Your questions about the post-Biden 2024 election, answered

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Another week, another shock to the 2024 presidential election. President Joe Biden’s decision to end his campaign and endorse Vice President Kamala Harris raised a large number of questions.

For starters, Biden won the Democratic primary in every state that conducted one. Can he just step aside? Is he picking Harris as his replacement, or do the people get a say?

CNN asked for your questions about what’s going on. I’ve picked out a representative sampling and tried to answer with what we know based on CNN’s reporting and polling. See below.

How can Harris just take over and get his delegates? Does she not have to file the paperwork to run for office and secure signatures?

You’re right. Harris is not the nominee and she wasn’t a candidate during the monthslong primary process. However, with Biden out of the race, the delegates he won are free to support any declared candidate recognized by the party at the convention in Chicago in August.

Just hours after Biden withdrew from the race, Harris filed paperwork with the Federal Election Commission to become a candidate for president, which would allow her to get signatures to be recognized at the convention.

An avalanche of Democrats have already endorsed her, so while it is possible another candidate jumps in the ring and challenges her at the convention, at the moment that seems unlikely.

Harris has the support of enough Democratic delegates to win the party’s nomination for president, according to CNN’s delegate estimate.

Harris crossed the threshold amid a wave of endorsements from state delegations Monday evening. These endorsements