乔·拜登总统将不会出现在新罕布什尔州的选票上，这是2024年周期的第一场初选，但该州的民主党人表示，他仍然有一条前进的道路，尽管充满挑战。
来自花岗岩州的个别民主党人，在没有他们的国家或州政党帮助的情况下，正在组织书面努力，以使该州周围的人仍然为民主党现任者投票。
但是他们这样做是不情愿的。在拒绝遵守几个月之后民主党全国委员会日历指南拜登的竞选团队在本周早些时候给新罕布什尔州民主党人的一封信中写道，通知他们总统不会在初选中提交申请，这是对该州在早期提名过程中的地位的又一次打击。
美国广播公司新闻频道(ABC News)获得的这封信说，总统“作为民主党总统候选人，有义务遵守2024年民主党全国代表大会的代表选举规则”，同时指出他“期待自己的名字出现在新罕布什尔州的大选选票上。”
在一些新罕布什尔州民主党人看来，第一次侮辱来自于民主党全国委员会在2月份批准了2024年的早期提名时间表，该时间表从南卡罗来纳州开始——该州在2020年启动了拜登的竞选活动——并使新罕布什尔州与内华达州同时投票，成为全国第二个初选州。新罕布什尔州民主党人抵制这些变化，坚持认为重组违反了州法律，该法律规定新罕布什尔州必须是全国第一个初选州。
“[写入努力]与DNC无关。新罕布什尔州民主党前主席凯西·沙利文(Kathy Sullivan)说，“这与拜登竞选没有任何关系，因为坦率地说，我们都还在生气。”她是组织写文章活动的强大运动的领导者之一。
“尽管如此，我们也意识到，你知道，乔·拜登明年当选至关重要。...处理我们愤怒的最好方式是说，“不管民主党全国委员会做了什么，我们无论如何都要投票。”。我们将把拜登总统写进报告，因为他是我们的总统，我们认为他做得很好。"
沙利文表示，拜登的基层书面努力仍处于早期阶段，他说，这项倡议虽然可行，但肯定会是一个“沉重的负担”。
到目前为止，一群消息灵通、经验丰富的新罕布什尔州居民开始在全州范围内开展这种教育活动，这些人包括总统、参议员和其他竞选活动的工作人员、县长、地方官员、年轻的活动家等等。
“我们有一些很棒的人在研究这个，”沙利文说。
该小组一直在努力找出在遵守州和联邦选举法的同时，为候选人写文章的逻辑。
新罕布什尔州民主党主席雷·巴克利(Ray Buckley)说，他们有200多名代表报名参加了这项活动。
“这是一场非常非常激烈的比赛，”他说。
沙利文拒绝透露参与志愿者的人数，但表示“很多”该组织计划在未来几天正式宣布他们的努力。
“凯西和其他参与这项工作的人在国民保健党初选政治方面非常有能力和经验。总统在这里有许多朋友和支持者，我认为我是其中之一，”前大使特里·舒梅克说，他曾共同主持比尔·克林顿总统在新罕布什尔州的竞选活动，并补充说拜登很可能会赢得新罕布什尔州的初选，“因为他在困难时期做了很好的工作——这种努力无疑会增加他的优势。”
新罕布什尔州民主党人表示愿意以拜登的名义写作，尽管他们对拜登不会出现在他们的初选选票上感到失望。
新罕布什尔州劳联-产联(AFL-CIO)的艾伦·拉夫(Alan Raff)说:“我们的首次全国初选对候选人和总统来说是一件好事，但我会写拜登总统，因为他将在11月击败唐纳德·特朗普(Donald Trump)。
新罕布什尔州初选的截止日期是周五。民主党候选人中有两位希望渺茫的候选人:作家兼议长玛丽安娜·威廉森和明尼苏达州众议员迪安·菲利普斯宣布他的候选资格就在断电前几小时。
Biden, absent from the NH primary ballot, could benefit from write-in efforts
President Joe Biden will not be on the ballot in New Hampshire, the first primary election of the 2024 cycle, but Democrats from the state say there is a path forward -- though a challenging one -- for him to still clinch their contest.
Individual Democrats from the Granite State, without the help of their national or state parties, are organizing write-in efforts to get those around the state to still cast votes for the Democratic incumbent.
But they're doing so begrudgingly. After months of refusing to come into compliance withDemocratic National Committee calendar guidelines, Biden's campaign wrote in a letter to New Hampshire Democrats earlier this week informing them that the president would not be filing in their primary, marking another blow to the state's standing within the early nominating process.
The president "is obligated as a Democratic candidate for President to comply with the Delegate Selection Rules for the 2024 Democratic National Convention," the letter, obtained by ABC News, said while noting he "looks forward to having his name on New Hampshire's general election ballot."
The first insult, in the eyes of some New Hampshire Democrats, came when the DNC approved in February a 2024 early nominating schedule that begins in South Carolina -- the state that jump-started Biden's campaign in 2020 -- and moves New Hampshire to vote concurrently with Nevada as the second primary state in the nation. New Hampshire Democrats have resisted the changes, maintaining that the restructuring breaches state law that asserts New Hampshire must be the first primary in the nation.
"[The write in efforts] has nothing to do with the DNC. It has nothing to do with the Biden campaign, because frankly, we're all still mad," said Kathy Sullivan, the former chairwoman of the New Hampshire Democratic Party, who has been one of the leaders of a robust campaign to organize write-in efforts.
In this April 20, 2023, file photo, Rep. Dean Phillips walks down the House steps after the last votes of the week in the Capitol, in Washington, D.C.
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"But despite that, we also are aware that, you know, it's critically important that Joe Biden be elected next year. ... The best way of handling our anger is to say, 'We're gonna vote anyway, despite what the DNC did. And we're going to write in President Biden in because he's our president [and] we think he's done a great job.'"
The grassroots write-in efforts for Biden are still in their early stages, according to Sullivan, who said that the initiative -- while doable -- will certainly be a "heavy lift."
So far, the group of well-sourced, veteran New Hampshire residents embarking on the sort of education campaign around the state is made up of people who have worked on presidential, senatorial and other campaigns, county chairs, local officials, young activists and more.
"We've got some great people working on this," Sullivan said.
The group has been scrambling to figure out the logistics of writing in a candidate while remaining in compliance with state and federal election laws.
Ray Buckley, the New Hampshire Democrats' chair, said that over 200 of their delegates signed up to be part of the efforts.
"It's a pretty, pretty extensive ground game," he said.
Sullivan declined to give a number of participating volunteers but said it was "a lot." The group plans to have a formal announcement about its efforts in the coming days.
"Kathy and the others involved in this effort are very capable and experienced in NH Primary politics. The president has many friends and supporters here and I consider myself one of them," said Terry Shumaker, a former ambassador who co-chaired President Bill Clinton's New Hampshire campaigns, adding that Biden will likely win the New Hampshire primary "because he has done a great job in difficult times -- and this write-in effort will undoubtedly increase his margin."
New Hampshire Democrats have expressed willingness to write in Biden's name despite their disappointment that he won't be appearing on their primary ballots.
"Our first-in-the-nation primary is a great thing for candidates and for presidents, but I'll be writing in President Biden because he is the one that is going to defeat Donald Trump in November," said Alan Raff of the New Hampshire AFL-CIO.
The deadline to file in New Hampshire's primary election was Friday. Among the Democrats on the ballot will be two long shot candidates: author and speaker Marianne Williamson and Rep. Dean Phillips of Minnesota, who filed andannounced his candidacyin the state just hours before the cutoff.
