Last month, we looked at the situation in Alabama, where a Democratic scheduling snafu set the stage for President Joe Biden possibly not being able to appear on the ballot in November. As with some other states, Alabama’s election laws require each party to submit the name of their candidate by a particular date, but the meeting of the DNC to officially declare Biden as their candidate will fall after that deadline. The state legislature had the right to declare an exemption to avoid the problem, but they were under no obligation to do so. Last night the matter was resolved. The Republican-dominated state legislature voted overwhelmingly to suspend the rule and allow Biden to appear on the presidential election ballot. But why would they do that? There are two competing explanations which we’ll explore below. (Associated Press)
Alabama officials on Thursday approved legislation to…
