The Democratic Party began the formal vote to nominate Vice President Kamala Harris for president on Thursday.

The Democratic Party began the formal vote to nominate Vice President Kamala Harris for president on Thursday, kicking off a virtual roll call that will cement her status as the party’s standard-bearer heading into November.

The Democratic National Committee opened the vote to the delegates who will decide the party’s nominee at 9 a.m. Delegates are emailed a personalized and watermarked form, and they can either send the form back or have the DNC call them to cast their vote. Ballots are being sent on a rolling basis, and the process is expected to take several days, with the voting window closing at 6 p.m. on Aug. 5.

  • Not_mikey@slrpnk.net
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    1 month ago

    Couldn’t you join a party and then you get to vote for the parties leader ? Don’t see much of a difference between that and the primary system other then you have to officially join the party, which I’m not sure what that entails, as opposed to just registering to vote for it.

    • nul42@lemmy.ca
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      1 month ago

      I would never bother. Party membership isn’t common. About 1 to 2 percent of Canadians are registered since there are usually fees and other requirements. Justin Trudeau was elected party leader in 2013. Around. 104,000 party members voted.