Saturday 21 January 2012: Democratic Non-binding Precinct Viability Caucuses meet in each precinct. Each Precinct Caucus chooses delegates to County Conventions based on presidential preference. Voting begins at 12:00 noon PST.

• The Precinct Caucus chooses the precinct's delegates to the County Convention of the county in which the precinct is located. While a non-binding Presidential Preference Poll is conducted during the caucuses, delegates at the Precinct Caucus level are not bound to their declared Presidential preference.

The Nevada Democratic Party held their Non-binding Precinct Viability Caucuses today. There were about 12,000 attendees at 118 caucus locations covering 1,553 precincts.

98.3% of delegates elected to the 14 April County Conventions and 9-10 June State Convention supported President Obama.

"I am excited that over 12,000 enthusiastic volunteers said 'I'm in' for President Obama today..." --Nevada State Democratic Party Chair Roberta Lange.

Accordingly, we have assigned all 36 of Nevada's pledged delegates to President Obama in the soft count (our estimate). All delegates remain available in the hard count since no National Convention delegates were actually pledged.

Reference: More Than 12,000 Nevada Volunteers Say I'm In for President Obama During 2012 Democratic Caucuses.

Saturday 14 April 2012: County Conventions convene in each county. Each County Convention chooses delegates to the Nevada State Democratic Convention. County conventions are called to order by 10:00 am PDT. 10 August 2011 note: Pledge To Caucus (Nevada Democratic Party) states that the County Conventions are 18 April.

• These County Conventions choose the county's delegates to the Nevada State Democratic Convention. While a non-binding Presidential Preference Poll is conducted during the Conventions, delegates at the Precinct Caucus level are not bound to their declared Presidential preference.

Saturday 9 June - Sunday 10 June 2012: The Nevada State Democratic Convention convenes to choose 36 of Nevada's 44 delegates to the Democratic National Convention. 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.

• 23 district delegates are to be allocated proportionally to presidential contenders based on the support among the delegates to the State Convention from the State's congressional districts / counties. (numbers are pending and appear to use the 2000 Census apportionment)
• CD 1: 8
• CD 2: 7
• CD 3: 8
• In addition, 13 delegates are to be allocated to presidential contenders based on the support among the delegates to the State Convention as a whole.
• 8 at-large National Convention delegates
• 5 Pledged PLEOs

The remaining 8 National Convention delegates consist of

• 8 Unpledged PLEO delegates:
• 6 Democratic National Committee members.
• 2 Members of Congress (1 Senator and 1 Representative).
• 0 Governors.
• 0 Distinguished Party Leaders.

These 8 delegates and will go to the Democratic National Convention officially "Unpledged".

Notes

On 22 October 2012, Nevada Republican Party moved the date of their Precinct Caucuses from 14 January to 4 February 2012 and the Nevada Democratic Party moved the date of their Precinct Caucuses from 14 to 21 January. Reference FoxNews article here.

"We are pleased to announce that the Nevada and South Carolina Democratic parties will protect our states' place in the presidential nominating calendar by beginning the delegate selection process on January 21^st in Nevada and January 28^th in South Carolina." - Nevada State Democratic Party, 22 October 2011.