President Joe Biden will be the only candidate to participate in multi-state primary voting for the upcoming 2024 presidential election, as Democrats in each state seek to weaken his challengers.
Biden is the only Democratic candidate for whom state election boards are voting in three states, including North Carolina. Authenticated Biden was the only candidate on the Dec. 19 ballot for the state's March 5 primary. The board's decision was taken in the following steps: request was a member of a state party and followed another party decision The Florida Democratic Party has asked that only Biden's name be submitted for the state's March 19 primary. (Related article: 'Avoid the poison of humiliation': Biden allies reportedly worried about Democratic primaries in key early states)
2020 North Carolina Democratic Presidential Primary Election Features There are more than ten candidates.florida democrat Major The race was fierce again this year, but only three candidates competed: Biden, then-Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont, and a member of the House of Representatives. Tulsi Gabbard from Hawaii.
“We are disappointed that the North Carolina State Board of Elections has abdicated its authority to protect North Carolina voters from the North Carolina Democratic State Party’s attempts to circumvent our democracy,” Candidate Marianne Williamson said the person. I have written on X (old Twitter) on Tuesday. Her complaints were echoed by Democratic Rep. Dean Phillips of Minnesota, who accused her party of hypocrisy regarding her advocacy of democracy.
“Democrats are suppressing competition, suppressing voters, suppressing debate in America,” said Phillips, another candidate. I have written On Twitter. “Crowning unelected candidates and disenfranchising voters allows us to erode democracy itself.”
Outside of North Carolina and Florida, Tennessee is the only state where Biden is the only candidate in the Democratic primary. Mr. Phillips had filed to run in the state's primary election, but he was rejected. not certified According to the Tennessee Secretary of State's Office, this is because signature requirements were not met.
Other states also appear to be holding competitive Democratic primaries that do not exclude Biden's challengers. Mr. Williamson and Mr. Phillips were certified on primary ballots in South Carolina, Michigan, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Iowa, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Oklahoma, Vermont, Virginia, and Georgia. There is.
In some primaries, only a few candidates are scheduled to appear, such as in Nevada, where only Biden and Williamson will appear because Phillips missed the state's filing deadline. Mr. Williamson will not participate in the primary voting in Alabama and Maine, but Mr. Biden withdrew from the New Hampshire election after the state did not comply with a Democratic National Committee (DNC) decision to change the primary date. Therefore, I will not participate in the preliminary vote.
The DNC's decision to publicly endorse Biden as the sitting president and not hold a primary debate will cause at least one presidential candidate, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., to withdraw from the Democratic primary and run as an independent candidate. is what happened.
Mr. Biden aimed to emphasize It features defense of democracy as a core theme of his candidacy, contrasts him with former President Donald Trump, a leading candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, and depicts his attempts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election. Ta.
“I have made preserving American democracy a central focus of my presidency. I believe in free and fair elections and the right to vote fairly and have your vote counted,” Biden said in a recent statement. mentioned in a TV ad. released by his campaign.
The DNC did not respond to requests for comment.
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