Publicly, the Biden campaign is expressing confidence that he will appear on the ballot in both states.
But the situation has created new headaches for Democrats and stoked distrust with election officials over what has long been considered an apolitical process.
Allen shot back in a statement, saying he “took an oath to administer Alabama elections in accordance with Alabama law, not to help run the Democratic party.”.
The Biden campaign has said a possible solution is “provisional” certification, or formally notifying the states before the convention that they anticipate Biden will be the nominee.
Then, on Monday, Allen, Alabama’s secretary of state, announced that he also had notified the state’s Democrats that their national convention is too late to certify Biden.
“Joe Biden will be on the ballot in all 50 states,” Biden campaign spokesperson Josh Marcus-Blank said in a statement.
In 2020 alone, states like Alabama, Illinois, Montana and Washington all allowed provisional certification for Democratic and Republican nominees.”. »