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The Democratic National Committee (DNC) announced new rules Wednesday that will allow the vice president Kamala Harris will become an official presidential candidate by August 7. unless, as expected, another candidate emerges.

In a statement, training officials said the new rules, approved by a majority of standards members, would allow delegates conduct voting virtually nomination as a presidential candidate in the period from August 1 to 7, which concluded the All-Russian Party Congress. It will have a purely ceremonial role.

The calendar will be affected only slightly. if another candidate is nominated by SaturdayIn what is highly unlikely fashion, less than 36 hours after US President Joe Biden announced on Sunday that he was not running for re-election, Harris has won massive support from party moguls and convention delegates.

“As a party, we have a responsibility to ensure a fair nomination process. express preferences through voting”This was stated by the President of the Democratic Party, Jaime Harrison.

In that short time, Harris has run, taken over the reins of the Biden-Harris campaign, and turned it into “Harris for President” and received the support of the major party leaders and a commitment to vote for it from a sufficient majority of delegates.

The Democratic National Convention, which will be held from August 19 to 22 in Chicago, will serve to approve the Democratic Party platform and for the presidential and vice presidential nominees to deliver welcoming speeches, as well as to present to the American people offer to govern the country for another four years.

An announcement on who will be Harris’ vice president is expected to be made in the next two weeks. complete the voting and nomination confirmation process.