In response to this act, Irwin called a special election to choose delegates.
On that day 20 states will choose delegates to the Presidential nominating conventions.
"The meeting to choose delegates for a Continental Congress," he said.
They will also be asked to chose individual delegates.
Consequently, in July 1999, elections were held to choose delegates to the assembly.
In the 1970's, when Democrats were establishing new rules for choosing delegates, most legislatures went along.
They chose delegates to 99 county conventions, which meet in March.
Most states hold elections specifically for the purpose of choosing delegates.
Until this year, state Republicans used the more closed caucus system to choose presidential delegates.
How would you choose delegates to such a convention?