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I posted the question in the comments on
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://demconwatch.blogspot.com/2008/01/superdelegates-who-havent-endorsed.html">http://demconwatch.blogspot.com/2008/01/superdelegates-who-havent-endorsed.html</a>
-- a website which is maintaining a list of superdelegates' candidate
endorsements. They only list 20 for Maryland, between those who have
and those who have not endorsed. Here is the response I got:<br>
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<dt class="comment-author anon-comment-icon" id="c7104140526352699949">reginak
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<p>Today's Washington Post lists far more superdelegates for
Maryland
(I didn't check D.C. & Virginia, they may be different too).
"Maryland will send 99 delegates to the Democratic National Convention.
Of those, 46 will be chosen Feb. 12, and the rest will be chosen by the
party."<br>
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<p>Who you going to believe, the Washington Post or us? Here's the
breakdown. Maryland has 99 total delegates. 70 are allocated by the
primary, 46 by congressional district, and 24 allocated statewide. That
leaves 29 superdelegates, 27 regular ones, and 2 add-ons. As a
clarification, while the state party does pick 9 of the statewide
delegates, but they are pledged delegates chosen based on the primary
results.</p>
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Dwight Holmes wrote:
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cite="mid:%3C8123da3c0802011535l6215dd88r70d1e0ea41590745@mail.gmail.com%3E"
type="cite">
<div>Did anyone else catch this in last Monday's Post? I found it
quite shocking and disheartening. We've all heard about the 'super
delegate' phenomenon... According to this (below) when Dems vote on the
12th in the Maryland Democratic primary, we will be selecting only 46
delegates out of Maryland's total of 99 that will attend the convention
in Denver. So that means we will NOT be choosing 53 of the delegates --
more than half.</div>
<div> </div>
<div>What's with that?? I thought MD was now a non-smoking state!! ;-)</div>
<div> </div>
<div>Now it doesn't clearly state that the missing 53 delegates are
all "super delegates" -- and that would be a very high number, since
the national total is something around 800 -- doesn't seem like
Maryland should get 1/16 of all super delegates. So maybe something
else is at work here -- could even be a typo!</div>
<div> </div>
<div>Anybody here know more about this?</div>
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<font face="Arial,Helvetica"><a moz-do-not-send="true" tabindex="0"
href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/01/27/AR2008012702377.html"><font
color="#d3501a"><b>Maryland (link to Washington Post article of
1/28/08)</b><br>
</font></a></font><br>
<ul>
<li>The polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Those registered
in the Democratic and Republican parties can vote in their party's
primary. The primaries include the presidential and congressional
contests and nonpartisan school board races. </li>
</ul>
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<ul>
<li>Maryland will send 99 delegates to the Democratic National
Convention. Of those, 46 will be chosen Feb. 12, and the rest will be
chosen by the party. A candidate must get more than 15 percent of the
vote to receive delegates. </li>
</ul>
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<ul>
<li>On the <a moz-do-not-send="true"
onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" tabindex="0"
href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/related/topic/U.S.+Republican+Party?tid=informline"
target="_blank"><font color="#0c4790">GOP</font></a> side, 37
delegates will go the convention, of which 24 will be chosen Feb. 12
and the rest by the party. </li>
</ul>
<div>I've put this on the Wiki along with a voter registration
lookup/info site:</div>
<div><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://rpwiki.wetpaint.com/page/Elections">http://rpwiki.wetpaint.com/page/Elections</a><br
clear="all">
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-- <br>
Riverdale Park Community Wiki<br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://rpwiki.wetpaint.com/">http://rpwiki.wetpaint.com/</a>
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