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Minnesota's precinct caucuses happen Tuesday. A guide for how to participate.

      The Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party's presidential preference
ballot is binding on 72 yet-to-be-chosen delegates to the
Democratic National Convention, as long as the candidate clears a
15 percent threshold in one of the state's eight congressional
districts. Minnesota's 16 superdelegates are not bound by the vote.

      Votes for president are accepted between 6:30 p.m. and 8 p.m. at
more than 4,000 DFL precinct caucuses. Caucus-goers can make
presidential picks without sticking around to elect officers,
choose delegates to county and Senate district conventions or shape
the party's platform.

      The GOP's nonbinding presidential straw poll does not commit the
state's 41 delegates to the Republican National Convention.
Caucus-goers can cast their votes when more than 4,000 GOP caucuses
begin at 7 p.m.

      By participating in precinct caucuses, supporters of
presidential candidates can position themselves to eventually
become delegates to the national convention and vote for their
contender.

      The Independence Party of Minnesota holds more than 70 caucuses
starting at 7 p.m., plus an online virtual caucus that runs for the
next month at its Web site: http://www.mnip.org/.
      

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