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The vice president's campaign says she has won the nomination, but the results will not be official until Monday.

Vice President Kamala Harris has won enough delegate votes to secure the Democratic presidential nomination, Democratic National Committee Chair Jaime Harrison announced Friday, though the results are not yet official.

The DNC will not make an official announcement of results until Monday evening, when the virtual voting process closes for delegates to next month’s Democratic National Convention.

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[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 36 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Thanks. I didn't know about that part. And I thought it couldn't get any more blatantly manipulative.

[–] xmunk@sh.itjust.works 31 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

No worries, if you're curious here's an article that delves into some of the awfulness involved:

https://www.mediaite.com/news/youre-arguing-with-a-blogger-nate-silver-throws-down-with-dnc-chair-over-using-ohio-deadline-to-accelerate-biden-nomination/

Specifically:

Citing the Ohio Constitution, Harrison explained the law signed by Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine to extend the deadline to August 31 doesn’t take effect until September 1, making the original August 7 deadline still applicable.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 16 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Thanks. Checking it out. DeWine is such a piece of shit. The only thing I can say being next door in Indiana is at least Holcomb isn't DeWine.

That said, our AG is a fucking monster.

[–] billiam0202@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago (1 children)

That said, our AG is a fucking monster.

Surely you're not calling Todd Rokita, the AG who is trying to punish a doctor for performing a legal abortion on an 11-year-old rape victim because she couldn't get one in Ohio, a monster, are you?

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago

That's like the tip of the iceberg when it comes to all the horrible things about Todd Rokita. But that is certainly one of the many.

[–] xmunk@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Thankfully in America there are always more awful awfuls... at least you don't have Missouri's AG.

[–] billiam0202@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

You mean Andrew Bailey, the AG trying to keep an innocent man in prison?

You know what's really disgusting? That these two are such big shitheads I know who they are by name, and I don't live in either state.

[–] Maggoty@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

Two people. And tried to get a death row appeal summarily closed so they could execute him faster.

As a Missourian, I was about to suggest this same thing. Fuck that guy.

[–] Maggoty@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

The vox article they cite is far more informative.

Apparently they actually sent instructions to the elections office that September 1 is the new deadline this year. The DNC's argument is essentially, they don't trust Ohio not to rescind those instructions or get a court order interpreting the extension to be a dead letter.