Al-O-Meter
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The nomination process isn't defined by laws, so nothing is illegal, but rather the process is defined by rules adopted by the parties. The rules to become a Republican nominee is different from the rules to become a Democrat nominee. For the Democrats, the guiding document is this: https://democrats.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/2024-Delegate-Selection-Rules.pdf
To really answer your question, the DNC can do whatever it wants. Two terms we may all get familiar with are 'super delegates' and 'brokered convention'. We haven't had a brokered convention since the DNC did it in 1952. but that is what they call it when the nominee naming process gets creative, and super delegates are the parties' way of subverting the will of the people to place the candidate they want.
What Is a Brokered Convention? | HISTORY
The history of U.S. presidential elections is filled with political conventions that were anything but predictable.
www.history.com
Superdelegates Are Super Anti-Democratic: How Political Parties Try To Rig Their Primary Elections | GoodParty.org
When it comes to primary elections, don't be too shocked to learn that the "democratic process" isn't quite as democratic as it's cracked up to be.
goodparty.org
The place where things can run off the rails is at the state level. The states get to decide who is on and not on the ballots. The most famous example of that was the election of 1860 where there were two different democrat nominees with one on the ballots of some states and the other appearing on the ballots of other states. The guy who won the election wasn't on the ballots of many states. The winner was Abraham Lincoln and the election of 1860 was the start of the US Civil War. No pressure 2024 DNC.
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