11.   Months later, those delegates will select delegates to district and state conventions, who will, in turn, choose delegates to the national convention.

12.   National party rules bar selecting delegates to nominating conventions in that way, so voters will be asked to approve the exemption in another ballot measure this fall.

13.   On Tuesday, voters will select delegates in eight states, including much of New England.

14.   Only the most local delegates are selected by any sort of popular vote, and even there, elections are stacked to perpetuate the status quo.

15.   Opponents like Papermaster say the system gives too much power to the local committee members who select the delegates.

16.   Republicans will select their delegates at caucuses in May.

17.   Schroeder said that national Republican Party rules allowed states with blanket primaries to select their delegates at any time.

18.   Some observers wonder whether many Afghans understand the complicated process of selecting delegates.

19.   That way, the overall vote can be broken down by party for purposes of selecting delegates.

20.   The caucuses next January are the first major test of the presidential candidates in a contest that actually begins the process of selecting delegates to the national nominating convention.