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Republicans in Cowley and Sumner counties will caucus Saturday at the high school in Belle Plaine, 822 N. Merchant. The caucus begins at 10 a.m. Doors open at 9:30. The GOP caucus is open only to registered Republicans.

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) -- A look at the state's Republican presidential caucuses:

DATE: Saturday.

LOCATION: 67 sites across the state.

BECOMING ELIGIBLE: Caucus workers will check each voter's name against a list of registered Republicans. Potential voters must show photo identification.

GETTING IN: Doors to caucus sites open at 9 a.m. in Johnson, Sedgwick and Shawnee counties, and by 9:30 a.m. at all other sites. Speeches for candidates begin at 10 a.m., and people who are still in line before those speeches end at about 11 a.m. can cast ballots.

VOTING: Each voter will mark a paper ballot beside the name of one of seven candidates: John McCain, Mike Huckabee, Ron Paul and Alan Keyes, as well as three who are no longer campaigning, Mitt Romney, Rudy Giuliani and Fred Thompson. The votes then will be tallied.

AT STAKE: 36 of the state's 39 delegates to the GOP National Convention, Sept. 1-4, in Minneapolis. The other three delegates are the party's state chairman and two Kansas representatives on the Republican National Committee, who go to the convention no matter whom they support; two endorsed McCain and one, Romney.

ALLOCATING DELEGATES: Three delegates will be awarded to the candidate who receives the most votes in each of the state's four congressional districts. The remaining 24 delegates will be awarded to the candidate with the most votes statewide, if that candidate also prevails in two of the four congressional districts. If not, those delegates will go to the convention uncommitted to any candidate.