Democratic National Committee leaders want to move forward with nominating Joe Biden as the party's presidential candidate in November by the end of the month, or even next week.
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The current US president's nomination was scheduled to be confirmed next month in a conference call ahead of the Democratic convention scheduled for late August, but several senior party officials are said to be trying to speed up the process amid doubts about his nomination since the televised debate on June 27, the New York Times reported.
Two preliminary conference calls are scheduled for Friday and Sunday to confirm the rules of the Democratic National Convention.
The 4,000 delegates could then begin casting their ballots as early as Monday, a process that could take about a week.
A phone call called a “roll call” must then be made to confirm the results of the delegates' votes.
The latter, which traditionally takes place just before the Democratic Convention but will be held virtually this year, could be held as early as July 21.
Despite the many questions about his candidacy after the June 27 debate, Joe Biden reiterated that he would not abandon his candidacy.
During the Democratic primary, the incumbent President of the United States received an overwhelming majority of the votes, giving him 3,904 delegates compared to 45 for his opponents.
