2020 North Dakota Democratic presidential caucuses

2020 North Dakota Democratic presidential caucuses

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The 2020 North Dakota Democratic presidential caucuses took place on Tuesday, March 10, 2020, as one of several states voting the week after Super Tuesday in the Democratic Party presidential primaries for the 2020 presidential election. The North Dakota caucuses was a firehouse caucus; in effect it was an open party-run primary. The state awards 18 delegates to the 2020 Democratic National Convention, of which 14 are pledged delegates allocated on the basis of the results of the election. Bernie Sanders won the caucus as North Dakota was the lone state to vote in Sanders's favor on March 10.

Procedure[]

North Dakota is one of 6 states (and Democrats abroad) which held primaries on March 10, 2020, one week after Super Tuesday.^[1] On March 13, 2019, the North Dakota Democratic–Nonpartisan League Party released its draft delegate selection plan, which called for the creation, in effect, of a party-run primary referred to by the party as a "firehouse caucus".^[2]

Voting by mail began on January 20, 2020, and continued through March 5.^[3]

On March 10, polls opened and closed simultaneously throughout the state, with in-person voting taking place between 11:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. in the Central Time Zone and from 10:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. within the Mountain Time Zone at firehouse caucus locations across the state. In the open caucuses, candidates must meet a threshold of 15 percent statewide in order to be considered viable. The 14 pledged delegates to the 2020 Democratic National Convention will be allocated proportionally on the basis of the results of the firehouse caucus. Of the 14 pledged delegates, 9 correspond to the result of the statewide vote (coterminous with its sole congressional district) and another 2 are allocated to party leaders and elected officials (PLEO delegates), in addition to 3 at-large pledged delegates. Bonus delegates will be allocated as North Dakota shares a firehouse caucus date with numerous other states holding contests the week after Super Tuesday; these numbers do not yet account for these delegates.^[4]

The state convention was set to meet in Minot on Saturday, March 21, 2020, to designate 9 national convention district delegates, followed by the meeting of the select committee on delegates on Saturday, April 4, 2020, during which the 3 pledged at-large and 2 PLEO delegates for the Democratic National Convention will be designated. The 14 pledged delegates North Dakota sends to the national convention will be joined by 4 unpledged PLEO delegates (4 members of the Democratic National Committee).^[4] On March 12, 2020, the state convention was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. An alternate method of selecting delegates for the national convention has not yet been determined.^[5]

Global Election Services (GES), a subsidiary of publicly traded Global Arena Holding, has been retained to administer the North Dakota Democratic-NPL Presidential Primary election. GES will be administering a hybrid election solution wherein eligible North Dakota voters will have the option to call a GES managed call center or fill out an online form to request a mail-in ballot prior to election day. On Election Day, GES will supervise 14 in-person voting locations around the state and, upon polls closing, will process and tabulate all the ballots and report results that determine the state's Democratic nominee. GES utilizes a patented blockchain based Voter Registration, Voter Authentication, and Voter Eligibility software platform using Distributed Ledger Technology.^{[citation needed]}

Polling[]

Results[]

Results by caucus site[]

Notes[]

References[]

External links[]

• Presidential Primary in ND by the North Dakota Democratic-NPL Party
• The Green Papers delegate allocation summary
• North Dakota Democratic–Nonpartisan League Party draft delegate selection plan