1.   After the convention, party members will vote by mail and electronically to pick the nominee.

2.   And Republicans have a reputation as royalists when it comes to picking nominees.

3.   At the time, Alexander said voters, not inside players, should pick the nominee.

4.   Back then, nominees were often picked in backroom deals because most of the delegates were controlled by party and labor leaders.

5.   He said he thought Democrats would be well advised not to try to pick a nominee too early.

6.   In his devilish way, goes this weird construct, Beelzebub is manipulating the GOP to pick the nominee easiest for Gore to beat.

7.   Moreover, the U.S. system takes months of primaries to pick presidential nominees, who are often newcomers on the national scene.

8.   On the GOP side, voters will pick nominees for one seat on the Texas Supreme Court and three on the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals.

9.   Pataki said Republican governors must aggressively set the agenda and pick the nominee.