The dog days of summer have not halted an onslaught of election-related issues. The presidential election has reached warp speed, and several salient issues have already been raised.

Each state has a statute that places the names of the Democratic and Republican party presidential and vice presidential nominees on their general election ballot (or, to be more precise, presidential electors pledged to those candidates). The Republican convention ran smoothly, nominating its candidates with no opposition, suspense, or legal issues. And they did so in time to meet all the statutory deadlines for the November ballot. On the other hand, the Democratic Party’s convention is in the third week of August this year (by tradition, the incumbent party goes second), which appeared to be too late for Ohio’s statutory deadline of August 7. After some back-and-forth, Ohio changed its law to accommodate the late August nomination. This change is not unprecedented. Faced with an early September Republican convention in 2004, a number of states changed their laws to ensure President George W. Bush would be on their general election ballots. However, this election occurs in a much more partisan atmosphere. As a result, despite Ohio’s accommodation, Democrats are nominating Vice President Kamala Harris during a virtual roll call in time for Ohio’s original law—just in case the Buckeye state revises its law once again. So there shouldn’t be any legitimate legal issue.