The Green Papers 2024 Presidential Primaries, Caucuses, and Conventions |
Disclaimer: The delegate selection processes herein, along with any and all dates and delegate counts associated therewith, are unofficial and based on either (1) information obtained from either Major Party, (2) Presidential Primary dates established by currently-effective State statute, or- where the foregoing information could not be obtained- (3) the state's 2020 delegate selection process and associated dates adjusted to the corresponding dates in 2024 and labeled "(presumably)" or "Circa". Democrats
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Northern Marianas Democrat 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 |
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Delegate Pledging: Proportional Caucus/Convention. Voter Eligibility: Closed Caucus/Convention. 11 total delegate votes - 6 at large; 5 Unpledged PLEOs |
States Chronologically States Alphabetically |
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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. |
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 reportedly begin at 6:00p ChST (0800 UTC). Delegate Pledging: Proportional Caucus/Convention. Voter Eligibility: Closed Caucus/Convention.
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.
The remaining 5 National Convention delegates consist of
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 | |
• Commonwealth Election Commission | |
• Commonwealth Election Commission | |
• Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands Election Commission | |
Legislature Links to State Legislatures | |
• Northern Marianas Commonwealth Legislature | |
Democratic | |
• Democratic Party of the Northern Marianas (facebook) | |
• Democratic Party of the Northern Marianas | |
Media & others | |
• Marianas Business Journal | |
• Marianas Variety | |
• Saipan Tribune |
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