DNC kicks off virtual roll call vote to formally nominate Kamala Harris

The Democratic Party began the ceremonial ballot to nominate Vice President Kamala Harris for president connected Thursday, kicking disconnected a virtual rotation call that volition cement her presumption arsenic the party's standard-bearer heading into November. 

The Democratic National Committee opened the ballot to the delegates who volition determine the party's nominee astatine 9 a.m. Delegates are voting utilizing a virtual level that is tally and organized by the DNC, with each delegate utilizing a personalized and watermarked signifier to formed their vote. The process is expected to instrumentality respective days, with the voting model unfastened until 6 p.m. connected Aug. 5. 

The DNC said it volition stock the afloat results of the rotation telephone aft it is completed, but it's unclear whether they volition marque an announcement erstwhile Harris passes the threshold needed to unafraid a bulk of 1,976 delegates.

The result of the ballot is not successful doubt, fixed that Harris has the enactment and endorsement of astir each of the pledged Democratic delegates. Close to 3,900 delegates person indicated they enactment Harris done their signatures to get her onto the virtual ballot successful the archetypal place.

Harris is slated to marque past arsenic the archetypal Black pistillate to beryllium nominated for president successful U.S. history. She rapidly solidified her enactment aft President Biden announced helium was dropping retired of the contention connected July 21, and nary different campaigner emerged to situation her candidacy successful the aftermath of the president's decision.

Harris' vice statesmanlike pick

Meanwhile, absorption has turned to Harris' enactment of a vice statesmanlike moving mate. Harris does not request to sanction her prime earlier the roadworthy telephone ballot ends but sources archer CBS News that she could marque her announcement by adjacent Monday. 

Harris is said to beryllium focused connected a apical tier of contenders that includes Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro, Sen. Mark Kelly of Arizona, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear and Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg.

The vice president plans to question to a bid of battleground states with her moving mate successful the days aft making her selection, with the archetypal lawsuit slated for Philadelphia connected Tuesday.