Seeing posts that it's too late for Harris to be on ballot in Indiana? It's not true

EVANSVILLE — With President Joe Biden's decision not to run for reelection, misinformation has started to spread about whether or not the successor candidate can appear on Indiana's ballot.

Social media postings to X (formerly Twitter) and Facebook have drawn community notes amending incorrect information, and for some states, such as New Mexico and Indiana, the Secretary of State's office has made an official statement to inform voters.

The gist of most of the posts is nine states have had their "ballot deadlines" pass − Alabama, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, New Mexico, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas and Washington. One post to X sharing this information has been retweeted at least 10,000 times and has nearly 40,000 likes. It also has a community note sharing information from Ballotpedia debunking its claims.

The posts are focused on these alleged deadlines as a way to imply Biden must stay on the ballot in the nine states, and whoever is selected at the Democratic National Convention in late August − anticipated to be Vice President Kamala Harris − will not be able to take his place.

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But that simply isn't true.

According to Indiana Secretary of State Diego Morales, the deadline for the Indiana State Party Chair of the Democratic Party to certify the names of the party’s candidates for president and vice president for November's general election is noon Eastern Time on Sept. 10.

It's the same deadline for all major political parties.

This means the DNC, which takes place Aug. 19-22 , happens in plenty of time for the party's new nominee to have their name placed on the ballot.

Individual counties in Indiana have until Sept. 16 to print ballots.

This article originally appeared on Evansville Courier & Press: Seeing posts that it's too late for Harris to be on ballot in Indiana? It's not true