the precinct conventions were held beginning march 4 at 7:15 p.m. (15 minutes after the primary polls close) or after the last person in line at 7:00 p.m. had voted. at each precinct convention, participants chose precinct delegates to go to the county or senate district conventions. the texas democratic party allocated one precinct delegate to each precinct for every 15 votes cast for chris bell (the party's gubernatorial candidate) in the 2006 texas general election.