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Joe Biden drops out, endorses Kamala Harris. How do the Democrats choose a 2024 nominee now? (opens a new window)
The National Task Force on Election Crises, a bipartisan group of election law experts, academics and former officials, called state ballot access laws “no obstacle” for a nominee other than Biden in a statement.
“The ballot line belongs to the Democratic Party — it does not belong to Joe Biden,” said New York University law professor Richard Pildes. “So as long as the party nominates its candidate by the end of the dates scheduled for the convention, there is no issue.”