[Iowa-dx] Election, Primary and Caucus Procedures and Schedules/Links
Kelley Putman
kputman@mchsi.com
Sat, 5 Jan 2008 15:39:18 -0600
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In addition to the superdelegates [party elected officials and =
operatives] that make up about 20% of the total number of delegates =
going to the Democratic national convention, each state has its own =
rules about its "elected" delegates. =20
I haven't read every state yet, but starting with Iowa and going down =
the list I was amazed at the number of delegates to the Dem national =
convention from several states who are appointed, at-large, allocated or =
otherwise not elected from their primaries or caucuses. This further =
dilutes the influence of the electorate. =20
I do not know the details of the Republican national convention, but =
several states follow similar rules as the Democrats with respect to =
"extra" non-representatively elected state delegates to their national =
convention.
Both sites are well laid out. Procedures by state for each party are =
summarized in single paragraphs toward the bottom of each state's page, =
accessible from the links below. I'm sure not every detail is covered, =
but it is a potent overview of the lack of democratic [small "d"] =
accountability in our non-democracy as a federated republic. =20
Remember folks, the USA is not a country but a republic, and it's not a =
democracy. =20
Kelley
Rep
http://politics.nytimes.com/election-guide/2008/primaries/republicanprima=
ries/index.html
Dem
http://politics.nytimes.com/election-guide/2008/primaries/democraticprima=
ries/index.html
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>In addition to the superdelegates =
[party elected=20
officials and operatives] that make up about 20% of the total number of=20
delegates going to the Democratic national convention, each state has =
its own=20
rules about its "elected" delegates. </FONT></DIV></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I haven't read every state yet, but =
starting with=20
Iowa and going down the list I was amazed at the number of =
delegates to the=20
Dem national convention from several states who are appointed, at-large, =
allocated or otherwise not elected from their primaries or =
caucuses. =20
This further dilutes the influence of the electorate. =
</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I do not know the details of the =
Republican=20
national convention, but several states follow similar rules as the =
Democrats=20
with respect to "extra" non-representatively elected state delegates to =
their=20
national convention.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Both sites are well laid out. =
Procedures by=20
state for each party are summarized in single paragraphs toward the =
bottom of=20
each state's page, accessible from the links below. I'm sure not =
every=20
detail is covered, but it is a potent overview of the lack of democratic =
[small=20
"d"] accountability in our non-democracy as a federated republic. =20
</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Remember folks, the USA is =
not a country=20
but a republic, and it's not a democracy. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Kelley</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Rep</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><A=20
href=3D"http://politics.nytimes.com/election-guide/2008/primaries/republi=
canprimaries/index.html">http://politics.nytimes.com/election-guide/2008/=
primaries/republicanprimaries/index.html</A></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Dem</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><A=20
href=3D"http://politics.nytimes.com/election-guide/2008/primaries/democra=
ticprimaries/index.html">http://politics.nytimes.com/election-guide/2008/=
primaries/democraticprimaries/index.html</A></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>
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