Maine’s delegates to the Democratic National Convention are on both sides of the fence when it comes to having a roll call vote for Hillary Clinton.

Presumptive nominee Barack Obama’s campaign made the announcement along with Clinton’s campaign that Clinton’s name will be submitted for nomination in the first round of balloting.

Before the announcement was officially made, PolitickerME sent out an e-mail survey to all of the elected DNC delegates.

Two Clinton supporters responded, and both favored a roll call vote. Seven Obama supporters responded. Three favored a roll call, three opposed it and one would not comment on the issue.

DNC delegate and state Rep. Linda Valentino (D-Saco) knows Hillary Clinton isn’t going to win the Democratic presidential nomination. “We want to vote for her on the first vote,” Valentino said after a recent event in Saco. “All of us worked so hard for Hillary, and this is history in the making.”

Alternate delegate and state Sen. Phil Bartlett (D-Gorham) said that if he is upgraded, he will happily vote for Clinton at the convention, but also plans to work hard for Obama in November.

“My support of Hillary Clinton in the primary was based on her extensive experience and her strong vision for our country,” Bartlett said in an e-mail. “It was not a vote against Barack Obama. I commend him on running an excellent primary campaign and laying out a vision for America that we all can embrace. I will do everything I can to help elect him in November.”

State Rep. Chris Babbidge (D-Kennebunk) is also a delegate. He’s surprised the issue even came up.

“I’m surprised at the flap over the roll call issue,” Babbidge said in an e-mail. “I have expected a roll call, and expect to be counted for Hillary, but I certainly would support Barack at the time of the roll call if she asked us to. It was historic for Maine’s Margaret Chase Smith to be nominated in 1964, and Hillary certainly deserves historical recognition for her achievement in this campaign.”

“But either way,” Babbidge added, “I’ll be strongly in Obama’s corner from now through Election Day.”

Obama supporters were divided on the roll call issue.

Prior to the announcement, House Majority Leader Hannah Pingree (D-North Haven), state Rep. Jon Hinck (D-Portland), Rita Moran, the Kennebec County party chair and a state committee member, and state Rep. Elaine Makas (D-Lewiston) all said a roll call vote wasn’t necessary.

“It would likely be embarrassing for her, since some of her former delegates have switched allegiance by now (and she is intelligent enough to know that,” said Makas, an alternate delegate. “I, personally have the greatest respect for Sen. Clinton, and I want her to be greeted by the convention with the respect she deserves.”

“I do not have a strong opinion about a roll call vote,” Hinck said. “I generally am less inclined to favor symbolic gestures. Hillary Clinton has a great deal of substance and I trust that she will tend to focus on meaningful ways to move this country forward.”

Diane Denk of Kennebunk is an alternate to the convention. “I would ideally wish for all the delegates to speak in one unified voice,” she said. “But I know there are many whose healing will not begin until their positions are recognized. I do not want this convention to become a forum for dissent and unhappiness, but rather hope and reform.”

Clinton, however, should be offered the Vice Presidential slot, Denk said. “She would be excellent and the union of both candidates would truly create an unbeatable ticket in November.”

David Bright of Dixmont, a delegate for Obama, had similar sentiments.

“To not do so places the fall election in danger of going to McCain,” Bright said. “While I’m not one of them, Clinton has millions of supporters around the country who need to have closure on a long and hard-fought campaign. If they are disrespected they are likely to just stay home on Election Day, and that will throw the election to McCain.”