Saturday 19 January 2008: 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 23 February 2008: 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.

Saturday 17 May - Sunday 18 May 2008: The Nevada State Democratic Convention convenes.

On Saturday 19 April 2008, the State Convention chooses 25 of Nevada's 34 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 the State's congressional districts / counties. There is one allocation in CD 1, three allocations by county in CD 2, and one allocation in CD 3.
• CD 1 Clark: 6
• CD 2 Washoe: 3
• CD 2 Rural Counties: 1
• CD 2 Clark: 2
• CD 3 Clark: 4
• In addition, 9 delegates are to be allocated to presidential contenders based on the support among the delegates to the State Convention as a whole.
  • 6 at-large National Convention delegates
  • 3 Pledged PLEOs

The remaining 9 National Convention delegates consist of

• 8 Unpledged PLEO delegates:
• 6 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 9 delegates and will go to the Democratic National Convention officially "Unpledged".