2020 South Dakota Democratic primary
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The 2020 South Dakota Democratic primary will take place on Tuesday, June 2, 2020, as part of the Democratic Party presidential primaries for the 2020 presidential election. The South Dakota primary is a semi-closed primary, with the state awarding 19 delegates, of which 14 are pledged delegates allocated on the basis of the results of the primary.
Procedure
South Dakota is one of nine contests occurring on June 2, 2020 in the Democratic primaries, the others being Montana, New Jersey, New Mexico, Ohio, Maryland, Indiana, Connecticut, and the District of Columbia.[1]
Voting is expected to take place throughout the state from 7:00 a.m. until 7:00 p.m. local time. In the semi-closed primary, candidates must meet a threshold of 15 percent statewide (coterminous with the state's sole congressional district) in order to be considered viable. The 19 pledged delegates to the 2020 Democratic National Convention will be allocated proportionally on the basis of the results of the primary. Of the 19 pledged delegates, 9 are district-level delegates and another 2 are allocated to party leaders and elected officials (PLEO delegates), in addition to 3 at-large pledged delegates. These delegate totals do not account for pledged delegate bonuses or penalties from timing or clustering.[2]
Regional and legislative district caucuses will meet on Saturday, March 14, 2020 to elect congressional district caucus delegates. On Saturday, March 21, 2020, the congressional district caucus will convene in Pierre to designate national convention district-level delegates to be listed on the ballot. The state party central committee will then meet after the primary on Saturday, June 20, 2020 to vote on the 3 pledged at-large and 2 PLEO delegates to send to the Democratic National Convention. The 14 pledged delegates South Dakota sends to the national convention will be joined by 5 unpledged PLEO delegates (4 members of the Democratic National Committee and Tom Daschle, former majority leader of the U.S. Senate).[2]
