You may take the guide into the voting booth to help you. Nothing in this guide should be construed as an endorsement of any candidate by the League of Women Voters. Voters who are not sure if they are registered should call their elections office. Presidential race Delegates to this summer's national political conventions are elected at this time. The delegates choose the party's nominees for president and vice president and write party platforms.
Alternates have no vote unless they replace a delegate.
Democratic candidates for delegate run as committed to a presidential candidate, and that information is on the ballot, including the name of the candidate to whom the delegate is committed. Democratic delegates are committed to a given candidate on the first convention ballot only, and may be released by the candidate prior to that. Democratic voters may vote for any combination of delegates they choose. It does not have to coincide with their expression of preference for a presidential candidate. Delegates are elected as individuals, even if committed to a candidate, and no voter has to choose the entire slate of delegates for one candidate.