Joe Biden could miss deadline for the November ballot in Alabama

10 April 2024, 04:44

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Mr Allen indicated that Mr Biden’s name will not appear on the ballot unless the deadline is met.

President Joe Biden could be left off the ballot in Alabama, the state’s elections chief said on Tuesday, because the state’s certification deadline comes several days before the Democratic Party’s convention.

Alabama secretary of state Wes Allen, a Republican, made the statement on Tuesday, a day after a similar concern was raised in Ohio that Mr Biden could be left off the ballot in that state.

Mr Allen sent a letter to Alabama Democratic Party chairman Randy Kelley saying that the state’s August 15 certification deadline is four days before the Democratic National Convention (DNC) is set to begin.

Mr Allen indicated that Mr Biden’s name will not appear on the ballot unless the deadline is met.

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Alabama secretary of state Wes Allen (Butch Dill/ AP)

“If this Office has not received a valid certificate of nomination from the Democratic Party following its convention by the statutory deadline, I will be unable to certify the names of the Democratic Party’s candidates for President and Vice President for ballot preparation for the 2024 general election,” Mr Allen wrote.

Mr Kelley told The Associated Press on Tuesday night that he had contacted the DNC about the matter to see what could be done. An option could be for the party to send in a provisional certification.

“Joe Biden will be on the ballot in all 50 states,” the Biden campaign said in a statement.

“State officials have the ability to grant provisional ballot access certification prior to the conclusion of presidential nominating conventions. In 2020 alone, states like Alabama, Illinois, Montana, and Washington all allowed provisional certification for Democratic and Republican nominees.”

Alabama law requires the names of presidential nominees to be submitted 82 days before the election.

The Republican-controlled Alabama Legislature in 2020 passed legislation to change the certification deadline for the 2020 election. The bill stated that the change was being made “to accommodate the dates of the 2020 Republican National Convention”.

The deadline was pushed forward about a week that year. It was a one-time change that only applied to that year.

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