| The Green Papers 2020 Presidential Primaries, Caucuses, and Conventions |
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Maine Republican Presidential Nominating Process Primary: Tuesday 3 March 2020 (presumably) District Caucuses / State Convention: Thursday 30 April - Saturday 2 May 2020 |
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Delegate Selection: Winner-Take-Most Primary. Voter Eligibility: Closed Primary. 22 total delegates - 10 base at-large / 6 re: 2 congressional districts / 3 party / 3 bonus |
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2020 Schedule of Federal/State Elections 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 are enrolled in the Republican 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 (presumably): 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 Selection: Winner-Take-Most Primary. Voter Eligibility: Closed Primary.
All 22 of Maine's delegates to the Republican National Convention are pledged to presidential contenders in today's Maine Presidential Primary.
Trump, having received in excees of 50% of the statewide vote, wins all 22 delegates. If a Presidential candidate withdraws, the delegates bound to that candidate become unbound. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Thursday 30 April - Saturday 2 May 2020: District Caucuses and State Convention. The National Convention delegates are elected, according to the results of the Presidential Primary, during the 2nd day of the State Convention.
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| Notes |
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. |
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