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CALL For the 2024 Democratic National Convention
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To Whom It May Concern: By authority of the Democratic National Committee, the National Convention of the Democratic Party is hereby scheduled to convene on TBD, 2024 at an hour to be announced, to select nominees for the offices of President and Vice President of the United States of America, to adopt and promulgate a platform and to take such other actions with respect to such other matters as the Convention may deem advisable.
I. Distribution of Delegate Votes The distribution of votes, delegates and alternates to the 2024 Democratic National Convention shall be in accordance with the following:
A. The number of Convention votes for delegates to the Convention shall be as set forth in the compilation included in this resolution and determined as provided in paragraphs B, C, D, E, F, G, and H1. B. A base of 3,200 delegate votes is distributed among the 50 states and the District of Columbia according to a formula giving equal weight to the sum of the vote for the Democratic candidates in the three (3) most recent presidential elections and to population by electoral vote.
C. 1. For purposes of this paragraph C, the period of time in which the first determining step of the presidential nomination process takes place during 2024 shall be divided into Stages as follows: Stage I: The earliest date specified in Rule 12 of the Delegate Selection Rules through March 31, 2024, inclusive. Stage II: April 1 through April 30, 2024, inclusive. Stage III: May 1 through June 16, 2024, inclusive.
2. A percentage of the base delegate votes determined pursuant to paragraphs B and E shall be added to the number of base pledged delegates otherwise determined pursuant to those paragraphs, for the purpose of increasing the size of the base pledged delegation, as follows: a. for any state in which the meeting, caucus, convention or primary which constitutes the first determining step in the presidential nomination process in that state occurs in 2024 on a date in Stage II, 2024 Call for the Democratic National Convention 2 the percentage shall be 10%; and in which the meeting, caucus, convention or primary which constitutes the first determining step in the presidential nomination process in that state occurs in 2024 on a date in Stage III, the percentage shall be 20%. b. for any state in which the meeting, caucus, convention or primary which constitutes the first determining step in the presidential nomination process in that state is held in a regional cluster, that percentage shall be an additional 15% added onto the base delegate vote without accounting for any adjustments made pursuant to Article I.C.2.a. States deemed to qualify as a regional cluster shall have contests that are: i. held in conjunction with at least two other neighboring states holding similar contests; and ii. on or after the fourth Tuesday in March.
D. Fifteen percent (15%) of the base delegate votes determined pursuant to paragraphs B and E shall be added to the number of votes allocated for the purpose of representing pledged Party and Elected Official delegates. For purposes of this paragraph, the number of base delegate votes determined pursuant to paragraph B shall be the number determined thereunder after rounding. Fractions of .5 and above resulting from the multiplication required by this paragraph are rounded up to the next highest integer. 2 For the purpose of the Call for the Convention, the term “automatic” used in reference to the delegates described in Delegate Selection Rule 9.A. corresponds with the term “unpledged” as used in Article Two, Section 4(h) of the Charter. E. American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands and the Virgin Islands will each receive six (6) at-large delegate votes. Democrats Abroad will receive twelve (12) at-large and one (1) pledged Party and Elected Official delegate votes. Puerto Rico will receive forty-four (44) base delegate votes. F. Automatic2 votes shall be allocated to each delegation to accommodate the members of the Democratic National Committee from that state or territory in which they legally reside.
The size of such a member’s vote (i.e., whole or fractional) shall be the same size as that which they are allowed to cast at meetings of the Democratic National Committee. Additional automatic delegate votes shall be allocated for other officers serving in positions created by the Democratic National Committee in accordance with Article 3, Section 1.e. of the Charter of the Democratic Party of the United States. G. Automatic votes shall be allocated to provide for the Democratic President, the Democratic Vice President, and all former Democratic Presidents, all former Democratic Vice Presidents, all former Democratic Leaders of the United States Senate, all former Democratic Speakers of the United States House of Representatives and Democratic Minority Leaders, as applicable, and all former Chairpersons of the Democratic National Committee.3 Such delegates shall be seated with the state delegations from the state in which they have their voting residences.
H. Additional automatic votes shall be added if needed to provide for the Democratic Governor4 (if any) from that state or territory and for the Democratic Members of the United States House of Representatives 3 Former Chairpersons of the Democratic National Committee shall include National Chairs and General Chairs. 4 The Mayor of the District of Columbia, if a Democrat, shall be treated as a Democratic Governor. 2024 Call for the Democratic National Convention 3 and Democratic United States Senators from that state or territory (if any).5 I. Each state, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico may select a number of alternates equivalent to one (1) alternate for every twelve (12) Convention votes received by it pursuant to paragraphs B, C, D, and E, provided, however, that each such delegation shall have at least two (2) alternates. American Samoa, Democrats Abroad, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands and the Virgin Islands shall each have one (1) alternate.
Fractions of .5 and above are rounded up to the next highest integer. It is further provided that each state shall have the additional number of atlarge alternates necessary to provide at least one alternate for each presidential candidate who is entitled to delegates from that state, if the DNC Rules and Bylaws Committee determines that the number of alternates allocated to the state is not sufficient for each presidential candidate to have at least one alternate. J. Members of the Democratic National Committee and delegates selected pursuant to paragraphs G and H (“Automatic delegates”) may run and be elected as Pledged delegates. If an Automatic delegate is elected and certified as a Pledged delegate, that individual shall not serve as an Automatic delegate at the 2024 National Convention. No delegate may hold more than one (1) vote. Democratic Governors, Democratic Members of the United States House of Representatives and Democratic United States Senators who are members of the Democratic National Committee shall serve as delegates by virtue of their membership on the National Committee.