Delegate Selection Rules

Democrats Abroad enjoys the status of a "State" party within the Democratic Party. As such, we will send 22 voting Delegates and one or more Alternates to the Democratic National Convention in Denver, Colorado, August 25-28, 2008 just like the other 50 States. Eight of these Delegate positions are pre-allocated to our eight members of the Democratic National Committee (our "superdelegates"). The other Delegates and Alternate(s) will be elected at the following Democrats Abroad Regional Caucuses and Global Convention:

Mar 15: Europe-Middle East-Africa Regional Caucus, Brussels
Apr 11: Americas Regional Caucus, Vancouver
Apr 11: Asia-Pacific Regional Caucus, Vancouver
Apr 12-13: Democrats Abroad Global Convention, Vancouver

A full set of the rules and procedures for the DA Global Primary and Delegate selection can be downloaded here:

Democrats Abroad Delegate Selection Plan 2008

Running for a Delegate Slot

Under the Rules of the 2008 Convention, only those people who have been pre-approved by the presidential candidates may run for the position of Delegate, Alternate, or Standing Committee Member. If you are interested in running for a Delegate slot, you must submit statement-of-candidacy and pledge-of-support forms to the International Chair of Democrats Abroad:
Christine Schon Marques, 107 chemin de Saint-Maurice, CH-1245
Collonge-Bellerive, Switzerland, chair@democratsabroad.org.

The statement of candidacy form can be found here:

Notification of Candidacy DA Delegate

Deadlines are as follows:
• February 23, 2008: for any positions elected at the EMEA Regional Caucus on March 15, 2008 in Brussels.
• March 14, 2008: for any positions elected by the Global Convention or the meeting of the Democrats Abroad National Convention Delegation on April 12, 2008 in Vancouver.
• March 21, 2008: for any positions elected at the Americas and Asia Pacific Regional Caucuses on April 11, 2008 in Vancouver.

Applications for approval by the presidential candidates will be
forwarded by the International Chair to representatives of the
respective presidential campaigns who will then certify who amongst the candidates for the positions has been pre-approved. Some presidential candidates may also require that you have contacted them directly in order to be pre-approved. Check the website of your preferred candidate for more information.