Fourth democratic debate scheduled for mid-October

The fourth presidential democratic primary debate will take place Oct. 15 and 16 in Ohio, according to a note from the Democratic National Committee sent to presidential campaigns.

The memorandum, obtained by POLITICO, indicates that the second night will be organized only if necessary. The DNC has previously indicated that it would have no more than 10 candidates on stage at a time.

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Candidates can qualify for the debate until October 1, reads in the memo. The October debates have the same qualification rules as the September debate: candidates must reach 2% of the votes cast by four DNCs and receive donations from 130,000 unique donors. Candidates who qualified for the September debate automatically qualify for the October debate and failed candidates have an extra month to meet the requirements, which means that the number of participants must increase.

The October debate was announced for the first time by The New York Times.

The memo said that more information about media partners and specific sites would be announced "in the coming days".

Ten candidates have crossed these two thresholds and will be on the scene of the September 12th debate in Houston: Joe Biden, Cory Booker, Pete Buttigieg, Julian Castro, Kamala Harris, Amy Klobuchar, Beto O'Rourke, Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren and Andrew Yang. It is hosted by ABC News and Univision.