Juneau, Alaska (AP) – President Joe Biden intends to further advance his party’s nomination for re-election with the Democratic vote on Saturday in Wyoming It is Alaska.
As two of the least populated states, Alaska and Wyoming play minuscule roles in both intraparty and general election voting in presidential election years.
Biden effectively conquered the Democratic nomination on March 12 with the Georgia primary and is now almost certain to face former President donald trump as the Republican nominee in November.
ALASKA
Alaska Democrats will hold a voice vote for their party-driven preference poll at in-person and virtual district meetings on Saturday.
Biden is the only candidate on the ballot after the other qualified Democrat, Dean Phillips, suspended his campaign last month. Voting is being carried out during meetings where business from other parties is conducted.
The vote was postponed for a week. Democrats had planned for a ranked-choice election by mail on April 6, but those plans changed when only two candidates — Biden and Phillips — qualified for the ballot and when Phillips suspended his candidacy.
Changes to his plan were approved by the Democratic National Committee.
Biden was the only candidate on the ballot with no written provisions or uncommitted, said Lindsay Kavanaugh, executive director of the Alaska party.
“There is no option to vote no,” she said. “You can abstain. You don’t vote yes or no, you vote for a candidate.”
The party proceeded to vote, even with just one candidate, “to ensure we are as inclusive as possible,” she said, and to avoid any inference that party leaders themselves were deciding the candidates.
Alaska will allocate 15 pledged delegates based on Saturday’s vote.
Wyoming
Wyoming Democrats will hold district conventions on Saturday, where polls will determine which presidential candidate will receive the state’s 17 national delegates.
The caucuses will also determine who goes to the state Democratic convention on June 1 in Casper. There, 13 delegates to the Wyoming national convention will be chosen.
Wyoming’s other four “automatic” national delegates are the state party chairman, vice chairman and two national committee people, who have not yet committed to Biden or anyone else.
The winner of Saturday’s presidential election will receive first-round votes from all 17 of Wyoming’s delegates to the national convention. If more rounds of voting are necessary, delegates will then be free to vote for whoever they wish.
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Gruver reported from Cheyenne, Wyoming.
