is now impossible.
But this is still a very good question:
Why would Democrats oppose a ban on foreign campaign contributions in Ohio referenda elections?
At any rate, the net result of this new strategy all but eliminates any convention switcheroo for a failing Biden. Before this plan, the possibility existed (unlikely as it was) that the DNC could change the rules to release all delegates on the first ballot and have a real open convention for the nomination. This “virtual vote” of delegates necessitated by Ohio’s ballot-access deadline makes the convention entirely irrelevant, even more so than usual. It’s now just a huge anti-climax signifying nothing at all, not even the pro-forma elevation of the nominee. They will have done that in a smoke-filled back room, or maybe more accurately, a vape-filled back Zoom.
They’re stuck with Biden now because they will have no mechanism to replace him once that virtual vote takes place. In fact, it gets worse than that if Biden really does withdraw before and especially after the “virtual vote.” The DNC has no other mechanism than the convention to deal with a vacant ticket, so they lose Ohio access right off the bat. [emphasis added]