Delegates Pick the President, But Who Picks The Delegates?

Polling station (Stephen Velasco/Flickr)
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Polling station (Stephen Velasco/Flickr)
Stephen Velasco / Flickr

Delegates Pick the President, But Who Picks The Delegates?

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There are just few more days of voting before the Illinois primary on Tuesday. 

Some names on the ballot, like the ones for the people running for President, U.S. Senate and Cook County State’s Attorney will be familiar to many voters. But there will also be a set of names the average voter probably won’t recognize: The delegates.

So, who are they and how do they get on the ballot? We break it down with Aviva Rosman from BallotReady, a new app that allows voters to save the details on individual candidates and races and take it to the booth with them.