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Illinois

Gidney N Cloyd

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7. They're still pledged even if their candidate dropped out?

Reply to guillaumeb (Reply #4)

Tue Mar 17, 2020, 06:18 PM

Mar 2020

And if I'd voted for Biden but picked Bernie's 5 candidates (assuming he rides it to the end) that seems like an even messier problem. If Biden won ILL by a hair's breadth but a few people did what I described and Bernie's delegates got slightly more votes than Bernie himself did...

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IL. Primary: What happens if you vote for one candidate but another candidate's pledged delegates? [View all] Gidney N Cloyd Mar 2020 OP

You were supposed to vote for 5? I only voted for 1. Ha! Beakybird Mar 2020 #1

We were supposed to vote for 8 frazzled Mar 2020 #3

It's 5-- I double checked my sample ballot and my real one wasn't flagged for an undervote. Gidney N Cloyd Mar 2020 #5

Maybe it's a different number to vote for depending on size of frazzled Mar 2020 #6

I'd bet that you're right. IL gets a total of 155 pledged delegates and 29 superdelegates. Gidney N Cloyd Mar 2020 #8

No more than three on my ballot. Midnight Writer Mar 2020 #9

I asked that before frazzled Mar 2020 #2

One delegate told me that the delegates are pledged to vote guillaumeb Mar 2020 #4

They're still pledged even if their candidate dropped out? Gidney N Cloyd Mar 2020 #7

Agreed, there could be a situation. guillaumeb Mar 2020 #10

I'm beginning to think we're not supposed to know the answer to this. Gidney N Cloyd Mar 2020 #11

What happens is this blue-wave Mar 2020 #12