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2024 Presidential Primaries, Caucuses, and Conventions
 
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Presidential Nominating Process
Candidate filing deadline: Tuesday 16 January 2024
State Chair announces candidates to be placed on the ballot: Thursday 18 January 2024
Party-run Primary: Tuesday 5 March - Tuesday 12 March 20241
Democrats
CandidateDelegate Votes
Soft
Pledged
Soft
Unpledged
Soft
Total
Hard Total
(available) 5.0 100.00%5.0  45.45%5  45.45%
Biden, Joseph Robinette "Joe", Jr.6.0 100.00% 6.0  54.55%6  54.55%
Total6.0 100.00%5.0 100.00%11.0 100.00%11 100.00%

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Delegate Selection Plan from the Democratic Party of the Northern Marianas.

28 July 2023: DNC Rules and Bylaws Committee Meeting Committee Meeting found this plan in conditional compliance.


16 January 2024: Presidential candidate filing deadline with the party. Uncommitted will be on the ballot if at least 1 delegate candidate runs for the Uncommitted preference. Write-ins are not allowed.

18 January 2024: The State Chair announces the candidates on the ballot.

2024 Presidential Primary from the Democratic Party of the Northern Marianas.

Results from an official source.


   

Voter registration in the Northern Marianas does not include political party affiliation. Individuals who are not registered members of the Democratic Party of the Northern Marianas and wish to participate in the primary shall declare their affiliation to the Democratic Party when signing in to vote in the Primary. Voters may register at the primary.

An initial tabulation of votes will be made after the polls close on 5 March. A final tabulation will be reported after the polls close on 12 March.

Voters are permitted to cast 1 vote for a presidential candidate and for multiple delegate candidates pledged to that presidential candidate. Delegates are selected from the highest vote getters for each presidential preference.

Tuesday 5 March - Tuesday 12 March 2024: Northern Marianas Party-run Primary. Hours 8:00a-6:00p ChST (2200-0800 UTC). Delegate Pledging: Proportional Caucus/Convention. Voter Eligibility: Closed Caucus/Convention.

Party-run Primary
Source: Democratic Party of the Northern Mariana Islands.
Status: Unofficial. Retrieved: Tuesday 12 March 2024.
Included in Nationwide vote.

CandidatePop
Vote
%
Joseph Robinette "Joe" Biden, Jr.9393.94%
Jason Michael Palmer44.04%
Marianne Deborah Williamson22.02%
Dean Benson Phillips00.00%
Total99100.00%
 

6 of 11 delegates to the Democratic National Convention are pledged to presidential contenders based on the results of the voting in today's Northern Marianas Caucus. A mandatory 15 percent threshold is required in order for a presidential contender to be pledged National Convention delegates. How the Democratic Proportional Delegate Allocation Math works.

  • 6 At-Large delegates are to be pledged proportionally to presidential contenders based on the Caucus results islandwide.

Party-run Primary
Source: Democratic Party of the Northern Mariana Islands.
Status: Unofficial. Retrieved: Tuesday 12 March 2024.

ContestBidenPalmer,J
 Pop
Vote
Qual
Vote
DelPop
Vote
AllocDelPop
Vote
AllocDel
Islandwide99936936.00064  
Total
Delegates
  6  6   
 

The remaining 5 National Convention delegates consist of

  • 5 Unpledged PLEO delegates:
    • 4 Democratic National Committee members.
    • 1 Member of Congress (0 Senators and 1 Representative). Territorial Delegate Gregorio Kilili Camacho "Kilili" Sablan, an Independent/Democrat, is a non-voting Delegate in the House of Representatives.
    • 0 Governors.
    • 0 Distinguished Party Leaders.

These 5 delegates and will go to the Democratic National Convention officially "Unpledged".

 

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.

1 Democratic Party's "First Determining Step" of the delegate selection process.

 

Links Links to other web sites

Election Authority
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Media & others
  Marianas Business Journal
  Marianas Variety
  Saipan Tribune
 


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Commentary: THE TIES THAT BIND-- OR DO THEY? or, Politicus Unbound
 
Delegate Allocation
  Democratic Quick Reference   --   Republican Quick Reference  
  The Math Behind the Democratic Delegate Allocation   --   The Math Behind the Republican Delegate Allocation  
  Democratic Timing Penalties and Bonuses   --   Republican Timing Penalties  
 
  Democratic Delegate Pledging and Voter Eligibility   --   Republican Delegate Selection and Voter Eligibility  
 
  Primaries at a Glance  
 
  Results Status and Date Retrieved  
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  Estimating the Delegate Count  
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Documentation
  Historical Analysis of the Presidential Nominating Process  
  Historical Analysis of the apportionment of delegate votes at the National Conventions of the two major parties  
  Primary/Caucus/Convention Glossary  
  Statutory Election Information of the Several states / Presidential Primary  
  Dates of PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARIES re: selection and/or allocation/distribution of Delegates to Major Party National Conventions  
 
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