民主党人准备在2010年正式提名推定提名人乔·拜登短短几周，于周三晚上宣布了为期四天的全国代表大会的初步日程。
拜登将发表获奖感言周四，在密尔沃基，大会的最后一晚，定于8月17日至20日。
他的副总统候选人预计将在集会前宣布，他将在周三被提名，然后在一个仍未宣布的地点向党内支持者发表讲话。
一个主题演讲定于周二，同一天晚上总统候选人提名和附议演讲也将举行，代表们——在被告知不要去密尔沃基之后，他们不会在大会大厅——将通过唱名表决提名拜登。
该党的大部分虚拟庆祝活动将于周一开始，届时将举行开幕式并挑选发言人，发言人名单将在晚些时候公布。《公约》三个常设委员会(规则、平台和证书)报告的投票结果也将在周一公布，包括对该党平台的投票。
该党官员决定在8月3日至15日的党代会召开前两周内将投票转移到一个偏远的地方，原因是冠状病毒大流行。
2020年1月7日，密尔沃基市，在即将召开的民主党全国代表大会(DNC)的媒体演练期间，展示了标牌。
大会的策划者还公布了被要求担任大会永久官员的领导人，包括名誉主席众议院议长南希·佩洛西和参议院少数党领袖查克·舒默;和民主党众议员本尼·汤普森。常设会议主席。新泽西州州长菲尔·墨菲;伊利诺伊州参议员谭美·达克沃斯。;参议员汤姆·卡珀。;密尔沃基市长汤姆·巴雷特;亚特兰大市长凯莎·兰斯·博茨;和加州民主党众议员托尼·卡德纳斯都将担任常任联合主席。
杜克沃斯和巴特都被认为是拜登的竞选伙伴。
鲍勃·凯西参议员，宾夕法尼亚大学。;民主党众议员萨里斯·戴维斯。;佛罗里达州民主党众议员唐娜·沙拉拉;前众议院议员卡罗尔·谢伊·波特;威斯康星州副州长曼德拉·巴恩斯;内华达州副州长凯特·马歇尔;密歇根州州长加林·吉尔克里斯特中尉;和前加州众议员托尼·科埃略都将担任副主席。国会中代表密尔沃基的众议员格温·摩尔将担任武装军士。
日程和官员名单都已提交给大会规则委员会，将于周四批准。
大会组织者还发布了日间活动的完整清单包括虚拟的核心小组会议和代表及党员的理事会会议，这些会议将在大会期间举行。
民主党全国委员会主席汤姆佩雷斯(Tom Perez)说:“我们期待着在密尔沃基召开一次具有历史意义的大会，通过帮助监督这次大会的常任官员的领导，民主党人将聚集在一起继续努力，选举乔拜登(Joe Biden)为下一任美国总统。”“在为所有美国人寻求更美好的未来的四个晚上里，我们有一个激动人心的节目阵容，我们团结在我们共同的价值观和乔·拜登为国家创造更美好、更安全未来的愿景周围。”
这仅仅是一系列公告中的下一个，这个集会曾被期待通过展示政党团结来结束一个艰难的初选季节，这个最初雄心勃勃的活动后来被冠状病毒彻底改变了。
当拜登还在的时候打算接受该党的提名在密尔沃基举行的虚拟大会上，今年的活动将与通常的盛况、5万人的人群和会场上喧闹的辩论截然不同。
拜登的加冕仪式将标志着大选的正式开始，但这位前副总统将在一个没有任何代表或国会议员的房间前登台，他们被告知不要亲自出席大会。
2016年7月28日，费城，民主党总统候选人希拉里·克林顿在民主党全国代表大会上发表演讲后，代表们庆祝。
对于那些计划在密尔沃基的人来说，大幅度缩减的聚会将会有每日的COVID-19测试、进入会议厅前的自我隔离期、对面具的要求以及强烈推荐的其他个人防护装备。
民主党此前将该活动从7月推迟至8月，以便为规划者提供更多时间来适应流行病的现实。随着冠状病毒的继续传播，组织者宣布，会议将包括在威斯康辛州“锚定”的人的方面，以及来自全国各地卫星位置的虚拟组件。
党的官员们还决定将大会从密尔沃基雄鹿队的主场Fiserv Forum转移到威斯康星中心，一个离这里仅几个街区远的小地方。该党标志性活动的许多细节，包括预计在密尔沃基的人群规模，仍有待宣布，官员们将遵循疫情的状态和公共卫生专家的建议。
与共和党对手相反，民主党人在一个多月前决定转向虚拟大会，因为唐纳德·特朗普总统不止一次为共和党的活动打乱计划。
由于与州长罗伊·库珀在安全限制问题上的紧张对峙，特朗普迫使共和党全国代表大会将他的庆祝活动移出北卡罗来纳州，之后他突然取消了大张旗鼓这是他上周在佛罗里达州杰克逊维尔的大会演讲中所期待的——他的决定是出于安全考虑和国家的情绪。他的决定是在几个月来对病毒轻描淡写之后做出的，当时杰克逊维尔和佛罗里达州的病例激增。
共和党代表仍将聚集在北卡罗来纳州夏洛特市，为他们的代表大会处理公务，包括正式提名总统，特朗普的就职演说的新计划将“很快”宣布，但不排除白宫可能成为背景的可能性。
民主党人现在面临着新的压力，要他们在这个病毒病例不断增加的州安全地举行庆祝活动。周三，威斯康星州报告了超过51000例确诊病例，死亡人数接近1000人。
Democrats announce convention schedule, party officers for 2020 gathering transformed by coronavirus
Democrats, who are poised to formally nominate presumptive nominee Joe Biden in afew short weeks, announced on Wednesday evening a preliminary schedule for the four days of the national convention.
Biden is slated todeliver his acceptance speechfrom Milwaukee on Thursday, the final night of the convention, which is scheduled for Aug. 17-20.
His vice presidential nominee, who is expected to be announced before the gathering, will be nominated on Wednesday, before addressing party supporters from a still-to-be announced location.
A keynote address is set for Tuesday, the same night presidential candidate nominating and seconding speeches are set to take place, and delegates -- who won't be in the convention hall after being told not to travel to Milwaukee -- will nominate Biden by a roll call vote.
The party's mostly virtual festivities will kick off on Monday with opening ceremonies and a selection of speakers, who will be announced at a later date. The results of votes on reports from each of the three standing committees to the convention -- rules, platform and credentials -- will also be announced on Monday, including the vote on the party's platform.
Party officials decided to move the vote on the ballot to a remote process over a period of two weeks prior to the convention, Aug. 3-15, due to thecoronaviruspandemic.
The planners for the convention also unveiled the leaders who have been asked to serve as permanent officers for the convention, including honorary chairs House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer; and Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., the permanent convention chair. New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy; Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill.; Sen. Tom Carper, D-Del.; Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett; Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms; and Rep. Tony Cárdenas, D-Calif., will all serve as permanent co-chairs.
Both Duckworth and Bottoms are under consideration to be Biden's running mate.
Sen. Bob Casey, D-Penn.; Rep. Sharice Davids, D-Kan.; Rep. Donna Shalala, D-Fla.; former Rep. Carol Shea-Porter, D-N.H.; Wisconsin Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes; Nevada Lt. Governor Kate Marshall; Michigan Lt. Gov. Garlin Gilchrist; and former Rep. Tony Coelho, D-Calif., will all serve as vice chairs. Rep. Gwen Moore, who represents Milwaukee in Congress, will serve as the sergeant-at-arms.
Both the schedule and the list of officers were submitted to the convention's rules committee to be ratified on Thursday.
The convention organizers also releaseda fuller list of daytime activities, including virtual caucus and council meetings for delegates and the party's rank-and-file, which will take place over the course of the convention.
"We are looking forward to a historic convention anchored in Milwaukee, and through the leadership of the permanent officers who will help oversee this convention, Democrats will come together to continue the work to elect Joe Biden as the next president of the United States," said DNC Chair Tom Perez. "We have an exciting lineup of programming over the course of four nights as we seek a better future for all Americans, and unite around our shared values and Joe Biden’s vision for a better, safer future for the country."
This is only the next in a series of announcements for a gathering that was once expected to bookend a hard-fought primary season by showcasing party unity with an initially ambitious event that has since been completely transformed by the coronavirus.
While Biden stillintends to accept the party’s nominationin Milwaukee at the mostly virtual convention, this year's event will be a sharp departure from the usual pageantry, crowd of 50,000 and boisterous debates on the convention floor.
Biden's coronation will mark the formal start of the general election, but the former vice president is set to take the stage before a room without any delegates or members of Congress, who were instructed to not attend the convention in-person.
For those planning to be in Milwaukee, the drastically scaled-back gathering will feature daily COVID-19 testing, self-isolation periods before entering the convention hall, and requirements of masks, with other personal protective equipment strongly recommended.
Democrats previously postponed the event from July to August to provide more time for planners to adjust to a pandemic reality. As the coronavirus continued to spread, organizers announced that the convention will include in-person aspects "anchored" in Wisconsin, as well as virtual components from satellite locations across the country.
Party officials also decided to move the convention from the Fiserv Forum, home to the Milwaukee Bucks, to the Wisconsin Center, a smaller venue just blocks away. Many details of the party's signature event, including the size of the crowd anticipated to be in Milwaukee, are still to be announced, with officials being guided by the state of the outbreak and the advice of public health experts.
Contrary to their Republican counterparts, Democrats decided over a month ago to shift to the largely virtual convention, as President Donald Trump scrambled plans for the GOP's event more than once.
After Trump forced the Republican National Convention to move his celebration out of North Carolina because of a tense standoff with Gov. Roy Cooper over safety restrictions, he thenabruptly canceled the fanfarethat was expected for his convention speech in Jacksonville, Florida, last week -- casting his decision as one motivated by both safety concerns and the mood of the country. His decision came after months of downplaying the virus and as cases in Jacksonville and across Florida surged.
Republican delegates are still set to gather in Charlotte, North Carolina, to conduct official business for their convention, including formally nominating the president, and new plans for Trump's acceptance speech will be announced "fairly soon," he said, while not ruling out whether the White House might potentially serve as a backdrop.
Democrats are now facing renewed pressure to safely put on a celebratory event in a state that is seeing rising cases of the virus. On Wednesday, Wisconsin reported more than 51,000 confirmed cases and a death toll nearing 1,000.
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