It seems likely Democrats will have a presumptive vice-presidential nominee by August 7. That is historically rather late in the process, but not too unusual.
The ticket that took the longest to be presumptively known, in history, was the Republican ticket in 2008. John McCain didn’t express his preference for a v-p, Sarah Palin, until August 29.
Second-latest was the Democratic ticket of 2008, when Barack Obama didn’t announce Joe Biden until August 23.
CNN RULES WOULD HAVE BARRED EVERY INDEPENDENT PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE FOR LAST 112 YEARS
On May 15, CNN announced rules for getting into its June 27 presidential debate: (1) the candidate must have been at 15% or above in four national polls; and (2) the candidate must certified for the ballot in states with at least 270 electoral votes, by June 20.
The second rule, if it had been in effect over the last 112 years, would have barred every independent presidential candidate, and every presidential nominee of a new party, no matter how much popular support the candidate had enjoyed.
1912: Theodore Roosevelt, the nominee of the new Progressive Party, was not nominated by his new party until August 5. Furthermore, the Progressive Party did not even exist until after Roosevelt was defeated at the Republican convention on June 18-22.
On July 24, U.S. District Court Judge Daniel D. Crabtree, an Obama appointee, granted a Temporary Restraining Order against a Kansas campaign finance law, as applied to a small civic group in Overland Park. Fresh Vision Op v Skoglund, 5:24cv-04055. Kansas officials demanded that Fresh Vision register as a political committee after it endorsed a candidate for Mayor. The group generally doesn’t get involved with campaigns for public office, and instead carries on activities around ideas for civic improvement. The group sued because it doesn’t want to register as a “Political Committee”. Reporting requirements are burdensome for political committees, and donors must be identified.
On July 12, the Oregon Republican Party sent a letter to the Oregon Secretary of State, expressing its opinion that the Libertarian Party nominees for partisan office this year were not nominated in accordance with the Libertarian Party’s internal rules.
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