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brooklynite

(94,598 posts)
Mon Apr 18, 2016, 05:06 PM Apr 2016

Just a reminder: the Primary tomorrow is a two part process...

...you vote for the candidate of your choice and THEN vote for five, six, or seven delegates depending on your Congressional District. Delegates are allocated to each candidate based on the CD vote share and then assigned based on delegate vote count and gender balance.

(nb - you can split your delegate votes between supporters of the two candidates if you want to).

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Just a reminder: the Primary tomorrow is a two part process... (Original Post) brooklynite Apr 2016 OP
Sample ballot. hrmjustin Apr 2016 #1
Very helpful.... Bluenorthwest Apr 2016 #3
can you explain why someone would split the delegate vote? La Lioness Priyanka Apr 2016 #2
Maybe by not realizing the implications k8conant Apr 2016 #4
so there is no intentional reason one may do that? La Lioness Priyanka Apr 2016 #5
I wouldn't think so. k8conant Apr 2016 #7
Maybe one actually knows one or more of the delegates, elleng Apr 2016 #8
Answer: you may know someone running as Delegate for a candidate you don't support brooklynite Apr 2016 #9
K&R ismnotwasm Apr 2016 #6

k8conant

(3,030 posts)
4. Maybe by not realizing the implications
Mon Apr 18, 2016, 05:22 PM
Apr 2016

and there's also the chance someone would forget to even vote for the delegates

elleng

(130,974 posts)
8. Maybe one actually knows one or more of the delegates,
Mon Apr 18, 2016, 05:40 PM
Apr 2016

and wants to support him/her, even if not 'pledged' to one's preferred candidate.

Seems to me there are potentially MANY reasons to do such.

brooklynite

(94,598 posts)
9. Answer: you may know someone running as Delegate for a candidate you don't support
Mon Apr 18, 2016, 06:08 PM
Apr 2016

Assuming that the other candidate gets a proportion of of the delegates, you can influence who they are.

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