The chairman of the Democratic National Committee (DNC), Jamie Harrison, said on Monday that the faction means to have settled on its candidate for the presidency by August 7, adding that he is committed to keeping the process “open”. and “fair”.

Earlier yesterday, US Vice President Kamala Harris appeared to be building and consolidating support for her nomination bid, notably securing pledges from hundreds of delegates at the party’s convention in Chicago next month to back her.

“I would like to assure you that we are committed to an open and fair nomination process,” Mr. Harrison told reporters by phone.

“The work before us may be unprecedented, but we are ready to move forward in a transparent, direct and coordinated process to move forward as a united Democratic party,” added the head of the party’s peak body.

Ms. Harris’s campaign team wants to effectively secure the nomination by Wednesday by getting a majority of the nearly 4,000 delegates pledging to back the vice president, according to four party sources familiar with the matter told Reuters. the fermentations.

Although US President Joe Biden has endorsed Mrs Harris’s candidacy, there is no way he can compel delegates at the convention to embrace his own position.

Securing congressional support is essential for Ms. Harris to receive her party’s nomination and run for president in the Nov. 5 election against Republican Donald Trump.

According to Minion Moore, a DNC official and chair of this year’s Democratic convention, a digital voting process will need to be conducted to select her or his party’s nominee before the convention (August 19-22) takes place in Chicago.

The DNC plans to hold voting from August 1 to 5, so that the process will be completed by August 7: that is the deadline set by Ohio state law to prepare the party ballot for the presidential election.

Ohio lawmakers have decided to postpone the deadline until September 1, however, Democratic party officials emphasize that they are seeking to advance the August 7 deadline to avoid any legal complications in that state.

“By completing this process promptly and effectively, we will unite our party as we head into the convention in Chicago,” Ms. Moore concluded.