While the questions of how COVID-19 will affect the conventions in Milwaukee and Charlotte this summer are being asked, and the answer is, it’s way too early to tell, the state conventions where many delegates are picked will be affected first:
On Monday, state party chairs raised concerns on a conference call with DNC officials that party functions, including the election of delegates to the national convention, could be disrupted or delayed because of coronavirus fears.
“It is serious. The question for state chairs is, look, we all have to put on conventions coming up. Most of the delegates to the national convention are elected at [state] conventions. What happens if state parties have to cancel these events where delegates are elected?” said Ken Martin, chairman of the Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party and a Vice Chair of the Democratic National Committee. “If things continue to evolve, It could dramatically alter the contest and severely hamper Democrats as we try to unify our party.”
We will keep an eye on this for you.
I am not surprised — and I’m less concerned about the “unity” of the party than the logistics of choosing delegates, and then a candidate. “Unity” will easily come from people rising up against the current administration that had MONTHS and didn’t even both creating a test in an uncontaminated lab….