Unrest over ND GOP national convention delegates

[sailingaway]

BISMARCK, N.D. (WTW) — Supporters of Republican presidential candidates Ron Paul and Rick Santorum aren't happy with the North Dakota GOP's process for choosing national convention delegates.

More than 100 people want to be delegates to the national Republican convention in August in Tampa, Florida.

A North Dakota Republican convention committee is suggesting a slate of 25 delegates.

Santorum and Paul backers say the list is mostly supporters of Republican candidate Mitt Romney. Former North Dakota Republican chairman Gary Emineth is a Santorum backer, and he says the process is "a railroad job."

The delegate candidates' names were displayed on two large screens. Some delegates appealed for a printed ballot with all of the names listed alphabetically. They were outvoted.

that they were outvoted does not sound good.

http://www.sheboyganpress.com/usatoday/article/38934101?odyssey=mod|newswell|text|FRONTPAGE|s

 

[CTRattlesnake]

i thought they were in the process of voting for the delegates via a printed ballot

 

[sailingaway]

i thought they were in the process of voting for the delegates via a printed ballot

I hope you are correct. I like that much better because it would mean we mustered a majority. You were following it. But I would assume both were printed and we wanted a NEWLY printed one. Was it your understanding that a new ballot was created?

I just read this article. I really am planning to just find out the bottom line at the end this time rather than follow every tweet. Mind you, the other times I've said that I've broken down and checked in.....

 

[CTRattlesnake]

I hope you are correct. I like that much better because it would mean we mustered a majority. You were following it. But I would assume both were printed and we wanted a NEWLY printed one. Was it your understanding that a new ballot was created?

I just read this article. I really am planning to just find out the bottom line at the end this time rather than follow every tweet. Mind you, the other times I've said that I've broken down and checked in.....

They were definitely voting on something. I'm just not sure of what that is.

 

[kathy88]

I'm hoping someone got the hand and standing counts on video. From what I'm reading it appears the chair or tellers or whoever "miscounted" many motions and points of order.

 

[Warmon]

Gary Emineth being interviewed.

http://sayanythingblog.com/entry/video-former-ndgop-chairman-calls-national-delegate-selection-favoring-mitt-romney-a-railroad-job/