1.   It would allow delegate selection from the first Monday in February until the third Tuesday in June.

2.   Any registered voter can cast a ballot for a Republican candidate, but only the ballots of registered GOP voters count toward delegate selection.

3.   Also, the McCain campaign does not believe there will be trouble with delegate selection in his home state of Arizona.

4.   Delegate selection in the New York and California primaries is limited to registered Republican voters.

5.   He needs Florida to help frame the battle as a two-man race as the process moves toward delegate selection.

6.   No statewide polls have been conducted on the race, but Gore is expected to dominate the delegate selection.

7.   Only votes of party members count for delegate selection.

8.   Some key upcoming contests, including New York and California, do not allow independents and Democrats to participate in Republican primaries for delegate selection.

9.   The Republicans are also holding a straw poll, but the outcome will have no binding effect on delegate selection.