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[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

The only state that requires certification before the convention is Ohio. A state we aren't counting on and have little to no chance to win unless we suddenly run Reagan 2.0.

There's 49 other states that would still be in play, including all of the normal blue states and swing states.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Ohio even passed a special exception to extend the deadline to after the convention, though it's unclear from the news I read whether there might be some risk of it being overturned by the court if Democrats needed it.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Oh I don't think anyone is really depending on Ohio to keep its word on that. But there's definitely a cursed timeline where Harris is the nominee out of the convention, Ohio withdraws their promise, and Democrats get close enough with a write in campaign that it's plausible she would have taken Ohio. Cue more political violence.

At any rate I'm sure that has no chance of happening in our timeline, none whatsoever. Definitely not.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

Well, they did pass the law. It's just whether it can be invalidated in courts because they poisoned it with a provision to bar permanent residents (green card holders) from contributing to campaigns, which is likely unconstitutional. In a normal world, the individual ban would be thrown out, as it doesn't really have anything to do with ballot registration, but there's little reason to think the Supreme Court wouldn't rule in a way that disadvantages Democrats.