Tue Mar 13th 2012: Alabama Mississippi Hawaii -and- American Samoa voting

[Kronos]

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2012/03/13/live-blog-of-election-day/

(CNN) - Voters in four states cast ballot Tuesday for the Republican presidential nomination, with the largest contests in the southern states of Alabama and Mississippi.

The four Republican presidential candidates, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, former Sen. Rick Santorum of Pennsylvania, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich and Rep. Ron Paul of Texas are battling for 110 total delegates in Alabama, Mississippi, Hawaii and American Samoa.

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Nuts and bolts:

Alabama
- Polls open: 8 a.m. ET to 7 p.m. or 8 p.m. ET
- Open primary
- Delegates at stake: 47
- Allocation rule: Proportional
- Alabama registered voters (as of 1/31/12): 2,977,718
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Mississippi:
- Polls open: 8 a.m. ET to 8 p.m. ET
- Open primary
- Delegates at stake: 37
- Allocation rule: Proportional
- Mississippi registered voters (as of 3/2/12): 1,851,208

Hawaii:
- Polls open: 8 a.m. ET to 2 a.m. ET
- Caucuses
- Delegates at stake: 17
- Allocation rule: Proportional
- Hawaii registered voters (as of 10/19/11): 670,000

American Samoa:
- Polls open: 11 p.m. ET to 2 a.m. ET
- Caucuses
- Delegates at stake: 9