All eyes on Nevada, Georgia, Wisconsin and South Carolina… just in case.
The political world is still on fire in the wake of Joe Biden’s dismal performance in the recent presidential debate against Pres. Donald Trump.
From CNN’s Van Jones to the entire editorial board of the New York Times AND the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, the chorus of those urging Biden to drop out of the race just grows louder every day.
But wait… what if Biden “suddenly” decides to pull the plug? What happens to all the money deposited into the Biden Re-Election Campaign coffers? Perhaps more important, what happens to all those delegates pledged to Biden after all those state elections?
Keep in mind that the Democrats have something called “Superdelegates.”
So, what in the world is a superdelegate? Glad you asked… according to the official Delegate Selection Rules for the 2024 Democratic National Convention this is who the superdelegates are;
- The Democratic President and the Democratic Vice President of the United States, if applicable; and,
- All Democratic members of the United States House of Representatives and all
Democratic members of the United States Senate; and, - The Democratic Governor, if applicable; and,
- All former Democratic Presidents, all former Democratic Vice Presidents, all former Democratic Leaders of the U.S. Senate, all former Democratic Speakers of
the U.S. House of Representatives and Democratic Minority Leaders, as applicable, and all former Chairs of the Democratic National Committee.
That’s an awful lot of “delegates” who were never selected by the voters during any the primaries, huh?
Anyhow, as it turns out, the good folks over at the Heritage Foundation’s Oversight Project have stirred-up quite the hornet’s nest.
As seen in the Twitter/X post below, Oversight Project Mike Howell states pretty plainly (emphasis mine);
If the Biden family decides that President Biden will not run for re-election, the mechanisms for replacing him on ballots vary by state. There is the potential for pre-election litigation in some states that would make the process difficult and perhaps unsuccessful.
Three of the expected six most contested states have some potential for pre-election litigation aimed at exasperating, with legitimate concerns for election integrity, the withdrawal process for a presidential candidate.
GA, NV, and WI, have specific procedures for withdrawal of a presidential nominee with differing degrees of applicability and timelines. WI does not allow withdrawal for any reason besides death.
Some states allow withdrawal before the 74th day before an election, and failure to adhere to these timelines can result in the candidate’s name remaining on the ballot (which provides its own corollary of post-election litigation). Likewise, the rationale for withdrawal (death, medical, or other) can be outcome determinative. Some states, like South Carolina, do not allow withdrawal for political reasons.
— Oversight Project (@OversightPR) June 24, 2024
By the way, those “steps” in the below video are a single, step… that’s it.
The other three “steps” are just lines painted on the floor to give an illusion.
Just like Joe Biden’s competency.