RNC Official Claims ‘Every Delegate Is a Superdelegate,’ Can Override Will of Voters

[BarryDonegan]

RNC Official Claims ‘Every Delegate Is a Superdelegate,’ Can Override Will of Voters

http://truthinmedia.com/rnc-official-every-delegate-is-a-superdelegate-override-will-of-voters/

Republican National Committeeman Curly Haugland claims that current party rules allow delegates to the party's 2016 nominating convention to vote their conscience rather than voting according to the will of primary voters in their states.

 

[CPUd]

I think he may be mistaken

 

[SpiritOf1776_J4]

I guess the interpretation changes depending on the election

Two can play at this game.

Yes, I did think that way when Ron Paul ran.

But now that Romney is campaigning in Ohio again
I see it's not true!

 

[tod evans]

Tar-n-feathers.............

 

[SilentBull]

Interesting. Not what the party told me when I was a delegate in 2008. Wonder why that shit is.

 

[Feelgood]

Why am I not surprised? My God these assholes suck!!!

 

[Ronin Truth]

So then what's really the point for the non-delegates?

 

[01000110]

WTF is this nonsense?

That means it doesn’t make any difference what has happened in terms of primary voters, because they don’t count at the convention. It’s only the delegates at the convention whose votes matter.”

WTF do I go out and vote?

The shenanigans are out of hand.

 

[SpiritOf1776_J4]

I saw we just show up with our own delegates, say that they're official.

- votes don't matter right? so what if we appointed the delegates. -

And vote Ron Paul in. we'll declare their convention is illegal, and they'll declare ours is.

 

[Ronin Truth]

WTF is this nonsense?




WTF do I go out and vote?

The shenanigans are out of hand.

"The system is corrupt, beyond redemption, and is not worthy of your support!"

 

[kahless]

http://truthinmedia.com/rnc-official-every-delegate-is-a-superdelegate-override-will-of-voters/

They want to do that then fine since it will completely gut the Republican party and rightfully so. Hopefully the Sanders supporters will bolt the Democratic party to when Hillary wins it. Then just maybe the Constitution party or some other third party will finally be a viable alternative to effect change that can pull the disaffected voters from both parties.

Trump might be the only one that can pull it off with a third party this way. As much as I do not like Sanders and his policies, put him on the ticket to win it. Then you have three parties being rebuilt from within. Then you have a chance for some real change in this country.

 

[FindLiberty]

Welcome the one of the bulwarks of the status quo.

And, when you see both GOP and DEM dealing together
as one hideous entity, the curtain is pulled halfway back
for you... I might be best to just look away now.

The electoral college is in place to prevent the popular
vote total (the voters will) from making a mistake. They can
overrule the popular vote and elect whoever the heck they
want as POTUS. It's not all pretty like they make it look
in the brochure.

From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faithless_elector:

1972 election: Virginia Elector Roger MacBride,
pledged for Republicans Richard Nixon and Spiro Agnew,
cast his electoral votes for Libertarian candidates John
Hospers and Theodora Nathan. MacBride's vote for
Nathan was the first electoral vote cast for a woman
in U.S. history. MacBride became the Libertarian
candidate for President in the 1976 election.

To avoid a revolution, even the jackals may get dispatched
in advance instead! IDK who makes that call. God help us.

Scary stuff!

 

[SpiritOf1776_J4]

Welcome the one of the bulwarks of the status quo.

And, when you see both GOP and DEM dealing together
as one hideous entity, the curtain is pulled halfway back
for you... I might be best to just look away now.

The electoral college is in place to prevent the popular
vote total (the voters will) from making a mistake. They can

Wait!

You mean the votes of the delegates at the convention, who can ignore the votes of the people, can also be ignored!

Say it ain't so.

 

[SpiritOf1776_J4]

I have a plan, the 1972 vote made me think of it.

We will infiltrate the electoral college.

When they thwart the will of people at the convention,

we will save the day at the electoral college!

 

[hells_unicorn]

Moral nihilism is the final refuge of defeated ideologues. If they pull this, they will destroy the GOP as a viable competitor to the Democrats and will probably result in a mass exodus to form another party or to shore-up an existing 3rd party. I'm pretty sure that if this occurs that Trump will run 3rd party or independent, and could possibly win the election regardless.

Frankly, I don't care enough anymore to get jazzed up about this, but if they pull this, the best outcome would be people opting not to participate in this whole political system. If this becomes big enough of a farce, some much needed reforms or even a revamp of the system may be possible, though remote.

 

[thoughtomator]

So this was their fallback plan even in longshot case where Ron won the election. We would have been cheated of it anyway.

You see yet why it's the kind of people who do these things who are the first problem that needs to be solved? At some point malice has to be recognized and faced up to, not negotiated or cooperated with.

 

[Son_of_Liberty90]

I saw we just show up with our own delegates, say that they're official.

- votes don't matter right? so what if we appointed the delegates. -

And vote Ron Paul in. we'll declare their convention is illegal, and they'll declare ours is.

I can get on board with that. **** the ****ing ****ers!

 

[dude58677]

So we then get Rand Paul nominated. Isn't this what you want?

 

[Jan2017]

http://truthinmedia.com/rnc-official-every-delegate-is-a-superdelegate-override-will-of-voters/

The nominee of the party must receive a majority of the votes of the permanently feted delegates of the convention.
...
Haughland’s effort to convince the RNC of his interpretation of convention rules

IF no candidate gets to 50% + 1 (1237) on the first ballot of bound delegates by primary election -
yes a second ballot free-for-all !

Though in Colorado - maybe others - all our delegates are "superdelegates" unbound to anyone from the gitgo

btw, delegates are also never bound to just vote for the nominee's Vice-President choice either, very possible at a "brokered" convention

 

[EBounding]

WTF is this nonsense?




WTF do I go out and vote?

The important thing is that you voted.