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To: PapaBear3625

That makes 22 delegates. Check anywhere (such as the Green Papers) and you’ll find that New Hampshire has 27 delegates, not 22. Under convention rules, elected officials’ votes are counted as well as voter-selected delegates. And Obama won these 3 out of 5 of these.


26 posted on 01/09/2008 6:31:40 AM PST by dangus
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To: dangus
From "The Green Papers":
N.Y. Senator Hillary Clinton has apparently won the NEW HAMPSHIRE Democratic Primary over Ill. Senator Barack Obama; former N.C. Senator John Edwards is well back in 3d place but still well ahead of any other Democratic presidential contender: Edwards remains above the threshold necessary to receive a share of delegates from the Granite State.

22 of 30 delegates to the Democratic National Convention are allocated to presidential contenders based on the results of the voting in today's New Hampshire Presidential Primary: 14 district delegates are to be allocated proportionally to presidential contenders based on the primary results in each of the State's 2 congressional districts (7 from each CD); 8 delegates are to be allocated to presidential contenders based on the primary vote statewide. A mandatory 15 percent threshold is required in order for a presidential contender to be allocated National Convention delegates at either the congressional district or statewide level.


32 posted on 01/09/2008 6:40:09 AM PST by KC Burke (Men of intemperate minds can never be free...their passions forge their fetters.)
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