The Democrats Abroad party-run global primary ran from March 3 (
Super Tuesday) to March 10, 2020, at hundreds of voting centers around the world. Votes were also cast by fax, email, or post. Eligibility: Voters had to meet the following criteria to vote • Be abroad and be a U.S. citizen • Be a member of Democrats Abroad • Be 18 as of November 3, 2020 • Not have voted, nor plan to vote, in any other 2020 state presidential primary Voters abroad also voted by downloading a ballot and emailing or postal mailing it to Democrats Abroad from February 18, 2020. Ballots must have been received prior to 12:00 a.m. Pacific Standard Time on March 11, 2020. No proxy voting was permitted. It was not possible for voters to change their vote if their supported candidate had officially withdrawn from the ballot during the voting period. Candidates had to meet a threshold of 15 percent in order to be allocated pledged delegates to the National Convention. The 13 pledged delegates to the
2020 Democratic National Convention were allocated proportionally on the basis of the results of the party-run primary, also classified as a caucus, including 9 at-large regional delegates (divided between three world regions), one global PLEO delegate (party leader and elected official) and three at-large global delegates. As part of Stage I on the primary timetable there were no bonus delegates for a March contest on a joint date in that year. Regional conventions were held online (originally planned as regional caucuses during the global convention in
Toronto,
Canada) for the Americas, Asia-Pacific, and Europe-Middle East-Africa regions on May 16, 2020, and May 17, 2020, selecting 9 national convention delegates, with the number each region was eligible to designate dependent on the proportion of ballots within each region, 6 for Europe-Middle East-Africa, 2 for the Americas, and 1 for Asia-Pacific. Between May 16 and May 17, 2020, the global convention also met online to elect a sole pledged PLEO delegate and 3 at-large delegates for the Democratic National Convention. The delegation also included 8 unpledged delegates: 8 members of the
Democratic National Committee, who each had a half vote (meaning 4 unpledged delegate votes). == Candidates ==