Har­ris secures del­e­gates for Demo­c­ra­t­ic nom­i­na­tion in roll call vote

Vice Pres­i­dent Kamala Har­ris has received the del­e­gates need­ed to become the new 2024 Demo­c­ra­t­ic pres­i­den­tial nom­i­nee, Demo­c­ra­t­ic Nation­al Com­mit­tee Chair­man Jaime Har­ri­son announced on Fri­day.
“I am so proud to con­firm that Vice Pres­i­dent Har­ris has earned more than a major­i­ty of votes from all con­ven­tion del­e­gates and will be the nom­i­nee of the Demo­c­ra­t­ic Par­ty fol­low­ing the close of vot­ing on Mon­day,” Har­ri­son said on a call cov­er­ing the vir­tu­al roll call vote.

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Harris’s nom­i­na­tion means she will be the first black and South Asian woman to lead a major party’s tick­et in the fall.
Har­ri­son announced Har­ris had secured 2,350 votes, more than a major­i­ty of del­e­gates, by 1:16 p.m., though del­e­gates can con­tin­ue to cast their bal­lots until Mon­day, Aug. 5 at 6 p.m. The DNC decid­ed to nom­i­nate Biden and then Har­ris through a vir­tu­al roll call vote, despite Ohio chang­ing its bal­lot access laws to accom­mo­date the late date of the Demo­c­ra­t­ic Nation­al Con­ven­tion this elec­tion cycle.
Har­ris, who will replace Pres­i­dent Joe Biden after he dropped out of the race two weeks ago, will accept the nom­i­na­tion for­mal­ly dur­ing the con­ven­tion in Chica­go lat­er this month.
“I am hon­ored to be the pre­sump­tive Demo­c­ra­t­ic nom­i­nee for pres­i­dent of the Unit­ed States,” Har­ris said on the call. “We will gath­er in Chica­go unit­ed as one par­ty, where we’re going to have an oppor­tu­ni­ty to cel­e­brate this his­toric moment togeth­er.”
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