Democrats to push ahead with Biden nomination before convention

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2. This news story is framed as if Democrats are doing this because of party infighting

But the primary reason for doing it is because if they don't, Biden won't be on the Ohio ballot. A secondary effect will likely be, as the article states, to "kill off efforts to force Biden from the party’s presidential ticket." But that's not why Biden is being nominated early.

This story is from May, before the first Trump/Biden debate.

Democrats plan to nominate Biden by virtual roll call to meet Ohio ballot deadline

President Joe Biden will be formally nominated as the Democratic presidential nominee through a virtual roll call ahead of the party’s official convention in Chicago in August — a maneuver that will allow Biden to appear on the November ballot in Ohio.

The Democratic National Convention, where the president would otherwise be formally nominated, comes after Ohio’s ballot deadline of Aug. 7. The party’s convention is scheduled for Aug. 19-22.

Ohio lawmakers have moved the deadline in the past for candidates of both parties, although they had not done so yet for Biden this year and were called to a rare special session by Gov. Mike DeWine to address the issue.

https://apnews.com/article/ohio-ballot-biden-access-3bf359cce8e73714be45cb99a6e31546