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Fact Check cashclan & his BS Deadline have past in 9 states.

Time to lower the boom on his crap, conspiracy chit


cashclan said below:-

"9 states locked out for Harris/Walz ticket. How they going to win?

Deadline have past in 9 states..

9 states locked out for Harris/Walz ticket. How they going to win? 130 possible electoral college votes Poof for Harris/Walz..."

Fact Check: Ballot deadline has not passed in any US states


U.S. President Joe Biden was not yet certified as the Democratic Party’s presidential candidate before he withdrew from the race, so posts online insisting it is too late to remove his name from the ballot in certain states misinterpret the election process.
Social media posts shared, opens new tab a list of “STATES WHERE BIDEN’S NAME CAN’T BE REMOVED AND NO ONE CAN BE ADDED THAT’S OVER 130 ELECTORAL COLLEGE VOTES IN THE TOILET.”





But most states require parties to submit their presidential candidates 60 to 75 days before the election. For this year’s Nov. 5 election, that means the deadlines fall around mid-August or later and states with earlier deadlines, such as Ohio, have said they would accommodate a late submission.
The Democratic National Committee has said it will choose a presidential nominee by Aug. 7, before the party’s convention scheduled for Aug. 19-22. The parties normally choose their candidate through party primary elections, whose results allocate delegates to the party’s convention where a candidate is formally nominated. By exiting the race on July 21, Biden “released” the nearly 4,000 delegates pledged to vote for him based on the primaries earlier this year and those delegates are free to vote as they choose.


The day after Biden stepped aside, an Associated Press survey of delegates showed Vice President Kamala Harris had the support of 2,538 delegates, well beyond the 1,976 needed to win the nomination in the coming weeks.
The deadline to certify the parties’ official nominee for the November ballot also has not passed in any of the states listed in the social media posts: Alabama, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, New Mexico, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas and Washington.

ALABAMA
Parties have until Aug. 23 to submit candidates to the Secretary of State, according to state law, opens new tab (17-14-31). The deadline was amended, opens new tab in May, reducing the timeframe from 82 to 74 days before the general election.
Alabama has previously changed, opens new tab certification deadlines as a one-time occurrence, including in 2020 when the Republican National Convention was scheduled to take place after the filing deadline.


INDIANA
The deadline for all major political parties to certify candidates under state law, opens new tab (3-10-4-5) is Sept. 10, opens new tab, according to the Secretary of State’s office.

MICHIGAN
Michigan requires parties, opens new tab to submit candidates within one business day following the end of the party’s convention. The nominees will be certified by Sept. 6, or 60 days before the election, and will appear on the ballot, according to a statement from the Secretary of State.

MINNESOTA
The chair of each major political party must certify, opens new tab the names of candidates for president and vice president by Aug. 26, or 71 days before the general election, under state law (208.03, opens new tab).

NEW MEXICO
The presidential nominee selected at the Democratic National Convention will appear on the ballot as long as the party meets the Aug. 27 ballot deadline, according to a July 22 statement, opens new tab by the Secretary of State.
Under state law, opens new tab (pages 116-117), when there’s a vacancy on the ballot because a candidate withdrew or a new office was created, among other reasons, the party has until 70 days before the election to fill in a candidate.

OHIO
In light of Biden’s withdrawal, Ohio temporarily exte, opens new tabnded its deadline to certify candidates to Sept. 1, and the Secretary of State in a letter to the Democratic National Committee (DNC) chair assured the party its nominees will appear on the ballot.
To comply with Ohio’s original Aug. 7 deadline, the DNC announced plans for a virtual roll call vote to be held in early August to select the party’s presidential candidate and party officials have said the virtual vote would move forward despite the extension, to avoid any legal risk in the state.

PENNSYLVANIA
Nominees selected at the Democratic National Convention will appear on the general election ballot, according to, opens new tab the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania website.
The county board of elections will receive a list of candidates to be voted on by Aug. 27, or 70 days before the election under state law, opens new tab (page 158, Section 1305.1 (b)).

TEXAS
Candidates for president and vice president will appear on the ballot if parties meet the Aug. 26 certification deadline, 71 days before the election, under state law, opens new tab (Sec. 192.031).
The deadline is the same, opens new tab to certify a replacement nominee in the case that an original nominee withdraws from the race 74 days before the election (Sec. 192.062).

WASHINGTON
The deadline to certify candidates according to state law, opens new tab is Aug. 20, which would fall during the Democratic National Convention.
Washington’s director of elections in an April letter, opens new tab to the DNC said the state will accept a provisional certificate of nomination submitted by Aug. 20. The Seattle Times reported, opens new tab the state accepted such provisional certificates in 2020 for then-presidential candidates Biden and Donald Trump.

VERDICT
False. The deadline to certify presidential candidates to appear on the ballot for the Nov. 5 general election has not passed in the states listed in social media posts.

https://www.reuters.com/fact-check/ballot-deadline-has-not-passed-any-us-states-2024-07-30/