The Nation magazine, in its June 2024 edition, criticizes the Democratic National Committee for its decision to nominate President Joe Biden before the physical convention.  It is behind a pay wall, but says, “It’s hard to imagine a worse idea.  For many progressives – including key elements of the Democratic base – the only thing more dispiriting than having to vote for Biden and Harris again is to watch them get renominated.  A floor debate over unconditional aid to Israel might not be pretty, but it would reflect what Democrats are actually arguing about…the party’s rules matter as much as its rulers.  And debates over these rules…need to happen live and in public.”

The Democratic National Committee has not yet set a date for the virtual roll-call of the delegates to the national convention.  This virtual roll-call will choose the party’s presidential and vice-presidential nominees, and it will be earlier than August 19-22, the dates of the physical national convention.

The party has never explained publicly why it is holding a virtual roll-call.  The original motive was because otherwise the nominee could not be on the Ohio ballot, but that problem was solved earlier this month when Ohio relaxed its date.

A few days ago, the Florida Secretary of State amended his website to list the Reform Party as a qualified party.  Florida now has sixteen qualified parties, all of them eligible to nominate by primary.  However, only parties with registration of 5% may have a presidential primary.  Also, only parties recognized by the Federal Election Commission as a national committee may nominate for president without a difficult petition.

Here is the list of the parties.