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2024 Presidential Primaries, Caucuses, and Conventions
 
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Presidential Nominating Process
Candidate filing: Monday 25 September 2023 - Friday 5 January 2024
Legislative District Conventions: Tuesday 6 February - Saturday 16 March 2024
Party-Run Primary: Saturday 30 March 20241
State Convention: Saturday 6 April 2024
District Delegate Meeting via Zoom: Saturday 20 April 2024
Democrats
CandidateDelegate Votes
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Pledged
Soft
Unpledged
Soft
Total
Hard Total
(available)13.0 100.00%4.0 100.00%17.0 100.00%17 100.00%
Total13.0 100.00%4.0 100.00%17.0 100.00%17 100.00%

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North Dakota Primaries for Statewide offices and Congress
 
North Dakota State and Local Government

 
 

Delegate Selection Plan from the North Dakota Democratic-NPL Party.

How to VOTE in the Dem-NPL Presidential Primary from the North Dakota Democratic-NPL Party.

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


   

Tuesday 6 February - Saturday 16 March 2024: North Dakota Legislative District Conventions convene to elect delegates to the State Convention.

 

Participation in North Dakota's delegate selection process is open to all voters who fill out a form declaring they are a Democrat. North Dakota has neither party nor voter registration.

Almost all of the voting is by mail with limited exceptions for the Fort Berthold, Turtle Mountain, Standing Rock, Lake Traverse, and Great Sioux Reservations. There will be no in-person voting, except for residents of the reservations where there will be a polling station in place for 1 day. Ballots must be received by noon on 30 March 2024 to be counted.

Saturday 30 March 2024: North Dakota Party-Run Primary. Delegate Pledging: Proportional Primary. Voter Eligibility: Open Primary. Voters can cast their ballot at party designated locations throughout the state on Party-Run Primary Day or by mail.

The Party-Run Primary will use Ranked Choice Voting. If a candidate has officially ended their candidacy, the voters' next choice is tallied (recursively). If a candidate has not met the viability threshold, the candidate with the lowest rank is eliminated, and their votes are redistributed to the voters' next choice (recursively) until only viable candidates remain. The viability threshold is 15% - if no candidate reaches the 15% threshold, the threshold is half the percentage of the vote of the highest vote-getter.

Party-Run Primary (preliminary)
Included in Nationwide vote.

CandidatePop
Vote
%
Joseph Robinette "Joe" Biden, Jr.  
Eban Cambridge  
Stephen Patrick Lyons, Sr.  
Jason Michael Palmer  
Armando "Mando" Perez-Serrato  
Dean Benson Phillips  
Cenk Uygur  
Marianne Deborah Williamson  
Total 100.00%
 

13 of 17 delegates to the Democratic National Convention are pledged to presidential contenders based upon the support for each contender receives at the Party-Run Primary. A mandatory 15 percent threshold at the statewide level is required in order for a presidential contender to be pledged National Convention delegates. How the Democratic Proportional Delegate Allocation Math works.

  • 8 district delegates are to be pledged to presidential contenders based upon the support each contender receives at the Party-Run Primary. North Dakota has a single statewide congressional district.
  • 5 delegates are to be pledged to presidential contenders based upon the statewide support each contender receives in the Party-Run Primary.
    • 3 at-large National Convention delegates
    • 2 Pledged PLEOs

Party-Run Primary

Contest
 Pop
Vote
Qual
Vote
Del
CD  8
PLEO  2
At-Large  4
Total
Delegates
  14
 

Saturday 6 April 2024: State Convention. 8 National Convention District delegates are elected according to the results of the Party-Run Primary.

 

Saturday 20 April 2024: District Delegate Meeting via Zoom. 2 Pledged PLEO and 3 At-Large National Convention delegates are elected by a quorum of district delegates according to the results of the Party-Run Primary.

The remaining 4 National Convention delegates consist of

  • 4 Unpledged PLEO delegates:
    • 4 Democratic National Committee members.
    • 0 Members of Congress (0 Senators and 0 Representatives).
    • 0 Governors.
    • 0 Distinguished Party Leaders.

These 4 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
  North Dakota Secretary of State
  North Dakota Secretary of State - Elections and Voting
Legislature   Links to State Legislatures
  North Dakota Legislative Branch
Democratic
  North Dakota Democratic-NPL Party
Media & others
  Bismarck Tribune
  Devils Lake Journal
  KXMB - KXMA - KXMC - KXMD - CBS - Bismarck, Minot
  NDx Plains - Fargo
  NorthDecoder - political blog
  Politics1.com - North Dakota
  Praire Public Television - North Dakota Public Radio
  The Minot Daily News
  The Williston Daily Herald
  Valley City Times-Record
  Wahpeton Daily News
  WDAY TV - Fargo
  WDAZ TV - ABC - Grand Forks
 


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  Chronological Cumulative Allocation of Delegates  
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Delegate Counts
  Democratic Pledged and Unpledged Summary   --   Republican Pledged and Unpledged Summary  
  Democratic Hard and Soft Summary   --   Republican Hard and Soft Summary  
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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