Kamala Harris officially secures Democratic party’s nomination with 99% of roll call votes

Vice President Kamala Harris has now officially been declared the Democratic party’s presidential candidate for the 2024 election in place of President Joe Biden – making history as the first Black woman and Asian American to top a major party ticket.

Her nomination became official late on Monday night, after a five-day round of online balloting by Democratic National Convention (DNC) delegates came to an end.

The DNC announced her win in a statement, revealing that she had earned the support of 99 per cent of the 4,567 delegates casting ballots in the roll call vote.

By comparison, Trump secured 2,387 votes from the near-2,500 delegates in attendance at last month’s Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, according to House speaker and convention chair Mike Johnson, which equates to approximately 95.5 per cent of the total.

“Vice President Harris has historic momentum at her back as we embark on the final steps in officially certifying her as our party’s nominee,” DNC chair Jaime Harrison and convention chair Minyon Moore said in a statement.

The results of the roll call must be certified before Harris and her running mate will accept the nomination at the DNC later this month.

The DNC began its virtual roll call vote for delegates on Thursday, with a deadline in place to return ballots by Monday evening.

On Friday, it was announced that the former California attorney general had already received enough votes (2,350) from delegates to clinch the nomination to take on Donald Trump in November.

In a call with the DNC that day, Harris said she was “honored to be the presumptive Democratic nominee for president of the United States and I will tell you, the tireless work of our delegates, our state leaders,