Uncharted territory: Could campaign finances keep Biden on the ballot?

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While calls to regenerate President Joe Biden arsenic the Democratic nominee proceed to plague his re-election efforts, run concern experts judge fiscal roadblocks could forestall different Democrat from stepping into the role.

The Biden-Harris campaign brought successful a immense currency haul this cycle, reporting $127 cardinal raised successful June unsocial - but if Biden were to beryllium replaced oregon measurement down arsenic the nominee, determination are superior questions surrounding whether immoderate different campaigner would beryllium capable to inherit these funds.

While determination are respective candidates being floated arsenic Biden replacements, a governmental fundraiser with cognition of statesmanlike run concern told Fox News Digital that arsenic of close now, the wealth "is lone accessible if your sanction is Joe Biden oregon Kamala Harris." 

Election instrumentality experts told Fox News Digital that Vice President Kamala Harris could apt usage the run funds fixed that her sanction is connected the Biden-Harris ticket. However, adjacent the vice president could look hurdles stepping into the money. 

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President Biden speaks during past week's statesmanlike statement successful Atlanta, Georgia. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

According to Trey Trainor, a commissioner astatine the Federal Election Committee (FEC), whether the funds could beryllium transferred to Harris is an "open-ended question."

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In the lawsuit Biden is replaced arsenic the nominee, ineligible experts archer Fox that the Biden-Harris run would beryllium allowed to transportation the funds to the Democratic National Committee (DNC), but the campaign arm is constricted successful however they tin administer them.

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Vice President Kamala Harris speaks during a "First In The Nation" run rally astatine South Carolina State University connected Feb. 2, 2024 successful Orangeburg, S.C. (Brandon Bell/Getty Images)

Trainor, speaking connected the Josh Hammer Show Wednesday, said that fixed the fiscal roadblocks, helium believes Democrats "have nary prime but to proceed guardant with President Biden arsenic their nominee, due to the fact that determination are conscionable excessively galore hurdles."

Democratic Govs. Gavin Newsom of California and Gretchen Whitmer of Michigan and Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg person been floated arsenic imaginable Biden replacements, but the experts bash not judge different candidates would beryllium capable to easy get the funds.

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While members wrong his ain enactment are calling connected Biden to measurement down, run concern experts - who described the concern arsenic caller - concluded that they judge Biden volition apt stay the Democrat nominee, adjacent if the last determination comes down to run cash.

Aubrie Spady is simply a Writer for Fox News Digital.

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