Even before President Joe Biden’s long-speculated withdrawal from the 2024 presidential race, allies of former President Donald Trump floated the possibility of suing to block Democrats from having anyone other than Biden on the ballot in November.
But election administration and legal experts said the timing of Biden’s exit on Sunday makes it unlikely that any Republican ballot access challenges will succeed, with some calling the idea “ridiculous” and “frivolous.” Democrats are on safe legal ground as they identify a new standard-bearer, they say, because the party hasn’t officially chosen its nominee. That typically occurs with a vote of delegates at the party’s convention.
“It’s ridiculous for people to talk about ‘replacing Biden.’ He hasn’t been nominated yet,” said Richard Winger, a leading expert on state ballot access laws and the longtime editor of the “Ballot Access News” newsletter.
It’s s different with trump because he has already secured the nomination. Biden was just the presumptive nominee, which is why they have no standing because there is no nominee yet.
After that, there is probably a period of time where the wheels are in motion to put people on the ballot where they cannot turn back.
Like do you think the day before the election they could just swap out a candidate? What about printing ballots and distributing them? There has to be some kind of cut off.