The Democratic National Convention is set to implement plans for early voting next month to nominate Biden as its presidential candidate.
Democratic National Committee members voted Friday to hold a virtual roll call on Aug. 7 to certify Biden's victory, despite widespread dismay over what many called a visible mental breakdown.
The roughly 200-member committee is expected to meet again by July 26 to formally adopt the virtual roll call format. The vote itself is expected to simply serve as a certification for the Biden campaign.
The election committee chairs said Biden was “more committed than ever” to the presidential election and that they were “seeking input.”
President Joe Biden speaks at the AFL-CIO Convention in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
Biden has been planning his campaign for weeks, preparing to hit the ground running with high-profile fundraisers once he recovers from his current illness.
The Biden-Harris campaign will host a fundraiser on Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts, on July 29, with special guests talk show legend David Letterman and Hawaii Governor Josh Green.
President Biden and First Lady Jill Biden are also scheduled to attend.
Greene, who has served as Hawaii's governor since 2022, is a personal friend of Biden and one of his administration's closest political allies.
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Hawaii Governor Josh Green speaks at the National Governors Association's 2024 Summer Conference in Salt Lake City. (Photo by Rick Bowmer/AP)
Axios reported that Biden began making plans for the trip as he recovers from COVID-19 at his beach house in Rehoboth, Delaware. He has resisted calls from his party to step down, and his communications team held a remote press conference on Saturday to make the case for Biden to be reappointed.
The calls for Biden to step down have attracted the attention of more than 30 sitting Democrats, including Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown of Ohio, who on Friday urged Biden to “end the campaign” and argued that “we must refocus our attention on these important issues.”
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Talk show host David Letterman attends an event at the 92nd Street Y in New York City. (Andrew Toth/FilmMagic)
One senior Democratic official told Axios that the whole issue feels like an “immobile stalemate” at this point, adding, “I'm not saying it's going to remain immobile.”
Administration officials are urging Biden to make a final decision over the weekend and are continuing discussions with his advisers about why withdrawing would be in the party's best interest.
“There's a pretty general feeling inside that we've reached the end of the road,” one Biden aide acknowledged, noting that some key opponents will continue to fight to keep Biden in the race.
Timothy Nerozzi is a writer for Fox News Digital. You can follow him on Twitter @timothynerozzi or email him at timothy.nerozzi@fox.com.