Kamala Harris is set to be officially designated as the Democratic Party’s presidential nominee in an electronic voting process commencing on Thursday, which replaces the traditional in-person balloting that typically marks the beginning of the party’s national convention.
Shortly after Joe Biden withdrew his reelection campaign less than two weeks ago, his 52-year-old vice president now enjoys complete control of the party, standing as the sole Democratic candidate poised to challenge Republican incumbent Donald Trump in the upcoming November elections.
Nearly 4,000 delegates, encompassing grassroots activists and politicians from the primary process, submitted endorsements advocating for Harris to be included on the ballot for the duration of the five-day electronic voting period.
With no other Democratic contenders stepping up to contest her nomination, Harris’s confirmation as the first Black and South Asian woman ever to clinch a leading party nomination is a mere procedural matter.
The Democratic National Committee (DNC) confirmed that she garnered backing from 99 percent of the delegates who endorsed her candidacy through petitions, as no other individual met the required threshold of 300 signatures.
