Kamala Harris one step closer to becoming Democrats’ official nominee

Vice President Kamala Harris had secured capable votes from Democratic delegates to officially beryllium nan party’s nominee for president, Democratic National Committee Chair Jamie Harrison said Friday.

The online voting process doesn’t extremity until Monday, but nan run marked nan infinitesimal erstwhile she crossed nan period to person nan mostly of delegates’ votes.

Harris is poised to beryllium nan first female of colour astatine nan apical of a awesome party’s ticket.

“I americium honored to beryllium nan presumptive Democratic nominee,” Harris said connected a telephone pinch supporters.

Harrison said “we will rally astir Vice President Kamala Harris and show nan spot of our party” during its normal successful Chicago later this month.

Democrats person pushed up pinch a virtual ballot to nominate Harris, nearing nan culmination of a turbulent process that was upended by President Joe Biden’s determination not to activity reelection.

Delegates to nan Democratic National Convention began voting via unafraid email connected Thursday, and nan voting will stay unfastened until Monday evening. Harris has not yet chosen her moving mate, and she’s expected to question and reply candidates complete nan weekend.

The general information is expected to beryllium finalized by Aug. 7 moreover though nan party’s normal successful Chicago isn’t scheduled to statesman for much than 2 much weeks. Democratic officials person said nan accelerated timeline was basal because of an Aug. 7 deadline to guarantee candidates look connected nan Ohio ballot.

Harris was endorsed by Biden soon aft he dropped retired of nan race, catapulting her to nan forefront of nan run to hit Republican nominee Donald Trump. No different awesome campaigner challenged Harris for nan nomination, and she was nan only prime for delegates nether statement rules that required pledges of support from astatine slightest 300 delegates, pinch nary much than 50 signatures from immoderate 1 delegation.

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Any delegate who wants to ballot for personification different than Harris will beryllium tallied arsenic “present.”

Democrats still scheme a state-by-state rotation telephone during nan convention, nan accepted measurement that a nominee is chosen. However, that will beryllium purely ceremonial because of nan online voting.

The statement insists it has to person its nominee successful spot earlier its normal opens successful Chicago connected Aug. 19 to make judge it meets ballot entree deadlines successful Ohio — an statement that nan state’s Republicans dispute.

Ohio authorities lawmakers person since changed nan deadline, but nan modification doesn’t return effect until Sept. 1. Democratic attorneys pass that waiting until aft nan first deadline to find a statesmanlike nominee could punctual ineligible challenge.