He did it five days before the deadline for submitting applications to participate in the certification in the state expires. Snowfall, one of the 57 Democratic contests for the nomination of the presidential candidate, which will take place next February.
Biden’s presentation is a formality and is not expected to face significant competition in Nevada, where she will compete with the writer and activist Marianne Williamson and a handful of strangers.
Joe Biden formalized his candidacy in the US
The chances that Biden face a significant challenge in the race for a new nomination was reduced when Democrats, in the midterm elections, in 2022, won a seat in the Senate and governorships, while minimizing losses in the House.
Despite this, the age of the current president – he is 80 years old – and the ongoing investigations into him and his family should unleash conflicting opinions within the Democratic Party.
This Wednesday The period for registration of applications has opened in New Hampshire, which will be valid until the 27th of this month, and in seven other states that period will end in November, according to NBC News television.
Formal requirements vary widely by state, with some requiring an onerous fee or a large number of signatures, potentially high hurdles for anyone who would challenge Biden.
The Democrats of South Carolina require a $20,000 filing fee, while granting significant discretion to the party’s executive committee to determine whether candidates are “genuine Democrats whose record demonstrates their loyalty to the Democratic Party,” among other criteria.
The Democratic National Committee, with the approval of Biden, made important changes to the 2024 nominations schedule. The party initially proposed holding the Nevada primary on the same day as the New Hampshire primary, three days after the South Carolina primary.
However, it is expected that the authorities of New Hampshire set the date for their state’s primary early, based on state law that requires it to be held seven days before any “similar election.”
If that happens, it is not clear whether Biden will run in the New Hampshire Democratic primary, since the rules of the Democratic National Committee intended to enforce their preferred schedule would penalize a candidate who entered a race outside those guidelines.
Biden and Trump, the main candidates, are under investigation
Biden was questioned as part of an investigation into the handling of classified documents found in his home and his former private office, the White House reported Monday.
The attorney general of the United States, Merrick Garland, appointed in January a fiscal special to investigate the handling of secret documents, from the time when Biden was vice president in Barack Obama’s government (2009-2017) and immediately after.
“The president was questioned as part of an investigation being conducted by special counsel Robert Hur,” White House legal office spokesman Ian Sams said in a statement.
“The president and the White House are cooperating with this investigation,” Sams added. American media said that the fact that Biden himself was interviewed shows that the investigation is possibly about to conclude. Special counsel Hur’s team has already conducted extensive interviews with Biden’s staff, according to ABC.
In November 2022, confidential documents, the exact number and content of which are unknown, were found in the office of Biden at a think tank in Washington. On December 20, more documents were found in his home in Wilmington, Delaware (east), and others on January 12, 2023 in the library of his home.
In January, Biden dismissed an investigation, saying “there was nothing.” Growing scandals over the handling of secret files have taken on sudden importance ahead of the 2024 US presidential election.
Former President Donald Trump, Biden’s most likely rival in next year’s elections, also faces trial about the alleged mishandling of confidential documents found in his home in Mar-a-Lago, Florida, which he refused to return.
Source: Ambito
