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title: "Which state passed the first law providing for the popular election of delegates to the national convention?"  
description: "Which state passed the first law providing for the popular election of delegates to the national convention?"  
author: "camila johnson"  
published: 2018-04-03  
canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/40472/which-state-passed-the-first-law-providing-for-the-popular-election-of-delegates-to-the-national-convention  
category: "usa history"  
tags: ["usa history"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# Which state passed the first law providing for the popular election of delegates to the national convention?

Which state passed the first [law](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/44257/the-impact-of-social-media-on-lawsuits) providing for the popular [election](https://www.mindstick.com/news/1823/kenya-had-ordered-facebook-to-tackle-its-hate-speech) of delegates to the [national convention](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/40894/why-did-the-american-federation-of-labor-afl-split-apart-at-its-national-convention-in-1935)?


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