Participation in Vermont's delegate selection process is open to all voters who wish to participate as Democrats. There is no party registration in Vermont.

Tuesday 6 March 2012: 18 of 27 delegates to the Democratic National Convention are pledged to presidential contenders based on the results of the voting in today's Vermont Presidential Primary. A mandatory 15 percent threshold is required in order for a presidential contender to be pledged National Convention delegates at either the congressional district or statewide level.

• 12 district delegates are to be pledged proportionally to presidential contenders based on the statewide primary results as Vermont has only one Congressional District.
• In addition, 6 delegates are to be pledged to presidential contenders based on the primary vote statewide.
  • 4 at-large National Convention delegates
  • 2 Pledged PLEOs

Here's how we compute the delegate count:

1. A candidate must receive 15% or more of the total popular vote to qualify for delegates. Discard votes cast for those candidates who do not meet the threshold.
2. Allocate Congressional District delegates from the qualified vote in each district. Allocate Pledged PLEO and At-Large delegates using the state-wide qualified vote.
3. In each jurisdiction (CD and statewide):
1. Total qualified vote = total votes cast for the qualifying candidates in the jurisdiction.
2. Allocation = (delegates for the jurisdiction) × (candidate's popular vote) ÷ (total qualified vote).
3. Assign each candidate the WHOLE NUMBER of delegates.
4. If delegates remain, allocate each of the remaining delegates to those candidates with the LARGEST REMAINDERS.

Saturday 24 March 2012: Post-Primary Town Caucuses elect delegates to State Convention.

Saturday 26 May 2012. State Convention.

National Convention District delegates are elected by Presidential preference according to the results of the primary.

Saturday 9 June 2012: National Convention Delegate Meeting

National Convention Pledged PLEO and At-Large delegates are elected, by a quorum of National Convention district-level delegates, according to the results of the primary.

The remaining 9 National Convention delegates consist of

• 9 Unpledged PLEO delegates:
• 5 Democratic National Committee members.
• 2 Members of Congress (1 Senator and 1 Representative).
• 1 Governor.
• 1 Distinguished Party Leader: former Chairman of the Democratic National Committee Howard Dean.

These 9 delegates and will go to the Democratic National Convention officially "Unpledged".