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Alhena Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-22-08 08:38 PM
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3. Here's a link for the part about additional delegates
It's actually not superdelegates who will go to the winner, but the state will allocate additional delegates to the winner:

http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080213/NEWS01/80213005/1009

Under party rules, the votes in the state’s Democratic primary March 4 will
directly decide the affiliation of 10 of the remaining 16 delegates. Those 10 delegates will in turn pick the final six delegates, according to the party delegate selection process rules.

Eric Davis, a Middlebury College political analyst, said he expects Obama to carry the state handily and could end up with between 17 and 20 of the party’s 23
delegates. He said that’s because party rules allow officials to apportion extra delegates to the candidate with the higher percentage of the vote.

“The delegation will over-represent whoever the winner is,” Davis said.
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