Tuesday 7 March 2000: Republican Party Caucuses meet in each precinct. Each Precinct Caucus chooses the precinct's delegates to the BPOU [="Basic Political Organization Unit"] Convention. There will also be a non-binding straw poll re: Presidential Preference held in coordination with these Precinct Caucuses.

• "There is no formal system applied in the Precinct Caucuses to relate the presidential preference of the Caucus participants to the choice of the precinct's delegates to the Republican Convention of the BPOU [which may be a County, State Senate District or State House District] in which the precinct is located. The participants at each Precinct Caucus alone determine if presidential preference is to be a factor in such choice and, if so, how it is to be applied."

Saturday 18 March through Saturday 15 April 2000: Republican Party BPOU [="Basic Political Organization Unit"] Conventions convene in each BPOU. Each BPOU [either a County, State Senate District or State House District] Convention chooses delegates to both the Congressional District Conventions and the State Convention.

• "BPOU Conventions choose both the BPOU's delegates to the Republican Party Convention of the Congressional District the BPOU is a part of as well as the BPOU's delegates to the Minnesota State Republican Convention. Again, there is no formal system applied in the BPOU Convention to relate the presidential preference of the BPOU Convention delegates to the choice of the BPOU's delegates to either the Republican Convention of the Congressional District in which the BPOU is located or the Minnesota State Republican Convention. The delegates in attendance at each BPOU Convention alone determine if presidential preference is to be a factor and, if so, how it is to be applied."

Saturday 29 April through Saturday 13 May 2000: Republican Party District Conventions convene in each congressional district. As the delegates to the Minnesota State Republican Convention have already been chosen, the sole business of the District Convention- insofar as the presidential campaign is concerned- is that of choosing the delegates to the Republican National Convention from the said congressional district.

• Saturday 29 April 2000: Conventions in CDs 1, 2, 4 and 8 (12 delegates allocated)
• Saturday 6 May 2000: Conventions in CDs 6 and 7 (6 delegates allocated)
• Saturday 13 May 2000: Conventions in CDs 3 and 5 (6 delegates allocated)

• "Each of Minnesota's 8 congressional districts is assigned 3 National Convention delegates. Thus, a total of 24 district delegates will be chosen by these Congressional District Conventions. These 24 delegates to the Republican National Convention will be allocated to the presidential contenders in such a way as to be determined by each Congressional District Convention. Once more, there is no formal system governing how the District Convention is to go about indicating its presidential preference in its choice of the National Convention delegates from a given congressional district. It is the delegates in attendance at the Congressional District Convention alone who decide how best to go about this."

Friday 9 June and Saturday 10 June 2000: The Minnesota State Republican Convention officially convenes. The State Convention chooses the remaining 10 at-large of Minnesota's delegates (6 base at-large delegates plus 4 bonus delegates) to the Republican National Convention.

• "There is no formal system of allocating these 10 at-large National Convention delegates to presidential contenders. These delegates will be allocated according to the vote of the Minnesota State Convention as a whole."

Minnesota has 87 counties and 8 congressional districts: 78 counties are wholly within a given congressional district; 9 counties are divided among more than one congressional district.

UNDIVIDED COUNTIES (wholly within one Congressional District):

• CD # 1: Blue Earth, Dodge, Faribault, Fillmore, Freeborn, Goodhue, Houston, Mower, Olmsted, Rice, Steele, Wabasha, Waseca and Winona
• CD # 2: Big Stone, Brown, Carver, Chippewa, Cottonwood, Jackson, Kandiyohi, Lac qui Parle, Lincoln, Lyon, McLeod, Martin, Meeker, Murray, Nobles, Pipestone, Redwood, Renville, Rock, Sibley, Swift, Watonwan, Wright and Yellow Medicine
• CD # 4: Ramsey
• CD # 6: Anoka and Washington
• CD # 7: Becker, Beltrami, Clay, Clearwater, Douglas, Grant, Hubbard, Kitson, Lake of the Woods, Mahnomen, Marshall, Norman, Otter Tail, Pennington, Polk, Pope, Red Lake, Roseau, Stevens, Todd, Traverse, Wadena and Wilkin
• CD # 8: Aitkin, Carlton, Cass, Chisago, Cook, Crow Wing, Isanti, Itasca, Kanabec, Koochiching, Lake, Mille Lacs, Pine and St. Louis

DIVIDED COUNTIES (split between more than one Congressional District):

• Benton: CDs 7 and 8
• Dakota: CDs 1, 3, 4 and 6
• Hennepin: CDs 3 and 5
• LeSueur: CDs 1 and 2
• Morrison: CDs 7 and 8
• Nicollet: CDs 1 and 2
• Scott: CDs 1, 2 and 3
• Sherburne: CDs 7 and 8
• Stearns: CDs 2 and 7

CD # 5 is wholly within Hennepin County