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Hillary Clinton

UrbScotty

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3. By law, Uncommitted appears on the ballots of each party in a presidential primary.

Reply to Fla Dem (Original post)

Wed Mar 9, 2016, 06:43 PM

Mar 2016

Primaries and caucuses are all about allocating national convention delegates. If Uncommitted gets at least 15% of the vote in a party primary, then some delegates from that state will go to the party’s convention without being pledged to vote for one candidate or another. (They’d be free to vote for any candidate at the convention.)

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I just want to know what the 20,000+ uncommitted votes are in the final tally. [View all] Fla Dem Mar 2016 OP

O'Malley votes could have been absentee... wysi Mar 2016 #1

Hanging chads? BlueMTexpat Mar 2016 #2

By law, Uncommitted appears on the ballots of each party in a presidential primary. UrbScotty Mar 2016 #3

Thanks for the explanation. But I still don't understand. Fla Dem Mar 2016 #4

Why people vote Uncommitted is usually beyond me. UrbScotty Mar 2016 #5

Am I reading that page right? DemonGoddess Mar 2016 #6

I was confused as that as well. nt Fla Dem Mar 2016 #7

Funny story related to uncommitted .... LannyDeVaney Mar 2016 #8