The official delegate voting process will continue until Aug. 5, although Harris has met the threshold for nomination.
Vice President Kamala Harris on Aug. 2 earned enough votes from Democratic delegates to secure the party’s nomination for president, Democratic National Committee (DNC) Chair Jaime Harrison said on Aug. 2.
“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 Democratic Party following the close of voting on Monday,” Harrison said in a statement.
The DNC began its early virtual roll call of delegates at 9 a.m. on Aug. 1 to nominate its candidate in time to meet ballot certification deadlines in multiple states that occur later this month.
The virtual voting process does not end until Aug. 5, but Harris has met the delegate threshold needed to secure the nomination.
“I am honored to be the presumptive Democratic nominee,” Harris said during a call with supporters.
Harrison said the DNC will “rally around Vice President Kamala Harris and demonstrate the strength of our party” at the convention in Chicago Aug. 19–22.
Harris said she is “honored” to be the party’s presumptive nominee, but will formally accept the presidential nomination next week after voting officially ends.
The vice president joined a campaign livestream on Aug. 2 after Harrison announced that she had received enough delegates to become the party’s presumptive nominee.
Harris said she’s excited for the road ahead but acknowledged, “We know we have a lot of work to do.”
“The power is with the people,” Harris said. “We are going to win this election, and it is going to take all of us.”
Harris needed the support of at least 1,976 delegates to meet the nomination threshold but had already submitted signatures from 3,923 delegates by Aug. 1.
The DNC formalized its rules for the roll call and the 2024 convention on July 24. The virtual nominating process is similar to one used to tally roll call votes in the 2020 convention during the COVID-19 pandemic, when the party nominated Biden remotely.
By Jacob Burg
