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The Analyst has been to many precincts conventions, state conventions, national conventions and he still has to stop are read the rules. Here is how the Houston Chronicle explained the procedure:
“Those who cast early vote ballots or go to the polls on election day will find their job is not finished. They will have to return to the precinct where they are registered after polls close to caucus at 7:15 p.m. and select representatives to a district convention on March 29. That body in turn will send representatives to the state party convention on June 7, where the final makeup of delegates will be chosen.
Here's the breakdown. Of the 228 Texans who will go to the Democratic National Convention in Denver this summer, only 126 will be chosen based on the popular vote. Using what the party delegate selection plan describes as "a variety of methodologies," an additional 67 will be chosen via the convention process that started in individual precincts.
Another 32 will be superdelegates, automatically anointed by their positions as party or elected officials. And an odd threesome of uncommitted delegates will be named at the state convention based on their well-established history of service to the party”.
The Analyst says: And don’t forget the delegates must be split between men and women and reflect the population by race, sexual preference, etc. So to become a national delegate, if you are not a superdelegate, you must show up to your precinct caucus which starts at 7:15PM on March 4th and get yourself elected to a delegate at your senatorial convention(in some cases county convention) which will be held on March 29, 2008. Then you get yourself elected to attend the state convention which will be held in Houston on June 7th i. Then you try and get elected as a national delegate to the national convention held in Denver in August.
To do that you either must get selected from your senatorial delegation, or get on the slate to be an at-large pledged delegate or an alternate. And of course it helps if you have been very active in one of the candidate’s campaigns, helped the party, been involved with one of the various caucuses that will meet to select their proposed black, Hispanic, gay, youth, women etc to make sure that the delegation is balanced between all the sexes, races, etc and also reflects who Democrats actually voted for both times on March 4th.
Confused? Yes, you should be it is designed to be confusing and will remain that way for a few more elections.
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