Wednesday 4 March 2020: Hawaii Precinct Meetings. Precinct level delegates are elected to the State Convention.

Participation in Hawai'i's delegate selection process is open to all voters who wish to participate as registered Democrats. The State of Hawaii does not conduct registration by party. Voting in the Democratic Party of Hawaii elections, including the Delegate Selection Process, requires membership in the Democratic Party of Hawaii and proof of voter registration.

Vote by mail is from 3 March to 28 March. The Party-run Presidential Preference Poll offers same-day registration.

Saturday 23 May 2020: Hawaii Party-run Presidential Preference Poll (firehouse primary). Hours 7:00a-3:00p HAST (1700-0100 UTC). Delegate Pledging: Proportional Primary. Voter Eligibility: Closed Primary. The ballot uses ranked choice with a 1st, 2nd, and 3rd choice with a 15% viability threshold. If a candidate has officially ended their candidacy, the voter's next choice (recursively) is tallied.

Beginning with the candidate who received the smallest number of votes, votes cast for candidates who fall below the 15% threshold are eliminated and the voter's next choice is tallied. The process continues until all candidates have at least 15% of the vote.

Party-run Presidential Preference Poll (firehouse primary) First Expression of Preference
Not used for delegate computation.
Source: Democratic Party of Hawai'i.
Status: Official. Retrieved: Wednesday 27 May 2020.
Excluded from Nationwide vote.

Party-run Presidential Preference Poll (firehouse primary) Final Expression of Preference
Source: Democratic Party of Hawai'i.
Status: Official. Retrieved: Wednesday 27 May 2020.
Included in Nationwide vote.

24 of 33 delegates to the Democratic National Convention are pledged to presidential contenders based on the preferences expressed today's Hawaii Party-run Presidential Preference Poll (firehouse primary). A mandatory 15 percent threshold is required in order for a presidential contender to be pledged National Convention delegates at either the Congressional District Level or statewide level. Here is how the Democratic Proportional Delegate Allocation Math works.

• 15 district delegates are to be pledged proportionally to presidential contenders based on the party-run primary results in each of Hawaii's 2 Congressional Districts.
• 9 delegates are to be pledged to presidential contenders based on the party-run primary results statewide.
• 6 at-large National Convention delegates
• 3 Pledged PLEOs

Party-run Presidential Preference Poll
Source: Democratic Party of Hawai'i.
Status: Official. Retrieved: Wednesday 27 May 2020.

Note: per DNC rule 11-C, Sanders is no longer eligible to be allocated At-Large or PLEO delegates. However, per an agreement between the Biden and Sanders campaigns, Sanders will be unofficially assigned his share of those delegates. Therefore, the effective allocation will be 16-8.

Due to the COVID-19 virus, the Saturday 23 May - Sunday 24 May 2020 State Convention is postponed until September. District level-delegates are elected on-line on 8 June. Pledged PLEO and At-Large delegates are elected on-line at a State Central Committee on 13 June.

Saturday 23 May - Sunday 24 May 2020: Hawai'i Democratic State Convention convenes. National Convention District-level delegates are elected according to the party-run Preference Poll by the state Convention delegates on the first day. National Convention Pledged PLEO and At-Large delegates are elected by the State Central Committee on the second day.

The remaining 9 National Convention delegates consist of

• 9 Unpledged PLEO delegates:
• 4 Democratic National Committee members.
• 4 Members of Congress (2 Senators and 2 Representatives).
• 1 Governor.
• 0 Distinguished Party Leaders.

These 9 delegates and will go to the Democratic National Convention officially "Unpledged".