Who qualified where for the NY primary...

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Thursday January 15, 2004 · 12:50 AM PST

2004/01/15 · 00:50

The tentative delegate slates are now public for the March 2nd presidential primary in New York.

Why is this important? Well, besides the huge number of delegates available in New York that day (236 total; another 49 "unpledged" superdelegates come from NY for a total of 285 total delegates), New York is notoriously difficult in terms of ballot requirements. Candidates have to get signatures not only at the state level, but in each of the 29 congressional districts, to be eligible to get delegates at the district level. (Not a small number of signatures either--about a thousand per district--and registered Democrats only, thank you.) So a candidate who gets enough signatures to make the statewide ballot (where 82 delegates are at stake), but who misses out in some districts misses the chance to get the delegates available (either five or six; a total of 154 statewide) in that district.

In fact, only one candidate of the nine on the statewide ballot managed to fill out all 154 delegate slots. And you're guessing wrong if you think you know who it is... Read More

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