| The Green Papers 2008 Presidential Primaries, Caucuses, and Conventions |
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Indiana Democrat Presidential Nominating Process Primary: Tuesday 6 May 20081 State Convention: Saturday 21 June 2008 |
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Delegate Selection: Proportional Primary, Polling hours 6:00a EDT (1000 UTC) / 6:00a CDT (1100 UTC) to 6:00p EDT (2200 UTC) / 6:00p CDT (2300 UTC). Although much of this state is in CDT, the majority of the polls are closed by the time indicated EDT when the networks feel they can project. Voter Eligibility: Open Primary Voter Affiliation: Party affiliation is changed 85 total delegate votes - 47 district / 16 at large; 9 Pledged PLEOs; 12 Unpledged PLEOs; 1 Unpledged add-on |
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INDIANA Primary Returns from an official source Here is how we ESTIMATE the delegate count (We contacted the Indiana Secretary of State on 7 May requesting a breakdown of the vote by CD and were told that work is in progress):
Unpledged delegates as of NOTE: In any Primary election in INDIANA, voters state which Party they are affiliated with by asking the poll workers for the ballot of that Party in a given Primary. A voter's party affiliation is determined solely by his or her Primary voting record; the state's voter registration form does NOT provide a place for the voter to state Party affiliation. Even though the history of a voter's Party affiliation- solely as determined by the individual voter's Primary voting record- is part of the public record, the informaton is NOT available at the polling place. Any voter, however, may challenge another voter's Party affiliation at the polls: In such a case, the voter making the challenge (the "challenger") fills out an affidavit that the voter being challenged (the "challengee") has not, in fact, voted in the Party's Primaries in the past, an assertion against which the challengee must fill out a counter-affidavit, asserting that they intend to vote for a majority of the candidates of the challengee's Party of choice in the next General Election. If the challengee fills out this counter-affidavit, the challengee is allowed to vote in the Primary; however, if the challengee refuses, he or she is not allowed to vote in the Primary. Nevertheless, since General Election ballots are cast in secret, the intention expressed in the counter-affidavit by the challengee is impossible to enforce. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Having begun their first determining step in Stage III in 2008 (Tuesday 6 May 2008), Indiana receives a 10% Bonus in district and at-large delegate votes (+4 district and +2 at-large). Total delegate votes changed from 79 to 85. Tuesday 6 May 2008: 72 of 85 delegates to the Democratic National Convention are allocated to presidential contenders based on the results of the voting in today's Indiana Presidential Primary. A mandatory 15 percent threshold is required in order for a presidential contender to be allocated National Convention delegates at either the congressional district or statewide level.
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Saturday 21 June 2008: State Convention The remaining 13 National Convention delegates consist of
These 13 delegates and will go to the Democratic National Convention officially "Unpledged". |
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1 Democratic Party's "First Determining Step" of the delegate selection process. |