Democrat National Committee Passes New Rules That Would Allow Virtual Convention
Source: Time
MAY 12, 2020 8:35 PM EDT
Democrats are making new moves toward a virtual presidential nominating convention this August, with a top party committee voting Tuesday to grant convention organizers in Milwaukee the authority to design an event that won’t require delegates to attend in person amid the coronavirus pandemic.
The Democratic National Committee’s influential Rules & Bylaws Committee approved a plan that party Chairman Tom Perez said gives organizers “the tools necessary to adapt and plan” for a gathering and “ensure that every delegate is able to accomplish their official business without putting their own health at risk – whether that be participating in person or by other means to allow for social distancing.”
Under the resolution, the party’s convention committee will be able to determine the convention’s final dates, along with its “format, voting mechanisms, structure and other logistical aspects.” The proposal now goes to the full DNC membership, with the body expected to approve it in a mail ballot.
The expected action underscores how deeply COVID-19 has upended the 2020 presidential election, potentially forcing one or both major parties to dramatically alter their conventions in ways that not even the Civil War required in 1864. And it raises the possibility even further that Joe Biden will be nominated as his party’s standard-bearer without the traditional roll call vote from thousands of delegates across 57 U.S. states and territories.
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Note: "Democrat" is in the Time headline, not my choice of words. For LBN we have to post the exact headline.
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Delegates will be safe, and Milwaukee won't be exposed to the danger of possible incoming coronavirus carriers.
A win-win, IMO. 
