US Vice President Kamala Harris has officially secured the necessary majority of delegate votes to be the Democratic Party’s presidential candidate, the party said on Monday. Harris received 99% of the approximately 4,500 delegate votes cast, the Democratic Party announced. Harris achieved a majority shortly after voting opened on Friday, but voting continued until Monday evening. The announcement was not unexpected as no other candidate had thrown their hat into the Democratic race ring. Harris, whose nomination still needs to be officially certified at the party’s convention set to begin on …