Former Vice President Joe Biden accepted his party’s nomination for president at the virtual Democratic National Convention Thursday.
A good-sized watched outside the Milwaukee Zoo.
Biden told Democrats the country faces four crises – dealing with the worst pandemic in 100 years, the worst economic decline since the Great Depression, protests for racial justice, and the accelerating threat of climate change. He spoke to Wisconsin’s importance in the November 3rd vote when he and Kamala Harris will be challenging President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence.
This is Biden’s third attempt at the White House and the first time he won the Democratic Party’s nomination.
Meanwhile, the Wisconsin Elections Commission has decided representatives for Kanye West failed to file nominating paperwork in time to get his name on the state’s ballot in November.
They arrived at the Madison office 14 seconds after the 5:00 p-m deadline, then were delayed further when more information was needed.
Thursday’s vote was five-to-one, with commissioner Robert Spindell says the 5:00 p-m deadline should be clarified.
Another commissioner pointed out that other candidates have been kept off the ballot because they were short by one signature.
West will be listed on ballots in other states, including Colorado, Oklahoma, Utah and Vermont.
