News and Politics | February 04, 2008 | 2 comments

Ex-pat votes in the "51st primary" could help settle the Democratic race

source: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/us_elections/article3300902.ece

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A special walk-in primary in London for Democrats in Britain is expected to draw a record number of American voters. Unlike Republicans, who will gather tomorrow for a low-key evening in a Covent Garden bar, Democrats abroad can vote for “foreign” delegates as an alternative to voting by post in their home state. And if Super Tuesday's primaries prove inconclusive, these votes could help to decide between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama as the party’s nominee. Ballots will be sent by overnight courier to an international counting centre in Geneva, where the result will be announced later this month, with a total of 22 delegates allotted to the candidates by proportional representation. While 22 delegates isn't much, the tight race between Obama and Clinton might mean that Democrats will have to wait for the convention to choose their candidate, in which case delegates chosen by expats could tip the balance.
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2 comments // Ex-pat votes in the "51st primary" could help settle the Democratic race

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    • The 22 delegates for overseas Democratic voters each only get half a vote, so it's a total of 11 delegates. That's less than the least populous states, Wyoming and Alaska, which get 18 delegate votes each, but more than U.S. territories.

      Voters in Jakarta, Indonesia, where Barack Obama spent several years of his childhood, went 75-25 for him over his rival Hillary Clinton.

      It's gonna be a nail-biter, folks!

    • 4 years ago
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