Kimberly Margaret Ruff. Adam Kokesh. Samuel Joseph Robb. Daniel Behrman. Max Abramson. Souraya Faas. Steven Allen Richey. Erik Chase Gerhardt. Keenan Dunham. Phil Collins. Don Blankenship. Charles Kraut. Gloria La Riva. Rita Krichevsky. Robert Carr Wells Jr. Kent Mesplay. Arvin Vohra. John David McAfee. Kenneth Blevins. Jedidiah Hill. Nathan Bloxham. Delegates elected to the national convention pledged to a presidential candidate shall in all good conscience reflect the sentiments of those who elected them.
At the political party national convention, each delegate to the national convention shall vote for the party's presidential nominee candidate who received the greatest number of votes in the presidential preference election until the candidate is nominated for the office of President of the United States by the convention, until the candidate releases the delegate from the delegate's obligation, until a candidate withdraws from the race or until one convention nominating ballot has been taken.
After a candidate is nominated, withdraws from the race, delegates are released or one ballot is taken, each delegate is free to vote as the delegate chooses, and no rule may be adopted by a delegation requiring the delegation to vote as a body or causing the vote of any delegate to go uncounted or unreported.
Section If, subsequent to the primary, a candidate to whom one or more of such party's delegates are allocated either dies or files with the secretary a written statement, by him signed, to the effect that he has released all Connecticut delegates committed to him, the commitment of any such delegate to the candidate shall be deemed to have been released. Any delegate to a national convention whose presidential candidate withdraws after being entitled to delegate votes pursuant to this article shall be an unpledged delegate to the national convention.
A delegate or alternate delegate selected from a congressional district to the national convention of a political party shall, on the first ballot at the national convention, support the candidate for President of the United States who received the highest number of votes in the congressional district at the primary election if the person is in fact a candidate at the convention.
A delegate-at-large or alternate delegate-at-large to the national convention is not required to support a specific candidate for President on any ballot at the convention. Each political party shall, on the first ballot at its national convention, cast this Commonwealth's vote for the candidates as determined by the primary or party caucus and calculated under this section or under party rules, whichever is applicable.
Provided, however, that in the event of the death or withdrawal of a candidate receiving votes under this section prior to the tabulation of the first ballot, any delegate votes allocated to such candidate shall be considered uncommitted. Withdrawal shall mean notice in writing by the candidate to the chairman of the Kentucky delegation prior to the first ballot. If there is a roll call vote for president at the national convention of a political party, all delegates and alternate delegates whose selection is subject by party rule to the approval of a presidential candidate shall vote on the first such roll call for that presidential candidate unless released by such candidate.
A national convention delegate shall be bound to vote for the presidential candidate for whom he or she designated commitment, if any, under section b and as certified by the presidential candidate or the presidential candidate's designee under this section before the delegate is elected as a national delegate until the end of the first ballot at the national convention. However, a national convention delegate is released from that commitment by the withdrawal of that presidential candidate from contention for that party's nomination or by written release of that presidential candidate to the chairperson of the national convention, whichever is earliest.
Any person seeking to be elected as a delegate or alternate delegate to the national convention of a political party shall submit a filing form under this section regardless of the method of election used by the political party.
The filing form for nomination of a candidate for election as a delegate or alternate delegate to the national convention of a political party shall 1 contain a statement of commitment to a candidate for the office of President of the United States or that he or she is uncommitted, 2 include a pledge swearing to support the candidate for President of the United States to which the candidate for delegate or alternate delegate to the national convention is committed until a such candidate receives less than thirty-five percent of the votes for nomination by such convention or releases the delegate from such commitment or b two convention nominating ballots have been taken, and 3 be filed with the Secretary of State.
The provisions of this section with regard to the manner of voting by the New Mexico delegations at the national party conventions apply only to the first nominating ballot cast at such conventions. Such delegations may be released prior to the first ballot from voting in the manner provided by this section upon death of the candidate or upon his written unconditional release of such votes allotted to him. Any votes so released shall be cast in the manner of votes allotted to the uncommitted category.
Section A Each delegate or alternate delegate to the national convention of his political party shall cast their vote on all ballots for the candidate who received this state's vote. If that candidate is for any reason no longer a candidate, the votes of the Oklahoma delegation shall be cast for any candidate of their choice.
Each person selected as a delegate shall sign a pledge that the person will continue to support at the national convention the candidate for President of the United States the person is selected as favoring until: a The candidate is nominated at the convention; b The candidate receives less than 35 percent of the votes for nomination at the convention; c The candidate releases the delegate from the pledge; or d Two convention nominating ballots have been taken.
The results of the preferential presidential primary shall be binding on the delegates to the national conventions as provided in this section. Click here for more information. American Samoa [4]. The results will therefore give a more detailed picture of who supports the candidates, and what their chances of winning on a national level may be.
Polling times vary state by state. More than a week ahead of Super Tuesday, almost 2m ballots had already been cast as several states allow early voting.
Results will begin to be reported after the first polls close at 7pm ET. The Guardian will be reporting the results live , as they come in. This article is more than 1 year old. Candidates have shaken hundreds of hands, travelled thousands of miles and their campaigns have spent millions to get to this point Follow the Super Tuesday results — live.
Bradley Byrne and former Auburn head football coach Tommy Tuberville. In North Carolina, Democratic state Sen. Cal Cunningham is facing off with state Sen. Erica Smith for the chance to take on vulnerable Republican Sen. Thom Tillis. On the West Coast, the special election to fill the seat of former Rep. Katie Hill, who resigned from the House last fall after nude photos of her were leaked, will take place on Super Tuesday.
The Democratic field is crowded for this seat, although Christy Smith appears to be the front-runner. Diane Feinstein and Kamala Harris. There are a number of primaries taking place in the Texas suburbs, an area to watch for the general election as well.
The suburbs in the Lone Star State have trended blue in recent years, and former presidential candidate and Rep. Beto O'Rourke has stumped for many of the candidates on the ground. But with so many states voting, the full picture of Super Tuesday results could still take days to emerge. Several states in the Eastern time zone will be the first to close their polls on Tuesday at 7 p.
Results should start to trickle in soon afterward, although it will likely take hours for all the votes to be tabulated and winners declared. California's polls close last at 8 p.
In , because the race was so close, it took a month for California Democratic officials to count all of the votes and declare Hillary Clinton the winner over Sanders. State officials are hoping that even with a tight race and bigger field this year, the Democratic nominating battle is settled more quickly.
If the margins are close, the state could take a while to reach a conclusion as it waits to count absentee ballots postmarked by Election Day. Search Search. Home United States U. Africa 54 - November 12, VOA Africa Listen live. VOA Newscasts Latest program.
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