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Former opponents and Democratic activists to officially nominate Biden in revamped roll call vote

(CNN)The revamped Democratic convention will alter yet another tradition on Tuesday when the roll call vote to formally nominate Joe Biden will be held with people from all 57 states and territories appearing over video.

The range of Democrats set to nominate Biden runs the gamut from elected officials, including a number of his 2020 opponents, to activists like a fisherman from Alaska, a farmer in Kansas and a bricklayer in Missouri.
Former South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg, one of Biden's 2020 challengers, will appear from Indiana, while other primary opponents like Rep. Tim Ryan in Ohio, Sen. Amy Klobuchar in Minnesota and Sen. Bernie Sanders in Vermont will appear.
    The vote will also focus on key issues in the election. Marisol Garcia, a teacher from Arizona, will discuss returning to school during the coronavirus pandemic, while Howard Chou from Colorado will discuss issues facing working parents during the crisis. Fred Guttenberg of Florida, whose daughter was killed in the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting in 2018, will discuss gun violence. And activist Khizr Khan, whose speech about his son who died in combat during the last convention became a breakout moment in 2016, will appear from Virginia by highlighting the racial violence that killed one person in Charlottesville in 2017.
      To honor the 100th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th amendment, which gave women the right to vote, Keely Sage, a college student in Tennessee, will appear from the headquarters of the suffragists to discuss the role of women in electing Biden.
      Both Biden, the top vote getter, and Sanders, who finished in second, will be placed into nomination on Tuesday in what organizers hope will be a unifying moment for the party.
      The roll call vote process is traditionally a long affair with each delegation in the convention arena going around and pledging delegates to candidates who ran in their primary or caucus. This process will be sped up -- organizers expect it to take 30 minutes.
        "A moment like this demands leadership—not just from those we've elected, but from all of us," said Joe Solmonese, CEO of the convention. "All across the nation Americans are answering that call to action, and tonight we hope viewers are inspired to see their neighbors overcoming Donald Trump's chaos and joining Joe Biden in his battle for the soul of our nation."
        While the roll call vote will go in alphabetical order, organizers have planned to have Delaware -- Biden's home state -- pass when their turn comes up and return to the process to be the decisive state for the former vice president. Gov. John Carney and Sen. Tom Carper will appear for Delaware.
        Once the roll call vote is finished, Biden will officially be the party's nominee, a designation he will accept on Thursday.
        Here is the full list of participants in the roll call vote, as provided to CNN by Democratic National Convention organizers:
        ALABAMA
        Rep. Terri Sewell
        ALASKA
        Veteran, fisherman and party activist Chuck Degnan
        AMERICAN SAMOA
        Party leaders Aliitama Sotoa and Patti Matila
        ARIZONA
        Middle school social studies teacher Marisol Garcia
        ARKANSAS
        Chef Gilbert Alaquinez
        CALIFORNIA
        Former Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis and Rep. Barbara Lee
        COLORADO
        Immigrant and party activist Howard Chou and his family
        CONNECTICUT
        Veteran firefighter Peter Carozza
        DELAWARE
        Gov. John Carney and Sen. Tom Carper
        DEMOCRATS ABROAD
        Organizer Julia Bryan
        DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
        Mayor Muriel Bowser
        FLORIDA
        Gun safety activist Fred Guttenberg
        GEORGIA
        State Sen. Nikema Williams, candidate for Lewis' seat in Congress
        GUAM
        Party chair Sarah Thomas-Nededog
        HAWAII
        Civil rights activist Dr. Amy Agbayani
        IDAHO
        Boise Mayor Lauren McLean
        ILLINOIS
        Former ambassador Carol Moseley Braun
        INDIANA
        Former South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg
        IOWA
        Former Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack
        KANSAS
        Fourth-generation family farmer Mark Pringle
        KENTUCKY
        Education advocate Colmon Elridge
        LOUISIANA
        Rep. Cedric Richmond
        MAINE
        State Rep. Craig Hickman
        MARYLAND
        Baltimore City Council President Brandon Scott and college student Bianca Shah
        MASSACHUSETTS
        State Rep. Claire Cronin
        MICHIGAN
        Sen. Gary Peters and UAW auto worker Ray Curry
        MINNESOTA
        Sen. Amy Klobuchar
        MISSISSIPPI
        Tougaloo College president Dr. Carmen Walters
        MISSOURI
        Bricklayer Reuben Gill
        MONTANA
        Recent college graduate Rachel Prevost
        NEBRASKA
        Meatpacking plant employee Geraldine Waller
        NEVADA
        Rep. Dina Titus
        NEW HAMPSHIRE
        Former Gov. John Lynch
        NEW JERSEY
        Gov. Phil Murphy
        NEW MEXICO
        Tribal member and state Rep. Derrick Lente
        NEW YORK
        Registered nurse and a member of 1199 SEIU Scheena Iyande Tannis
        NORTH CAROLINA
        Longtime Democratic activist Cozzie Watkins
        NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS
        Party chair Nola Kileleman Hix
        OHIO
        Rep. Tim Ryan and IBEW organizer Josh Abernathy
        OKLAHOMA
        Party chair Alicia Andrews
        OREGON
        Activist Dr. Rosa Colquitt and registered nurse Travis Nelson
        PENNSYLVANIA
        Sen. Bob Casey
        PUERTO RICO
        Puerto Rico Sen. Carmelo Rios-Santiago
        RHODE ISLAND
        State Rep. Joseph McNamara
        SOUTH CAROLINA
        Senate candidate Jaime Harrison
        SOUTH DAKOTA
        Tribal activist Kellen Returns From Scout
        TENNESSEE
        College student Keely Sage
        TEXAS
        Rep. Veronica Escobar
        UTAH
        Salt Lake County Mayor Jenny Wilson
        VERMONT
        Gubernatorial candidate and Lt. Gov. David Zuckerman, Jane and Bernie Sanders and other Vermont activists
        VIRGIN ISLANDS
        Chair Cecil Benjamin
        VIRGINIA
        Activist Khizr Khan
        WASHINGTON
        State Rep. My-Linh Thai
        WEST VIRGINIA
        Veteran educator and union organizer Fred Albert
        WISCONSIN
        Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes
          WYOMING
          Activists Judy and Dennis Shepherd