Democratic nominee, dogged by controversy since entering contest, says ‘for the movement to continue, it can’t be me’
  • TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    I think its going to be on the Platner campaign, not the Maine DNC to decide who the next person is going to be. They have the internal infrastructure to win an election. Maine DNC does not.

        • ChunkMcHorkle@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
          4·
          22 hours ago

          Who the fuck says it has to be a Democrat?

          Platner won the Democratic primary, so the Democratic Party of Maine will select the winner according to Maine law and the state Democratic Party charter. From the Portland Press-Herald article I linked above:

          According to Maine law, if a candidate nominated in a primary election withdraws on or before 5 p.m. on the second Monday in July — July 13 this year — a replacement candidate can be named. Platner dropping out now makes that replacement process possible.

          The Democrats have until the fourth Monday in July — July 27 this year — to fill the vacancy, according to the Maine Department of the Secretary of State.

          According to the Democratic Party charter, the process for naming replacement candidates includes convening a nominating meeting assembled by a person appointed by the party chair.

          The charter does not provide great detail on the process for picking a replacement but says the meeting should be run in accordance with state law and the party charter.

          This is an archive link to the above Press-Herald article; I am aware there are problems with the archive site but it has the content. Use at your own discretion: https://archive.md/FaCOR