Reference: http://www.thegreenpapers.com/P04/DSP/NV-D.pdf

Saturday 14 February 2004: Democratic Party Caucuses meet in each precinct. Each Precinct Caucus chooses delegates to County Conventions based on presidential preference.

• The Precinct Caucus chooses the precinct's delegates to the County Convention of the county in which the precinct is located. While a non-binding Presidential Preference Poll is conducted during the caucuses, delegates at the Precinct Caucus level are not bound to their declared Presidential preference.

Saturday 13 March 2004: County Conventions convene in each county. Each County Convention chooses delegates to the Nevada State Democratic Convention.

• These County Conventions choose the county's delegates to the Nevada State Democratic Convention. While a non-binding Presidential Preference Poll is conducted during the Conventions, delegates at the Precinct Caucus level are not bound to their declared Presidential preference.

Friday 16 April - Sunday 18 April 2004: The Nevada State Democratic Convention convenes.

On Saturday 17 April 2004, the State Convention chooses 24 of Nevada's 32 delegates to the Democratic National Convention. A mandatory 15 percent threshold is required in order for a presidential contender to be allocated National Convention delegates at either the congressional district or statewide level.

• 16 district delegates are to be allocated proportionally to presidential contenders based on the support among the delegates to the State Convention from each of the State's 3 congressional districts.
• CD 1: 6
• CD 2: 6
• CD 3: 4
• In addition, 8 delegates are to be allocated to presidential contenders based on the support among the delegates to the State Convention as a whole.
  • 5 at-large National Convention delegates
  • 3 Pledged PLEOs

The remaining 8 National Convention delegates consist of

• 7 Unpledged PLEO delegates:
• 5 Democratic National Committee members
• 2 Members of Congress (1 Senator and 1 Representative)
• 0 Governors
• 0 Distinguished Party Leaders
• 1 Unpledged "add-on" (selected by the state convention as a whole).

These 8 delegates and will go to the Democratic National Convention officially "Unpledged".