DNC backs virtual roll call vote for Biden as outside groups educate delegates about other scenarios
The virtual ballot will show Biden "as the presumptive and only qualified nominee," but there's an option for delegates to mark their own preference, as there was in 2020.
The Democratic National Committee (DNC) confirmed on Friday that President Biden is expected to be formally nominated by the Democratic Party in an early virtual roll call vote between Aug. 1 and Aug. 7. The DNC's convention rules committee met virtually on Friday to reaffirm that the vote would not take place before Aug. 1 or after Aug. 7. The committee stated that a final date would be set by DNC leadership after a second committee meeting next week, at some point before July 26, and the rules of the virtual roll call will be adopted. The DNC argued that an early virtual roll call is necessary to avoid litigation in Ohio, which requires major parties to have a presidential nominee by 90 days from the presidential election to appear on the ballot.
