Changed Delegate Count in NV per NV GOP

[sailingaway]

• Nevada Republicans have recalculated the numbers for Nevada’s delegates to the national convention, whose first-ballot votes were won by presidential candidates in the February Nevada caucus.
• If Newt Gingrich drops out of the race this coming week as expected, Mitt Romney will be awarded 20 delegates and Ron Paul will be awarded eight. Rick Santorum, who won three Nevada delegates earlier already dropped out. If Gingrich remains in the race, the delegate count will be 15 for Romney, seven for Gingrich and six for Paul.
• The February caucus originally gave Romney 14 delegates, Gingrich six, Paul five and Santorum 3.

Ron's went up but not by as much as Romneys.

This is in a little marginal note in the following article:

Ron Paul backers prepare takeover of state GOP convention in Sparks

http://www.rgj.com/article/20120429...-prepare-takeover-state-GOP-convention-Sparks

 

[LostNFoundNTx]

Can they reallocate Santorum's delegates while his campaign is merely suspended?

 

[pauletteNV]

Hear that noise....it is rumbling in the distance...hear it now? That's the "Battle Born" Ron Paul delegates coming to Reno/Sparks this Saturday, May 5. The excitement mounts and this time...the lights will not be turned out prematurely and every vote, every delebate for the Nationals will be gained fair and square.

 

[sailingaway]

Hear that noise....it is rumbling in the distance...hear it now? That's the "Battle Born" Ron Paul delegates coming to Reno/Sparks this Saturday, May 5. The excitement mounts and this time...the lights will not be turned out prematurely and every vote, every delebate for the Nationals will be gained fair and square.

You have my undivided attention Saturday.

Well, except for Maine....

meanwhile, for the rest of us, http://phone.ronpaul2012.com

 

[evilfunnystuff]

nice

 

[gorgonzola]

You have my undivided attention Saturday.

Well, except for Maine....

meanwhile, for the rest of us, http://phone.ronpaul2012.com

Thanks-And Maine will have my attention, except for Nevada.

Best to all this coming weekend!

 

[PaulSoHard]

Break the rules?
Although the RNC mandates that national delegates must vote in accordance with state primary or caucus results, Ron Paul’s supporters appear to want to push the mandate to the limit.

Bunce suggested that some national delegates who support Paul would have a difficult time voting for Romney on the first ballot, even if they were instructed to do so.

“They might not be Romney supporters,” Bunce said of the national delegates. “The people who have the heart and minds to make it to the national delegation floor, they have a choice to make. Anything is possible at that point.”

Sir, when we win we will win fairly

 

[opinionatedfool]

Who cares how they did it. We need to get all the delegates, go to state and vote to unbind them.

 

[eleganz]

if we have 2/3 of the delegation in state, can we vote to unbind all delegates?

 

[andrew1229649]

Who do you think voted to have the delegates bound? The RNC sure as hell didn't....

 

[PaulSoHard]

if we have 2/3 of the delegation in state, can we vote to unbind all delegates?

As the body of the convention, delegates should have the last word on binding/unbinding rules.

 

[LostNFoundNTx]

The following text from the GOP rule 15 (c) (12) might result in a delegate penalty if the rules are changed at the state convention to unbind the delegates. It's hard to tell exactly how this would be interpreted in such a case.

No delegates or alternate delegates shall be elected, selected, allocated, or bound pursuant to any Republican Party rule of a state or state law which materially changes the manner of electing, selecting, allocating, or binding delegates or alternate delegates or the date upon which such state Republican Party holds a presidential primary, caucus, convention, or meeting for the purpose of voting for a presidential candidate and/or electing, selecting, allocating, or binding delegates to the national convention if such changes were adopted or made effective after October 1 of the year before the year in which the national convention is to be held.

 

[sailingaway]

interesting.

 

[BrooklynZoo]

The following text from the GOP rule 15 (c) (12) might result in a delegate penalty if the rules are changed at the state convention to unbind the delegates. It's hard to tell exactly how this would be interpreted in such a case.

Well, we're not going to elect, select, allocate or bind any delegates. We're going to unbind the delegates to freely vote their conscience at the national convention. And how could anyone voting in good conscience elect anyone but Paul?

 

[J_White]

is this real ? or just "projections"
i mean Nevada delegates are unbound, right ?
so we could still win most of them ?

 

[sailingaway]

The following text from the GOP rule 15 (c) (12) might result in a delegate penalty if the rules are changed at the state convention to unbind the delegates. It's hard to tell exactly how this would be interpreted in such a case.

In Louisiana didn't they change the entire process after October of the prior year? Seems to me that they set it up after the date to register (last December) had passed.

Texas as well....

I wonder if it is like those Nevada caucuses where 'irregularities' were used to throw out the entire vote....

am I wrong?

 

[lib3rtarian]

Hear that noise....it is rumbling in the distance...hear it now? That's the "Battle Born" Ron Paul delegates coming to Reno/Sparks this Saturday, May 5. The excitement mounts and this time...the lights will not be turned out prematurely and every vote, every delebate for the Nationals will be gained fair and square.

Keep us posted, and Godspeed!

 

[digitaldean]

Make sure we get as many people as we can in Nevada. Since this state has been talked about a lot and Mitts people could grow to stop Paul. Bottom line is to bring as many friends/family members that you can.

 

[Algorres]

They changed the agenda for the convention today but we should have results by around 4pm PST on Saturday the 5th.

Things to watch for: Election of Permanent Officers, Congressional National Convention Delegate and Alternate Nominations and Elections, At-Large National Delegate and Alternate Nominations and Elections, Nomination and Election of Presidential Electors, Nomination and Election of National Committeewoman,Nomination and Election of National Committeeman, Nomination and Election of Electors.

 

[enoch150]

is this real ? or just "projections"
i mean Nevada delegates are unbound, right ?
so we could still win most of them ?

Nevada delegates are bound, but there is an idea that the convention can unbind them. I don't know if that's true or not. I think New York and Alabama delegates can be unbound, but I'm not sure Nevada can.