Most of the 193 pledged delegates were allocated at the National Convention according to the results of the Texas Presidential Primary on March 4.
Superdelegates were free to vote for any candidate at the National Convention and were selected by the Texas Democratic Party's officials.
Representatives from Texas, and 2 Distinguished Party Leaders: former U.S. House Speaker Jim Wright and former DNC chairman Robert Schwarz Strauss.
[7][8] The Texas Democratic Party used a combination of two processes to select delegates and determine how they would be allocated to each presidential candidate.
The Texas Democratic Party used the results of the Primary to determine how its 126 district delegates would be apportioned to each presidential candidate.
[citation needed] The Texas Secretary of State had a web site that provides the location of polling places.
[13] The site also offered a list of contact numbers for local county clerks and elections administrators where voters may obtain polling place location information.
[14] The Texas Democratic Party's official web site also included information about the locations of polling places.
[18] The precinct conventions were held beginning March 4 at 7:15 p.m. (15 minutes after the Primary polls close) or after the last person in line at 7:00 p.m. had voted.
When the time came to select the Precinct Delegates, participants declared their candidate preference, or that they were uncommitted, which is an option not available on the primary ballot.
[20] The participants in each presidential candidate preference group then chose the delegates to represent them at the County and Senate District conventions.
A poll of likely Democratic primary voters on March 2 showed Sen. Hillary Clinton with a statistically insignificant 50% to 49% lead, with 1% Not Sure.
The letter proposed that the Party delay the County and Senatorial District conventions until it could provide the campaign with "presidential preference counts [that] can be made based on a review of each and every sign in sheet to determine eligibility of participants and delegates".