Participation in the District of Columbia's delegate selection process is open to all voters who wish to participate as Democrats. Voters are permitted register on election day and declare their Party preference on their Voter Registration Card which is a public record.

Tuesday 3 April 2012: 22 of 45 delegates to the Democratic National Convention are pledged to presidential contenders based on the results of the voting in today's District of Columbia Presidential Primary. A mandatory 15 percent threshold is required in order for a presidential contender to be pledged National Convention delegates at either the municipal or district wide level.

• 14 district delegates are to be pledged proportionally to presidential contenders based on the primary results in each of the District's 2 municipal districts (each consisting of 4 of the city's 8 wards).
• municipal district 1 (Wards 1, 2, 6, 8): 7
• municipal district 2 (Wards 3, 4, 5, 7): 7
• In addition, 8 delegates are to be pledged to presidential contenders based on the district wide primary vote.
  • 5 at-large National Convention delegates
  • 3 Pledged PLEOs

National Convention District delegates are slated at a 3 March 2012 pre-primary caucus and are selected by the D.C. Democratic State Party Committee beginning with the highest vote-getting presidential preference.

Delegates: Hon. Marion Barry, James Berry, Anita Bonds, James Bubar, Sheila Bunn, Gregory Cendana, Mary Cuthbert, David Donaldson, Ronnie Edwards, Irma Esparza, Hon. Jack Evans, Hon. Vincent Gray, Renee J. Johnson, Tim Lim, Estell Lloyd, Mark Long, Denise Lopez, David Meadows, Susan Meehan, Hon. Phil Mendelson, L. Jeanette Mobley, Kim Morton, Hon. Eleanor Holmes Norton, Amiee Occhetti, Hon. Vincent Orange, Lillian Perdomo, Betty Pierce, Denise Reed, Jeffrey Richardson, Mary Terrell, Romaine Thomas, Brandon Todd, Christine Warnke, Joslyn Williams, Lateefah Williams

Thursday 3 May 2012: State Party Committee.

National Convention Pledged PLEO and At-Large delegates are elected by the State Party Committee according to the results of the Primary.

The remaining 23 National Convention delegates consist of

• 23 Unpledged PLEO delegates:
• 19 Democratic National Committee members.
• 3 Members of Congress (1 nonvoting Delegate to the House of Representatives plus 2 so-called "shadow Senators" [the Democratic Party traditionally supports Statehood for the District of Columbia; in addition this number reflects the Electoral Vote of D.C. which has always gone to the Democrats in Presidential Elections]).
• 1 "Governor" (actually, the Mayor of DC).
• 0 Distinguished Party Leaders.

These 23 delegates and will go to the Democratic National Convention officially "Unpledged".

Notes:

On 27 April 2011, District of Columbia Mayor Vincent Gray signed B19-90 which was introduced by Councilmember Mary M. Cheh on 1 February 2011. The bill moves the Presidential Primary from "the 2nd Tuesday in January" to the 1st Tuesday in April and moves the regular primary from the "1st Tuesday after the 2nd Monday in September" to the 1st Tuesday in April. The next regular partisan and Presidential primaries will be held concurrently on 3 April 2012.