. They don’t seem to want to do that again. lol.

[scrabblehack]

I recall the conventions being the 3rd and 4th weeks of August before — the states must have either changed the law or they looked the other way.