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WASHINGTON, DC – Kamala Harris will be confirmed as the Democratic US presidential nominee in an electronic vote starting Thursday that replaces the fanfare of in-person balloting that usually kicks off the party’s national convention.
No other Democrats have stepped forward to challenge her elevation to the top of the ticket, making her confirmation as the first Black and South Asian woman ever to secure a major party’s nomination a formality. Harris won the support of 99 percent of the delegates who signed petitions, the Democratic National Committee said in a statement, while no one else met the qualifying threshold of 300 signatures.
As well as the “pledged” delegates there are around 700 so-called “superdelegates” who get to vote because they hold elected office — such as state governors or members of the US Congress — or are party officials. US media reported that she would kick off the tour in Pennsylvania on Tuesday, although the DNC did not immediately respond to a request for confirmation.
The virtual roll-call marks the official beginning of the 2024 convention, although in practice the festivities get going when thousands of the party’s grassroots activists descend on Chicago on August 19.
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