The Democratic National Committee's Rules Committee on Friday made the case for proceeding with President Joe Biden's virtual nomination while also outlining next steps in the process and how virtual roll call voting would work.
Crucially, the Rules Committee did not take any votes, but just discussed the various proposals it plans to rubber-stamp at its next meeting, which it said will be held by Friday, July 26.
A proposal for the virtual nomination still says the roll call will happen the first week of August.
DNC Chair Jamie Harrison briefly acknowledged accumulating worry around the process of a virtual roll call at the top of the meeting and emphasized, despite some Democrats grumbling, that the party plans on going ahead with a virtual roll call, not one done in-person.
The virtual voting will start no earlier than Aug. 1 and should be wrapped by Aug. 7, Democrats said. The firm start date can be set only once the DNC passes the current rules package. The presidential and vice-presidential acceptance speeches would still be in-person