Democrats to nominate Biden virtually to bypass quirk of Ohio law

[Ms. Toad]

16. Both parties have beeen scheduling post-deadline conventions since 2010 (IIRC) when the law passed.

In each instance, the Ohio Legislature has modified the deadline.

The difference this year is that the Republican convention is before the deadline, leaving the Republicans free to play games without impacting their candidate.

So, aside from this year's timing quirk, there was no reason to believe it would be different this year. Ordinarily, I'd agree with you. But given the history of this particular law (which has created headaches and one-off legislative solutions since it was passed) I'll give them a pass. Refusing to grant an exception this year, when exceptions have been routinely granted in the past, is pure politics.