The Associated Press declared Hillary Clinton the presumptive Democratic nominee June 6 — a night when no votes were cast.
"Hillary Clinton has commitments from the number of delegates needed to become the Democratic Party's presumptive nominee for president, and will be first woman to top the ticket of a major U.S. political party," the polling authority wrote at 8:20 pm.
The news sparked excitement over its historic significance for women, and confusion over how exactly the Associated Press determined Clinton as the nominee. To clear things up, here's exactly what happened on the night of June 6:
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