Democratic Party to select presidential candidate by August 7

Washington, Jul 22 (EFE).- The Democratic Party will select its candidate for the November presidential election in a virtual vote before August 7, Jaime Harrison, president of the Democratic National Committee, said Monday in a call to local media.

The nomination process, depending on how many candidates qualify to run, will be completed between August 1 and August 7.
Minyon Moore, the party’s convention chair, said the nomination process would be “swift, transparent and fair,” according to The New York Times.

Vice President Kamala Harris, who announced her candidacy yesterday after President Joe Biden withdrew from the race, is already the party’s front-runner after receiving the support of Biden, former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and all of the country’s Democratic governors – some of whom were rumored to be potential candidates.

However, other candidates who obtain the nomination signatures of at least 300 delegates, and no more than 50 from any one state, could run.

If just one candidate, most likely Harris, meets the 300-signature threshold, virtual voting could take place as early as Aug. 1, party officials said, and if there are multiple candidates, voting would take place days later but would be completed by Aug. 7.

Party officials on the call with local media said the vice presidential candidate could also be named as early as August 7.

If the nomination takes place in early August, the Democratic convention, to be held on August 19 in Chicago, will be a purely ceremonial affair.