Can Biden be replaced as the Democratic nominee?

President Biden’s show astatine past night’s CNN Presidential Debate has near the Democratic Party confronting the anticipation of replacing their statesmanlike nominee. 

This usher explains however specified an bonzer determination could occur.

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If Biden wants to enactment connected the ballot earlier the DNC rotation call

Biden is currently the presumptive Democratic nominee, due to the fact that helium has secured the overwhelming bulk of pledged Democratic delegates awarded aft each state's superior election.

Former President Donald Trump is besides presently a presumptive nominee.

Democratic National Committee rules springiness the powerfulness of the information to those delegates.

President Biden participates successful the CNN Presidential Debate astatine the CNN Studios connected June 27, 2024, successful Atlanta. Biden's show astatine the statement has raised concerns wrong the Democratic Party astir the anticipation of replacing him arsenic their nominee. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Delegates indispensable "in each bully conscience bespeak the sentiments of those who elected them," meaning Democratic superior voters.

In different words, as agelong arsenic Biden wants to enactment connected the ballot, past those delegates are expected to ballot for him.

Since the rules bash not enforce immoderate ineligible work connected delegates to ballot for the campaigner to whom they are pledged, a wide defection is astatine slightest theoretically possible.

The enactment volition formally nominate Biden erstwhile the delegates enactment successful a rotation telephone vote.

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That usually takes spot during a enactment convention, which for Democrats begins connected the week of Aug. 19.

But this year, the Democrats volition clasp a "virtual" rotation telephone ballot by Aug. 7 to comply with an Ohio ballot entree deadline.

That means a consenting Biden volition apt go the nominee connected Aug. 7 at the latest.

If Biden steps speech before the DNC rotation call

If Biden steps speech before the rotation call, then his delegates volition nary longer beryllium pledged to him, and it volition beryllium fundamentally "open season."

Any campaigner who is eligible to beryllium president could emerge, including candidates who did not tally successful the statesmanlike primaries, and delegates could ballot for them.

Clearly, an endorsement from Biden would beryllium captious for immoderate 1 of those candidates.

President Biden speaks arsenic helium participates successful the archetypal statesmanlike statement of the 2024 elections with erstwhile U.S. President and Republican statesmanlike campaigner Donald Trump astatine CNN's studios successful Atlanta, Georgia, connected June 27, 2024. (Getty Images)

And portion the astir logical contender to person an endorsement would beryllium Vice President Kamala Harris, Biden could take anyone.

If Biden steps aside, dies oregon has a ‘disability’ aft the DNC rotation call

Any alteration successful the nominee aft the rotation telephone vote would beryllium adjacent much of a governmental disaster.

DNC rules springiness wide powerfulness to the committee to regenerate a campaigner successful the lawsuit of death, resignation oregon "disability" of a nominee: "In the lawsuit of death, resignation oregon disablement of a nominee of the Party for President oregon Vice President aft the adjournment of the National Convention, the National Chairperson of the Democratic National Committee shall confer with the Democratic enactment of the United States Congress and the Democratic Governors Association and shall study to the Democratic National Committee, which is authorized to capable the vacancy oregon vacancies."

Harris campaigned with Biden astatine Girard College, May 29, 2024, successful Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

The scope of "disability" volition beryllium a taxable of aggravated statement if the enactment chooses to invoke that provision.

But successful the lawsuit of 1 of those 3 conditions, the party's seat Jaime Harrison would consult with Democratic leaders. He would springiness a proposal to the DNC. The committee would determine a caller nominee.

Again, the astir apt contender would beryllium Harris, fixed her existent presumption wrong the Biden administration, but thing could happen.

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If Biden steps aside, dies, oregon has a 'disability' aft ballots are printed

If 1 of these conditions occurs aft wide predetermination ballots are printed – and/or it is excessively precocious to alteration the sanction of the campaigner printed connected those ballots – the mechanics for the DNC to regenerate Biden is the same. 

Under that scenario, the enactment would person to pass voters that adjacent though they are voting for Joe Biden, the committee has chosen idiosyncratic other for the nomination.

After the election, the enactment would person to effort to instruct electors successful the Electoral College to formed a ballot for that caller candidate.

The disorder that a last-minute determination similar this would origin among voters would marque an already challenging run adjacent much of an upward climb.

And fixed the unprecedented quality of specified a move, it would astir surely beryllium litigated astatine the U.S. Supreme Court.

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