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2016 Presidential Primaries, Caucuses, and Conventions
 
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Presidential Nominating Process
County Conventions: Friday 1 April - Sunday 10 April 2016 (presumably)
Presidential Primary: Tuesday 10 May 2016
State Convention: Saturday 14 May 2016 (presumably)
Republicans
CandidateDelegate Votes
Hard TotalFloor
Trump, Donald John, Sr.36 100.00%36 100.00%
Total36 100.00%36 100.00%

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Candidates for 10 May 2016 Primary Election.


10 May 2016 Primary results from
Official Results from the Nebraska Secretary of State.
AP Statewide
Politico.


   

Friday 1 April - Sunday 10 April 2016 (presumably): County Conventions elect delegates to the State Convention.

 

This Presidential Primary coincides with a state/local primary. These coinciding primaries tend to have an impact upon voter turnout.

Tuesday 10 May 2016: Nebraska Presidential Primary. Hours 8:00a-8:00p CDT / 7:00a-7:00p MDT (1300-0100 UTC). The polls open and close at the same GMT/UTC time, that is, polls open and close at a particular local time in the advanced time zone and open and close one hour earlier local time in the lagging time zone. Delegate Selection: Winner-Take-All Primary. Voter Eligibility: Closed Primary.

Presidential Primary
Source: Nebraska Secretary of State.
Status: Official. Retrieved: Tuesday 21 June 2016.
Included in Nationwide vote.

CandidatePop
Vote
%
Donald John Trump, Sr.122,32761.47%
Rafael Edward "Ted" Cruz36,70318.44%
John Richard Kasich22,70911.41%
Benjamin Solomon "Ben" Carson, Sr.10,0165.03%
Marco A. Rubio7,2333.63%
Total198,988100.00%
 

Tuesday 10 May 2016: All 36 of Nebraska's delegates to the Republican National Convention are pledged to in today's Nebraska Presidential Primary [Nebraska Republican Party State Constitution Article VII (3)(a); Proposed Rules 2016 Nebraska Republican Party State Convention, Rule 14].

 

Saturday 14 May 2016 (presumably): The Nebraska State Republican Convention convenes.

  • Congressional District Caucuses made up of the State Convention delegates from each of Nebraska's 3 congressional districts elect the 9 district National Convention delegates (3 per congressional district) according to the results of the primary.
  • The State Convention as a whole selects 24 (10 base at-large plus 14 bonus) at-large delegates to the Republican National Convention according to the results of the primary. [NEBRASKA REPUBLICAN PARTY CONSTITUTION, Article VII Section 3., Amended 6 June 2015].
  • The 3 party leaders, the National Committeeman, the National Committeewoman, and the chairman of Nebraska's Republican Party, will attend the convention as pledged delegates by virtue of their position. [In each year when a President of the United States is to be elected, the State Convention shall elect a National Committeeman and a National Committeewoman to take office at the close of the succeeding National Convention. - NEBRASKA REPUBLICAN PARTY CONSTITUTION, Article IV Section 1, Amended 6 June 2015]

National Convention delegates are bound to vote for the candidate they pledged support for the first 2 ballots at the National Convention unless the candidate received less than 35% of the vote.

 

 

LB1048 was signed into law on 9 April 2014. The bill requires:

  • state parties to file their delegate selection plan with the Secretary of State by 1 December of the year before [32-701 (1)];
  • that at least 80% of the party's delegates are committed to a candidate based on the results of a caucus, the primary, or both [32-701 (1)(a) and (b)];
  • that the plan specifies how delegates are committed [32-701 (1)(c)];
  • that the plan specify whether the delegates are bound proportionally(with a threshold of at least 15%) or winner take all [32-701 (1)(c)].

11 January 2016: Nebraska state Senator John Murante introduced LB 871 which would create a presidential preference primary on the 1st Tuesday after the 1st Monday in March.

 

Notes

Primary dates marked "presumably" and polling times marked "reportedly" are based on unofficial or estimated data (especially as regards local variations from a jurisdictionwide statutory and/or regulatory standard) and are, thereby, subject to change.

 

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