{"id":2234574,"date":"2024-05-01T13:11:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-01T17:11:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/commission-plans-biden-trump-debates-to-begin-after-voting-has-already-started\/"},"modified":"2024-05-01T13:13:52","modified_gmt":"2024-05-01T17:13:52","slug":"commission-plans-biden-trump-debates-to-begin-after-voting-has-already-started","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/commission-plans-biden-trump-debates-to-begin-after-voting-has-already-started\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden-Trump debates scheduled after voting starts"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">12<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcommission-plans-biden-trump-debates-to-begin-after-voting-has-already-started%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2234574&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump are set to have their first\u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gov-whitmer-media-caught-in-another-lie-anarchist-arrested-for-plot-to-kidnap-and-kill-whitmer-hates-president-trump-trump-is-a-tyrant-video\/\" title=\"Gov. Whitmer, Media Caught in Another Lie - Anarchist Arrested For Plot to Kidnap and Kill Whitmer Hates President Trump, 'Trump is a Tyrant' (VIDEO)\">presidential debate<\/a> after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/in-nevada-a-corrupt-cash-for-votes-scheme-is-hiding-in-plain-sight\/\" title=\"In Nevada, A Corrupt Cash-For-Votes Scheme Is Hiding In Plain Sight\">absentee ballots<\/a> have been sent out in some states and early voting has started \u200cin Pennsylvania. While Biden expressed his\u200d readiness to \u200bdebate \u200don Sirius XM&#8217;s &#8220;The Howard Stern Show,&#8221; Trump confirmed his willingness\u200c to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cnn-and-disney-owned-abc-news-are-trying-to-get-involved-in-the-gop-primary-report\/\" title=\"CNN and ABC News, owned by Disney, seek involvement in GOP primary: Report\">debate anytime<\/a> and anywhere.\u200d Despite calls for earlier debates, \u2062the Commission on Presidential Debates will stick to\u2063 its original schedule.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<figure>                         <\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump are scheduled to have their first presidential debate <em>after <\/em>election officials have started mailing absentee ballots to voters in some states and after early voting has opened in Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n<p>Biden recently committed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/biden-does-live-interview-howard-stern\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">while<\/a> on Sirius XM\u2019s \u201cThe Howard Stern Show\u201d that he would be \u201chappy to debate\u201d the former president, amid skepticism the gaffe- and confusion-prone incumbent would not go head-to-head with Trump. Trump responded via Truth Social that he was ready to debate \u201cANYWHERE, ANYTIME, ANYPLACE.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Trump campaign managers Chris LaCivita and Susie Wiles had previously <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/04\/11\/politics\/election-presidential-debate-trump\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">called<\/a> on the commission to move up the debates \u201cto ensure more Americans have a full chance to see the candidates before they start voting.\u201d The campaign also argued for \u201cadding more debates in addition to those on the currently proposed schedule.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But the Commission on Presidential Debates told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/presidential-debates-commission-sticking-september-schedule-despite-trumps-calls-earlier-debates\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Fox News<\/a> on Tuesday it would continue with its original schedule that was released last November. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe CPD\u2019s criteria [\u2026] will be applied in early September; afterward, the Commission will extend debate invitations to qualifying candidates,\u201d the commission told Fox News. <\/p>\n<p>The first debate is <a href=\"https:\/\/debates.org\/2023\/11\/20\/2024-sites\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">scheduled<\/a> for Sept. 16 at Texas State University, followed by an Oct. 1 debate in Petersburg, Virginia with a third debate scheduled for Oct. 9 in Salt Lake City. <\/p>\n<p>But states like Delaware and North Carolina send absentee\/mail ballots out 60 days before the election, which means those ballots will go out <em>before<\/em> the first scheduled debate, which falls 50 days before the election. Arkansas, Kentucky, Minnesota, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Tennessee, West Virginia, and Wisconsin send mail-in ballots to voters \u201cmore than 45 days before the election,\u201d and 11 additional states send ballots out 45 days before the election, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncsl.org\/elections-and-campaigns\/table-7-when-states-mail-out-absentee-mail-ballots\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">according<\/a> to the National Conference of State Legislatures. The second debate, on Oct. 1, will take place 35 days before the election \u2014 at least 10 days <em>after<\/em> about two-fifths of states have started mailing voters their absentee ballots.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, early in-person voting starts as early as 50 days before the election \u2014 the same day of the debate \u2014 in the battleground state of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncsl.org\/elections-and-campaigns\/early-in-person-voting\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Pennsylvania<\/a>, for example. The presidential debate is scheduled to start at 9:00 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>LaCivita and Wiles rebuked the commission\u2019s refusal to schedule the first <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bbc-changes-victims-statement-to-avoid-misgendering-her-rapist\/\" title=\"BBC Changes Victim\u2019s Statement To Avoid \u2018Misgendering\u2019 Her Rapist\">debate prior<\/a> to ballots being sent out to voters. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Presidential Debate Commission\u2019s schedule does not begin until after millions of Americans will have already cast their ballots. This is unacceptable, and by refusing to move up the debates, they are doing a grave disservice to the American public who deserve to hear from both candidates before <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/meet-the-man-trying-to-shake-up-yales-secretive-governing-body\/\" title=\"Meet the Man Trying to Shake Up Yale\u2019s Secretive Governing Body\">voting begins<\/a>,\u201d LaCivita and Wiles said in a statement. \u201cPresident Trump has stated he will debate Joe Biden anytime, anywhere, anyplace, and Joe Biden himself just agreed to debate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are committed to making this happen with or without the Presidential Debate Commission,\u201d the statement continued. \u201cWe extend an invitation to every television network in America that wishes to host a debate, and we once again call on Joe Biden\u2019s team to work with us to set one up as soon as possible. The American people deserve it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>During the 2020 election cycle, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.debates.org\/2019\/10\/11\/commission-on-presidential-debates-announces-sites-and-dates-for-2020-general-election-debates-and-2020-nonpartisan-candidate-selection-criteria\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">first presidential debate<\/a> was held Sept. 29, only 35 days before Election Day. <\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>      Brianna Lyman is an elections correspondent at The Federalist.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Biden and former President Trump plan to engage in their initial presidential debate after the commencement of absentee ballot mailings and early voting in Pennsylvania. Biden expressed his willingness to debate during an appearance on Sirius XM&#8217;s &#8220;The Howard Stern Show.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":74,"featured_media":2234575,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Screenshot-2024-05-01-at-10.50.36-AM-e1714575137876-1024x576.png","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[546],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2234574","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-federalist"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Screenshot-2024-05-01-at-10.50.36-AM-e1714575137876-1024x576.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2234574","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/74"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2234574"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2234574\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2234575"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2234574"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2234574"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2234574"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}