Alabama Moves To Adjust Ballot Deadline For Biden

The Birmingham News reports:

A bill to adjust the deadline in Alabama law for political parties to certify their nominees for president and vice president in order to get on the ballot in November has passed the state Senate.

The Senate passed SB324 by Sen. Merika Coleman, D-Pleasant Grove, by a vote of 31-0 on Tuesday. Twenty-five Republicans and six Democrats voted for the bill. It moves to the House of Representatives. It could get final passage as early as next week.

The bill is in response to the notification two weeks ago by Secretary of State Wes Allen to the Democratic Party that its national convention this year comes too late to make the Alabama deadline.

Read the full article. A similar fix is underway in Ohio.

The Alabama state Senate unanimously approved a measure that would ensure President Biden can be on the state’s ballot in November, after a state elections official warned that he may miss the deadline. https://t.co/vNMV99pO2l

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Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine said Tuesday that both President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump are going to be on the state’s ballot this November. https://t.co/4ck2GX3CCe

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