If it's Primary Day and it's confusing, it must be New York

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If it's Primary Day and it's confusing, it must
be New York

MARC HUMBERT, Associated Press Writer

Thursday, February 26, 2004


(02-26) 11:40 PST ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) --

Voters in New York's presidential primary don't have
to fly to Florida to find a confusing ballot.

When 5.1 million Democrats go to the polls next week
for the Super Tuesday showdown between John Kerry
and John Edwards, they will find plenty of other
candidates on the ballot -- and all those prospective
delegates.

Therein lies the confusion. To the right of the
candidates' names will be lists of prospective
national convention delegates, each pledged to
represent a candidate. While the ballot clearly
instructs Democrats to vote for a certain number of
delegates -- and the candidate of their choice -- there
actually is no need to vote for any delegates. It is
enough just to pull the lever for a presidential
candidate.

If the candidate doesn't have a delegate slate listed
for a congressional district, party caucuses simply
name delegates pledged to support that candidate.
Still, campaigns usually try to put slates together as a
show of organizational strength.

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