| The Green Papers 2008 Presidential Primaries, Caucuses, and Conventions |
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Michigan Democrat Presidential Nominating Process Primary: Tuesday 15 January 20081 District Conventions: Saturday 19 April 2008 State Central Committee: Saturday 14 June 2008 |
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Delegate Selection: Proportional Primary Voter Eligibility: Open Primary No delegate votes *The Alternative Soft Total assumes that delegates not currently listed in the Soft Total and/or Hard Total will actually be seated and, thereby, eligible to vote during the Roll Call re: the Presidential Nomination at the National Convention. |
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On 7 May 2008, the Michigan Democratic Executive Committee voted to ask the DNC's Rules and Bylaws Committee to approve a Clinton 69, Obama 59 pledged delegate split and seat the full Michigan Delegation at the National Convention. The Rules Committee meets 31 May. Reports state that the math splits the difference between the 73 delegates Clinton won in the 15 January primary and the 64-64 split the Obama campaign wanted. It also gives a Clinton 54% to Obama 46% delegate split. PA split their popular vote Clinton 55%, Obama 45% on 22 April 2008; OH split the vote Clinton 54%, Obama 44% on 4 March 2008; and NJ split the vote Clinton 55%, Obama 44% on 5 February 2008. Assuming no sanctions, the pledged delegate split from the Tuesday 15 January 2008 primary is Clinton 73, Uncommitted 55. The Michigan Democrats also voted to move their State Central Committee meeting from 17 May to 14 June. The party plans to elect 28 At-Large, 17 Pledged PLEO, and 2 Unpledged "add-ons"s at that meeting. 83 pledged district delegates were elected last month at the 19 April 2008 District Conventions.
20 April 2008 Media Article: Michigan Democrats pick delegates The 12 December 2007 Voter Guide published by the Democratic Party states: "A vote for "uncommitted" is a vote to send delegates to the Democratic National Convention who are not committed or pledged to any candidate. Those delegates can vote for any candidate they choose at the Convention. Supporters of Joe Biden, John Edwards, Barack Obama and Bill Richardson are urged to vote "uncommitted" instead of writing in their candidates’ names because write-in votes for those candidates will not be counted. Voter Guide for 1/15/08 Primary Certified returns of the 15 January 2008 primary from an official source. Here's how we compute the delegate count assuming that the full delegation is seated (based on certified returns of the 15 January 2008 primary from an official source):
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On 1 December 2007, the DNC has determined that the date of Michigan's 15 January 2008 primary violates party rules and has decided to strip the state of its delegation. The determination was made official on 5 January 2008. Michigan had 128 pledged delegate votes (83 district, 28 at-large, and 17 PLEO) and 29 unpledged delegate votes (18 unpledged DNC members, 1 Governor, 2 Democratic U.S. Senators, 6 Democratic U.S. House Members, and 2 add-ons). Total delegate votes changed from 157 to 0. TheGreenPapers.com will be tracking delegate counts as both "Soft" (here assuming that relevant delegations will remain sanctioned into the respective National Conventions [that is: with no delegates to be seated at the Democratic National Convention]) and as "Alternative" (here assuming that the full delegation of an affected jurisdiction- as originally allocated before being sanctioned- is eventually to be seated [that is, at some point before the Conventions, sanctions will be lifted]) from now until the Democratic National Convention convenes or until no delegation is any longer sanctioned, if this should occur prior to the Conventions. Tuesday 15 January 2008: 0 (pre-penalty 128) of 0 (pre-penalty 156) delegates to the Democratic National Convention are allocated to presidential contenders based on the results of the voting in today's 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.
Participation in Michigan’s delegate selection process is open to all voters who wish to participate as Democrats. Voters will declare that they are participating as Democrats before they receive their ballots. |
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On 21 March 2008 the Michigan Democratic Party Executive Committee decided to postpone the District Conventions until 19 April 2008. Media: [Michigan] Dems State Democratic Party postpones district conventions. Saturday 19 April 2008: District Conventions. District-level delegates and alternates are elected according to the results of the Tuesday 15 January 2008 Presidential Primary. |
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1 Democratic Party's "First Determining Step" of the delegate selection process. |