Following President Joe Biden鈥檚 decision to not seek reelection, the spotlight across the country has shifted to Vice President Kamala Harris 鈥� and the delegates charged with formalizing the Democratic nominee to run against Republican Donald Trump this November.
Democratic delegates across the U.S., including 海角换妻鈥檚 74, are overwhelmingly favoring Harris. Earlier this week, 海角换妻鈥檚 delegates endorsed Harris with a non-binding voice vote.
Nancy DiNardo, chair of the 海角换妻 Democratic Party, said that group of delegates includes 14 automatic 鈥渟uperdelegates,鈥� such as the governor, and U.S. Senators and representatives.
There are also 60 鈥減ledged鈥� delegates and five alternates. DiNardo said the goal is to represent a wide swath of 海角换妻鈥檚 Democratic voices.
鈥淲hen they developed the rules for this, they wanted to make sure it wasn't just party leaders, or our congressional people,鈥� she said. 鈥淭hey wanted to make sure more people than usual have the opportunity to be involved.
DiNardo said the votes of the pledged delegates are counted first 鈥� before the votes of the superdelegates.
鈥淚t used to be, everybody voted on the first ballot,鈥� she said, 鈥渁nd then people felt that there were too many elected people making those decisions.鈥�
Typically, those votes are cast in person at the Democratic National Convention, where a roll call vote is taken and the necessary votes are cast for the new nominee.
But it appears this year will be different, with Democrats that will allow for . DiNardo said that online voting is to guarantee Harris gets on the ballot , but 海角换妻 isn鈥檛 among them.
The Democratic National Convention kicks off in Chicago on Aug. 19.
