Alaska State Convention - Any News?

[sailingaway]

Sorry everyone but the old State chair retains his position until january and will be going to the national convention along with the other old guard members. this was a rule that was already in place that we did not get a chance to change due to the party bosses ahutting down the co vention early. we did win the plualirty of delegates to national however. we got some of santorums delegate spots.

Was there a reason they just didn't elect a new chair and keep going? I understand it was shut down without a vote. Were they enough to destroy quorum by leaving?

Because likely that is why they did it since under the old rules the delegates are bound on the first, I think TWO, votes. It would keep it from being a plurality state if Santorum doesn't unbind his delegates.

But still it is a great result, if we didn't have the vote to change those things!!

 

[MozoVote]

Sometimes party rules cannot be altered easily. New business without prior notice, might take a 2/3 vote to introduce, so they had to settle for getting delegates and living with the old rules.

 

[sailingaway]

Sometimes party rules cannot be altered easily. New business without prior notice, might take a 2/3 vote to introduce, so they had to settle for getting delegates and living with the old rules.

I understand. It was just when he said 'plurality' that I started seeing rainbows and unicorns.....

 

[PaulSoHard]

From The Green Papers:

Thursday 26 April - Saturday 28 April 2012: The Alaska State Republican Convention convenes. The State Convention chooses 24 of 27 delegates from Alaska to the Republican National Convention according to the results of the District Conventions.

Note: National Convention delegates may be elected at the Tuesday 6 March 2012 Caucuses.

In addition, 3 party leaders, the National Committeeman, the National Committeewoman, and the chairman of the Alaska's Republican Party, are elected at today's state convention and will attend the National Convention as unpledged delegates by virtue of their position.

Delegates to the National Convention shall be elected from the Delegates to the State Convention ... [and] ... shall be pledged to support a Qualified Presidential Candidate ... so long as their preferred Candidate maintains an active campaign. After the second round of balloting ... if the Candidate to which the Delegate is pledged is the candidate receiving the fewest number of votes ..., the Delegate is no longer required to support that candidate. If a ... delegate ... pledged to a ... Presidential Candidate who is no longer a candidate for the Republican Nomination for President as of the date of the National Convention, that delegate ... shall be deemed non-pledged. [Rules of the Alaska Republican Party, Article V. Section 15: (g)(2) (8)]

If we elected a Paul supporter to the chair today, this means he goes to the convention from the definition above. Is that not correct?

 

[sailingaway]

From The Green Papers:

If we elected a Paul supporter to the chair today, this means he goes to the convention from the definition above. Is that not correct?

that's not the only important part, look again at what you quoted!!!!

Delegates to the National Convention shall be elected from the Delegates to the State Convention ... [and] ... shall be pledged to support a Qualified Presidential Candidate ... so long as their preferred Candidate maintains an active campaign.

Since Santorum SUSPENDED his campaign it isn't ACTIVE!!!

I sure hope we got more Santorum delegates than Romney will pick up from party tools even if the old chair does go!

 

[PaulSoHard]

that's not the only important part, look again at what you quoted!!!!



Since Santorum SUSPENDED his campaign it isn't ACTIVE!!!

I sure hope we got more Santorum delegates than Romney will pick up from party tools even if the old chair does go!

Wow nice catch! I didn't even pick that up

 

[joshnorris14]

We might've won 2 states today!

 

[MozoVote]

Louisiana, Alaska, Nevada, Minnseota, Massachusetts, Iowa, Colorado and Maine averaged together will probably be comprised of half Paul people or cooperative anti-Romney conservatives. (Whether bound or unbound). He'll probably have 1/4 or so of Washington, Oklahoma and Missouri. There will be handfuls of Paul delegates from various other states.

This will certainly influence the flavor of the convention and it will be very interesting to see how it affects votes on party rules, the platform, etc.

 

[Agorism]

I'm pretty sure suspending your campaign is the one that keeps your delegates vs. dropping out where you lose them.

 

[Agorism]

Actually Santorum having delegates doesn't even matter because those are just ones Romney doesn't have.

So if we get his, it's good, but it's not as good as getting Romney's.

 

[sailingaway]

I'm pretty sure suspending your campaign is the one that keeps your delegates vs. dropping out where you lose them.

maybe, but I don't think most states write 'active' into their rules.

 

[joshnorris14]

I'm pretty sure suspending your campaign is the one that keeps your delegates vs. dropping out where you lose them.

Suspending your campaign is the one that continues allowing you to collect donations so as to pay off debt.

If you suspend your campaign you are NOT actively campaigning.

 

[sailingaway]

Actually Santorum having delegates doesn't even matter because those are just ones Romney doesn't have.

So if we get his, it's good, but it's not as good as getting Romney's.

it matters to plurality if the definition I like of 'active' is used.

 

[kathy88]

I'm pretty sure suspending your campaign is the one that keeps your delegates vs. dropping out where you lose them.

AK is different in that their rules state the campaign must be active. I scoured all 50 states' rules, and this is the only state that mentions "active." So I think they are unbound at that point.

 

[rideurlightning]

Do you guys think that Santorum delegates will side with Ron Paul in the end?

 

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Do you guys think that Santorum delegates will side with Ron Paul in the end?

Frrom what I hear at the convention the Santorum delegates were placed with Paul people.