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Any Delegate Can Vote for Ron Paul on the First Ballot! Voting Rights Law and the Republican Party rules allow a Delegate to vote for whoever they choose on the first ballot. Please read the Law on Delegates which trumps any rules on Delegates:
You might want to let Ron Paul know since his campaign has conceded they can't win. It's a good thing some random citizen discovered this when even his own campaign has no idea this could happen You gotta tell him! Quick!
Also your interpretation of the US code is 100% false. It says you can't intimidate or coerce voters in choosing delegates, not that it's illegal to force delegates to vote for a certain presidential candidate. That's why we have a popular vote and a separate vote for the delegates.
Delegates cannot be bound to how other delegates vote according to rule 38. According to rule 15, they can indeed be bound to the popular vote if that is what a particular state calls for. So, for example, Massachusetts can bind its delegates to the popular vote, they just can't bind their delegates to each other to vote as a unit.
We'll see which interpretation the RNC likes better, but my money's on my interpretation.
If Rule 38 meant delegates could not be bound at all to anything, why on earth would they say states could bind delegates in Rule 15 if they were just going to nullify that later in the rules? Simple logic should tell you that your interpretation is a little questionable.
You might want to let Ron Paul know since his campaign has conceded they can't win. It's a good thing some random citizen discovered this when even his own campaign has no idea this could happen You gotta tell him! Quick!
Also your interpretation of the US code is 100% false. It says you can't intimidate or coerce voters in choosing delegates, not that it's illegal to force delegates to vote for a certain presidential candidate. That's why we have a popular vote and a separate vote for the delegates.
Delegates cannot be bound to how other delegates vote according to rule 38. According to rule 15, they can indeed be bound to the popular vote if that is what a particular state calls for. So, for example, Massachusetts can bind its delegates to the popular vote, they just can't bind their delegates to each other to vote as a unit.
We'll see which interpretation the RNC likes better, but my money's on my interpretation.
If Rule 38 meant delegates could not be bound at all to anything, why on earth would they say states could bind delegates in Rule 15 if they were just going to nullify that later in the rules? Simple logic should tell you that your interpretation is a little questionable.
of course they are bound to popular vote. If a candidate wins the primary, the delegates can't just go in and vote against what the state has said. I think people need to stop reading into these articles what they want to read...I don't know if I will be happy or sad when the convention is over and Paul is no longer an issue. Some of the fun will be missing, I can say that much.
You might want to let Ron Paul know since his campaign has conceded they can't win. It's a good thing some random citizen discovered this when even his own campaign has no idea this could happen You gotta tell him! Quick!
Also your interpretation of the US code is 100% false. It says you can't intimidate or coerce voters in choosing delegates, not that it's illegal to force delegates to vote for a certain presidential candidate. That's why we have a popular vote and a separate vote for the delegates.
Delegates cannot be bound to how other delegates vote according to rule 38. According to rule 15, they can indeed be bound to the popular vote if that is what a particular state calls for. So, for example, Massachusetts can bind its delegates to the popular vote, they just can't bind their delegates to each other to vote as a unit.
We'll see which interpretation the RNC likes better, but my money's on my interpretation.
If Rule 38 meant delegates could not be bound at all to anything, why on earth would they say states could bind delegates in Rule 15 if they were just going to nullify that later in the rules? Simple logic should tell you that your interpretation is a little questionable.
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Originally Posted by nmnita
of course they are bound to popular vote. If a candidate wins the primary, the delegates can't just go in and vote against what the state has said. I think people need to stop reading into these articles what they want to read...I don't know if I will be happy or sad when the convention is over and Paul is no longer an issue. Some of the fun will be missing, I can say that much.
If Ron Paul wasn't a force to be reckoned with... You wouldn't bother posting that he wasn't...
If Ron Paul wasn't a force to be reckoned with... You wouldn't bother posting that he wasn't...
Why not?Do you really think anything to do with the election is going to be decided here on the c-d forum?People come on here for some entertainment value in their lives,not because anything important to the universe is going to be decided here.
Why not?Do you really think anything to do with the election is going to be decided here on the c-d forum?People come on here for some entertainment value in their lives,not because anything important to the universe is going to be decided here.
Why not?Do you really think anything to do with the election is going to be decided here on the c-d forum?People come on here for some entertainment value in their lives,not because anything important to the universe is going to be decided here.
you understand this, I do and most of us do, but there will always be some who think what they say here will change people's minds or make a difference. Like any forum, it is for fun, the people are anoyomous, and it is an escape for many. Yes, those of us on the this particular forum are probably political junkies, which is OK, just so some do not think they are making a huge impression on the country or think everything they read or write is correct....
Nita
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