| The Green Papers 2020 Presidential Primaries, Caucuses, and Conventions |
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Maine Democrat Presidential Nominating Process Primary: Tuesday 3 March 20201 Municipal Caucuses: Sunday 8 March 2020 (presumably) State Convention.: Saturday 30 May 2020 |
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Delegate Pledging: Proportional Primary. Voter Eligibility: Closed Primary. 32 total delegate votes - 16 district / 5 at large; 3 Pledged PLEOs; 8 Unpledged PLEOs |
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21 June 2019: Maine Democrats Replace Caucus With Primary Set For Super Tuesday Ranked-choice voting in Maine just got a lot more complicated by Bill Nemitz. Delegate Selection Plan from The Maine Democratic Party. 2020 Schedule of Federal/State Elections from the Maine Bureau of Corporations, Elections & Commissions. Returns from the Maine Bureau of Corporations, Elections & Commissions. Results from WABI. 20 June 2019: Governor Janet T. Mills (Democratic) signed LD 1626, SP 523 which changes the date of the Presidential Primary. Sec. 4. 21-A MRSA c. 5, sub-c. 8 §441.1. reads: "No later than November 1st of the year prior to a presidential election year, the state committee of each party shall certify whether there is a contest among candidates for nomination as the presidential candidate. Upon receiving the certification from one or more parties, the Secretary of State shall announce the parties that will have a presidential primary election, which must be held on the 1st Tuesday after the 1st Monday in March of the presidential election year." 6 September 2019: Governor Janet T. Mills (Democratic) will allow LD 1083, "An Act To Implement Ranked-choice Voting for Presidential Primary and General Elections in Maine" to become law without her signature. Voters rank the candidates in order of preference. Should one candidate receive a majority, that candidates "wins". If no one receives a majority, the candidate with the smallest number of votes is eliminated and his or her votes are redistributed to the voters' second-choice. The process continues until a candidate receives at least 50%. The party will be free to employ ranked-choice. |
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Participation in Maine's delegate selection process is open to all registered voters who at least 18 years old on the general election date and are enrolled in the Democratic Party. Residents who are enrolled in another party must change their affiliation at least 15 days before the primary. A resident who is unregistered or not enrolled in any party may register to vote on the day of the primary. Tuesday 3 March 2020: Maine Primary. Hours reportedly 6:00a-8:00p EST (1100-0100 UTC). Voting places open between 6:00a Eastern Time and 10:00a Eastern Time depending on the size of the town. Delegate Pledging: Proportional Primary. Voter Eligibility: Closed Primary.
24 of 32 delegates to the Democratic National Convention are allocated to presidential contenders according to the results of the primary. The party will use the actual vote, rather than ranked-choice voting, to allocate its delegates. 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. How the Democratic Proportional Delegate Allocation Math works.
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Sunday 8 March 2020 (presumably): Maine Municipal Caucuses. The Municipal Caucuses meet to choose delegates to the State Convention. Those State Convention delegates will be pledged to presidential contenders according to results of their respective caucuses, and not the results of the Presidential Primary. |
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Saturday 30 May 2020: State Convention. National Convention delegates are elected at the state Convention according to the results of the Primary. The remaining 8 National Convention delegates consist of
These 8 delegates and will go to the Democratic National Convention officially "Unpledged". 25 March 2020: The unpledged delegates are: Gov. Janet Mills, Reps Chellie Pingree and Jared Golden, and former Senate Majority Leader George Mitchell, MDP Chair Kathleen Marra, Vice Chair Erik Gundersen, and DNC members state Rep. Diane Denk and state Sen. Troy Jackson. |
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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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