The Green Papers 2020 Presidential Primaries, Caucuses, and Conventions |
Kansas Democrat Presidential Nominating Process Party-Run Primary: Saturday 2 May 20201 Senate District Conventions: Saturday 9 May 2020 District Conventions: Saturday 16 May 2020 State Convention: Saturday 6 June 2020 |
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Delegate Pledging: Proportional Primary. Voter Eligibility: Closed Primary. 45 total delegate votes - 26 district / 9 at large; 4 Pledged PLEOs; 6 Unpledged PLEOs |
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30 March 2020: Due to the COVID-19 virus, Kansas Democratic Party decided that the 2 May party-run primary would be entirely vote by mail. There will be no in-person voting. Party-Run Presidential Primary and Delegate Selection Plan from the Kansas Democratic Party. |
Participation in Kansas's delegate selection process is open to voters who wish to participate as a Democrat. To participate in the Party-Run primary, voters must be qualified to vote in the next general election and registered as a Democrat. Voters and may register at the Party-Run Primary. Provisions exist for advance and absentee voting. Page 3 of the plan states: "The Party-Run Primary will use paper ballots with ranked choice voting; (Rule 2.H.3)". Voters will rank presidential candidates (1st through 5th choice) on their ballots. If a candidate receives fewer than 15% of all first-choice votes, votes will be reallocated to the next choice. The process is repeated until only those candidates with 15% or more of the votes remain. Saturday 2 May 2020: Kansas Party-Run Primary. Hours 10:00a-4:00p CDT (1500-2100 UTC) / 10:00a-4:00p MDT (1600-2200 UTC). Delegate Pledging: Proportional Primary. Voter Eligibility: Closed Primary.
39 of 45 delegates to the Democratic National Convention are pledged to presidential contenders based on the results of today's Party-Run Primary. A mandatory 15 percent threshold is required in order for a presidential contender to be pledged National Convention delegates at the congressional district level or statewide level. How the Democratic Proportional Delegate Allocation Math works.
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Saturday 9 May 2020: Senate District Conventions. Conventions convene between 10a and 2p in each of Kansas's 40 State Senate Districts to elect delegates to the Congressional District conventions. |
Saturday 16 May 2020: District Conventions. District Conventions convene between 10a and 12 noon to elect 26 Democratic National Convention district-level delegates according to the results of the Party-Run Primary. |
Saturday 6 June 2020: State Convention The At-Large and Pledged PLEO delegates are elected by the State Party Committee according to the results of the Party-Run Primary. The remaining 6 National Convention delegates consist of
These 6 delegates and will go to the Democratic National Convention officially "Unpledged". |
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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. |
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