Vice President Kamala Harris Democratic National Committee Chairman Jaime Harrison announced Friday that the Democrats have won enough delegate votes to secure the presidential nomination, although the results are not yet official.
The DNC will not officially announce the results until Monday evening, when virtual voting for delegates to next month’s Democratic National Convention ends.
“I will officially accept your nomination next week after the virtual voting process closes, but I am pleased to know that we have enough delegates to secure the nomination,” Harris said during a call with supporters organized by the campaign. announcement
Harris will become the first black woman and the first Indian American in American history to secure the presidential nomination of a major party.
Democratic representatives are holding an event unusual pre-convention virtual voting to finalize your candidacy the deadline for entering the ballot Next week in Ohio was scheduled ahead of the party’s national convention, which begins in Chicago on August 19. plans to choose formally their presidential candidate since May, long before Biden withdrew his re-election bid.
It’s Harris runs unopposed for the Democratic nomination after President Joe Biden declined to seek re-election and endorsed him last month. Democrats put together a new lightning-quick nominating process that allowed other candidates to compete, but no major Democrats threw their hats in the ring, and unknown candidates who filed failed to garner enough support to get on the internal ballot.
Virtual voting for the convention’s approximately 4,700 delegates began Thursday morning and is not scheduled to end until 6 p.m. ET. Monday. Harris’ campaign says he has more than the 2,350 votes needed to secure the nomination. Delegates cannot change their vote once they have voted.
Delegates will hold a “ceremonial and confirmation” vote in person at the convention under newly adopted party rules, but the nomination will become official after virtual voting ends next week.