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Edited on Sat Feb-16-08 10:43 AM by Bleachers7
First, the candidate and the delegates were on the same line. It looked like this...
Clinton delegate delegate delegate delegate delegate Edwards Kucinich Gravel Biden Richardson Obama delegate delegate delegate delegate delegate
Clinton and Obama were the only one's to have delegates.
You are not required to vote for any candidate or any delegate. You can vote for any mix of candidates and delegates.
The popular vote for the candidate in the district determined the number of delegates. Then the delegates are assigned based on a combination of equal opportunity provisions (gender, race), and the popular vote for the delegates of a specific candidate. That means that if a female delegate is needed for Obama, the female delegate with the most votes is selected.
So the popular vote always counts. In theory, no could vote for any delegates, but that would be chaos. The bigger chaos is the winning candidate not having any delegates on the ballot. Kerry had this problem in 2004. He was assigned delegates.
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