Subject: NY Primary Day!!
From: Patrice Taylor <[email-masked]>
To: PrimaryandCaucus_D <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2016 15:47:11 -0700

Happy Super Tuesday!
We are just a couple of hours away from polls closing in New York so we wanted to share with you and your teams some topline information on their Delegate Selection process.  On our side, there are 247 pledged delegates up for grabs today.  Below, please find a brief summary of the process; attached you will find the internal fact sheet.

As always, please let us know if you have any questions.

NEW YORK (Primary)
Polls open at 6am ET in New York City and Counties of Nassau, Suffolk, Westchester, Rockland, Putman and Erie.  All other Counties open at 12:00 noon ET.  All polls close at 9:00pm ET.

Results can be found here:
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/files/elections/2016/by_state/NY_President_0419.html?SITE=AP&SECTION=POLITICS
http://nyenr.elections.state.ny.us/

Democratic Process
There are a total of 247 pledged delegates that will be allocated proportionally based on today's results.  A 15 percent threshold is required in order for a presidential contender to received pledged delegates at either the congressional district or statewide level.  District-level delegates are elected on the Primary ballot.

The delegate breakdown is:

District Level-163 delegates
PLEO- 30 delegates
At-Large-54 delegates

District level delegates are allocated based on the results in each Congressional District. The PLEO and At-Large delegates are allocated based on the statewide results.

In addition to the 247 pledged delegates, there are 44 unpledged delegates from New York.

Republican Process
All 95 of New York's delegates to the Republican National Convention are allocated to presidential contenders in today's New York Presidential Primary.

81 district delegates are bound to presidential contenders based on the primary results in each of the state's 27 congressional districts. Each congressional district is assigned 3 National Convention delegates who are slated by the Presidential candidates prior to the primary. In each district: If a candidate receives more than 50% or only 1 candidate receives 20% or more of the vote, that candidate receives all 3 delegates. Otherwise, if at least 2 presidential contenders receive 20% or more of the vote, the candidate with the most votes receives 2 delegates and the candidate with the second most of votes receives 1 delegate. Otherwise, if no presidential contender receives 20% or more of the vote, the party will elect 3 delegates without considering the results of the primary.

14 At-Large delegates (10 base at-large delegates plus 1 bonus delegates plus 3 RNC delegates) are bound to presidential contenders "winner-take-most" based on the statewide primary results. 11 of these delegates (the 10 base at-large delegates plus 1 bonus delegates) are elected at the state committee meeting. If a candidate receives more than 50% of the vote, that candidate receives all 14 delegates. Otherwise, the delegates are distributed proportionally to those candidates receiving 20% or more of the vote.

Delegates are bound for the 1st ballot at the Republican National Convention unless released by the candidate.