Virtual Discussion

 The DNC has said now that they will hold some type of meeting and approve a 'virtual-vote' by Convention members....ahead  of the actual convention itself (to be 19 to 22 August, in Chicago).  The 'virtual-vote'?  To nominate Joe Biden/Kam Harris.

This apparently resolves the Ohio-problem....where a deadline is in place (by state law), and the state refuses to modify the law.....so the 19 August business would fail to get Joe on the Ohio ballot.

I sat and pondered over this.

This virtual-vote would likely occur by early July, with state delegations having provided an ID of members, and some form of email going out....with a password and instruction of how it would work.  

My humble guess....it'd be open and vote-enabled for three days (probably over a weekend), and you'd have a virtual chance to vote for Joe/Kam, or a blank area for a write-in.

So the question in my mind...what if 51-percent of the delegates say NO to Joe/Kam?  In this scenario, I think the DNC would huddle for an hour after the vote and then say that the vote was 'hacked'.  

Would 51-percent readily say no?  I think out of 2,000 delegates....it might be easy to find 200 agreeing, and maybe another 200 who feel uneasy.  Joe and Kam ought to pass.

But lets say the virtual vote is only 44-percent for Joe/Kam....meaning the bulk are against them.  What follows for the next six weeks?

CNN, WaPo and NPR would be working daily to stir up passion and list the three or four 'fillers' constantly.

I'll end this discussion with this....if the virtual vote work....why bother with a convention?  Why not just have virtual conventions as the norm in the future....with no one traveling 1,000 miles for a week of political partying?