DNC moves forward with process to determine presidential nominee by August 7 following Biden dropout
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The Democratic National Committee is moving forward with a process that will determine the party’s presidential nominee by August 7, party officials said Monday night, shortly before Kamala Harris secured enough delegate endorsements to win the Democratic nomination.
The Democratic National Committee is moving forward with a process that will determine the party’s presidential nominee by August 7, party officials said Monday night, shortly before Kamala Harris secured enough delegate endorsements to win the Democratic nomination. The party’s decision to move forward with a remote voting process came just a day after President Joe Biden’s stunning announcement to drop out of the 2024 race and endorse Harris. The vice president has now been backed by well more than the 1,976 pledged delegates she’ll need to win the nomination on the first ballot, according to CNN’s delegate estimate. “While this situation is unprecedented, the process we are prepared to undertake is not,” Democratic National Convention Chair Minyon Moore said Monday. “We have important deadlines to meet. We will make sure the process is fair, because, as it stands, no candidate has secured a majority of the delegates to the convention.” Democratic National Committee Chair Jaime Harrison also pledged to the party being “committed to an open and fair nominating process” that “reflects the dedication to democracy our party stands for.” According to DNC officials and a document obtained by CNN, candidates will need to declare their interest in becoming the Democratic Party’s nominee for president by filing a formal declaration of candidacy, meeting party and legal qualifications to be president, and gathering at least 300 delegate signatures, with no more than 50 from a single state. The window of time for candidates to declare their interest will be short, one DNC official said, and would end by this week.
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