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Boundary County Democratic caucuses set for
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March 21, 2016 |
The race to the White House continues on here in
Boundary County, as Democrats in the county and
throughout Idaho gather tomorrow to discuss and
select their preferred candidate in the Idaho
Democratic caucuses.
At stake are 27 delegates Idaho will send to the
Democratic National Convention, to be held in
Philadelphia in four months beginning July 25.
At tomorrow's county caucuses, 384 delegates
will be selected who will attend the state
convention in Boise in June, representing
Democrats in their counties.
The candidates local Democrats will be
discussing include Hillary Clinton, Bernie
Sanders, San Diego businessman Rocky De La
Fuente, and "uncommitted."
The caucus meetings will begin tomorrow evening
at 6:00 p.m. sharp at the Boundary COunty
Fairgrounds (though the doors will be open and
entry will be permitted beginning at 4:30 p.m.).
As the meeting begins at 6:00 p.m., the doors
will be closed at that time, and no further
admittance will be allowed. When the doors are
closed, the discussions and voting will begin.
Generally, anyone can attend the meeting, even
just to watch, if space is available. Only those
who meet the rules of Basic Qualifications may
cast votes. To participate in the caucus and
vote one must be signed up. Signing up can be
done at the door at the meeting, but officials
recommend signing up in advance, to avoid lines
and making it faster and easier to enter the
meeting. Those who voted in the March 8 Idaho
Republican Presidential Primary are not allowed
to actively participate and vote in the
Democratic caucus. Those who are age 17, but who
will be at the eligible voting age of 18 by the
time of the November 8 general election, may
participate.
The business of the caucus will be to elect
local delegates to represent Boundary County
Democrat party members at the Idaho statewide
convention. Those locally-selected delegates,
who are selected based upon which national
candidates they support, among other things,
will vote to choose delegates for the National
Convention that will reflect the choices made at
the county level and statewide conventions. |
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