The REAL question is who ultimately gets put on the ballot. The VP selection is a side show.
If Rice, do the rotate her up to the nominee, and then backfill someone like Buttigeig for VP?
Or replace the whole ticket with Hillary and Michelle.
True.
The nominee will be a puppet regardless.
How much lead time will the Chinese need to print the right ballots?
Somehow I'm guessing their plot to cheat involved a last minute nominee change and then a plea to delay the vote so new ballots could be printed in haste.
This is why trump needed them on record against a. Vote delay.