What I can tell you from my caucus experience in LA.

[JustBcuz]

Does NV have the same rules as LA?

No Nevada's rules are closer to Iowa's than Louisiana's.

I've never seen anything like LA's rules until I started researching them.

 

[CountryboyRonPaul]

So does LA have 21 delegates or 41? And if they have 41, do the the 21 elected tonight have to vote for the candidate with over 50%, if that happens? (I know the 20 do) Thanks,
Dustan

LA has 44, 3 were already chosen by the state GOP. You can bet their going to Romney.

The citizens elect 105 delegates in total, 15 from each of the 7 districts, those delegates in turn choose the 21 that will go to the national convention.

Then we wait for Feb 9ths, our primary date. On that date one of two scenario's happens.

a. A candidate gets over 50 % of the primary vote, and the remaining 20 delegates go to him.

b. Nobody gets over 50 %, and the 21 delegates elected earlier will in turn elect the next 20 delegates.

 

[nodope0695]

OK, I'll try this one more time: short & sweet. Please keep in mind I am not from or in the Great State of Louisiana.

First: Each candidate gets a bunch of people to run for delegate. You can have up to 15 delegates & 15 alternates for each Congressional District. There's seven CD's in LA. The reason it's 15 is because each CD is electing 15 delegates to the LA State GOP Convention. John McCain is the only candidate who's close to Ron Paul in total # of delegates on the ballot.

Once these guys are cleared by the GOP they go on the ballot and you go to the caucus to vote for them. You get 15 votes, one for each delegate going to the State Convention. If your campaign has it's stuff together, they'll have someone waiting for you outside the door with a list of delegates. You go in, vote for 15 people, you come out. This is why 15 is a 'full slate.' If Romney only has 7 delegate candidates, his voters still have 8 votes they can either use on other delegate candidates (Ron Paul or McCain or whoever), or they can just not use those 'extra' votes.

The 15 people elected delegate from each CD will pick 3 of their group to go to the Republican National Convention (21 Delegates). All 15 will join with the other 15 from all the other CD's at the State Convention. At the State Convention, all these delegates will elect 20 more National delegates; these are the at-large delegates.

ALL of the delegates in LA are un-bound, and can vote for whoever they want and change their minds at any time UNLESS one of the candidates gets 50% in the straw poll in February. If that happens the 20 at-large delegates are bound to the winner of the straw poll for one ballot at the Nat'l Convention.

Does that make any sense at all?

Wow, can they make the process any more convoluted? They sure do make this stuff complicated. Thanks for the run down.

 

[ChristyInLouisiana]

just got back also from voting. Though I was not on the list (I think it's due to the fact that my registration was processed on the 29th of November, which was too close to the cut off of November 30th) my husband and I both voted. I could clearly see a Romney stand opposite of the Ron Paul booth sign in station. Let me tell you, there was an overwhelming amount of turn out! There were plenty of RP'ers outside waving RP signs and what not. Tons of cars with RP magnetic bumper stickers. It took about 15/20 minutes to get done and I got there about 6'ish. There were 3 different districts voting there. The older couple in front of me (60'ish) had an RP delegate list in their hands! I was overjoyed.

 

[Doriath]

LA has 44, 3 were already chosen by the state GOP. You can bet their going to Romney.

They will almost certainly go with whoever the frontrunner is going into the national convention. For the record, we already know who they are. Per nola.com:

Three of Louisiana's delegate spots are already decided. Under RNC Rules, Chairman Roger F. Villere, Jr., National Committeeman Ross Little, Jr. and National Committeewoman Hon. Kay Kellogg Katz serve as automatic national convention delegates. State Convention delegates will choose the remaining 44 national delegates and alternates and will adopt an official platform for the Republican Party of Louisiana.

 

[jdmetz]

LA has 44, 3 were already chosen by the state GOP. You can bet their going to Romney.

The citizens elect 105 delegates in total, 15 from each of the 7 districts, those delegates in turn choose the 21 that will go to the national convention.

Then we wait for Feb 9ths, our primary date. On that date one of two scenario's happens.

a. A candidate gets over 50 % of the primary vote, and the remaining 20 delegates go to him.

b. Nobody gets over 50 %, and the 21 delegates elected earlier will in turn elect the next 20 delegates.

According to Wikipedia, in each congressional district the 15 delegates elect 3 RNC delegates and 3 RNC alternates, so those could potentially go to different candidates. (7 districts x 3 RNC delegates = 21).

Also, no matter what happens in the primary, the state delegates (being elected tonight) choose the 20 additional delegates. So, assuming we get a majority tonight, they could all be Ron Paul supporters. If someone else gets > 50% of the primary vote, they are committed to vote for that candidate in the first round of balloting at the RNC, but after that they can vote for whomever they want.

 

[Sarge]

Christy,

Thank you for the feedback. Would you mind telling all in what district you voted .

TIA

 

[ronpaulwinna]

So basically if we win pretty much every congressional district, thank goodness each district has one central location for voting, then we will have a majority of the delegates that comes from the state. We will be ahead in delegate count, ahead of McCain just by tonights version of the events.

 

[ChristyInLouisiana]

I am in district 3. I voted in Lafayette which hosted Evangeline, St. Landry, Vermillion, Acadia, Lafayette, St. Martin, and Iberia parishes. I think the district numbers were 3, 7 and 11 maybe? I can not be certain, but I know there were a total of 3 different districts voting there. It was so overwhelming, sorry I can't recall for certain!

 

[hueylong]

Later tonight, our people should be able to tell us what's happening.

In other words, we should know how many of our Ron Paul delegates were elected Statewide out of the total of 105 delegates...

 

[wfd40]

Remember guys, we had over 200 delegates lined up in WV but lost 170 in the caucusing/convention/voting process, so while we're having a strong showing, we really need to follow through to the end this time. I have little doubt that we will now, though.

How the heck did that happen??

 

[Willis4RP]

i made it to vote tonight in the 6th District ...i was worried at first, because i had an exam 6-7pm. i was really impressed by all the Paul support...and even moreso that it looked like undecided voters were talking at the tables. seeing how organized our guys were makes me regret not helping.
and, i loved the look of frustration from the McCain supporter trying to get undecided voters.

i can't wait to hear the results...9feb seems so far away!

 

[hueylong]

We should have some results tonight about how many of our delegates were elected, and therefore get to go to the State convention.

 

[Mark]

In each of the 7 Congressional Districts are one or more caucus locations. I think 11 in all.

Each District will elect 15 delegates to the State Convention. These State Convention Delegates get to pick the Delegates to the National Convention.

Technically, all the delegates being selected are "Uncommitted" -- this means that, basically, at the RNC -- they can vote for whoever they want.

In practice, ALL the delegates have a preference - McCain, Mitt, etc...

We need to elect as many of our people in each District as we can. (15 is the max)

At that point, we'll know our voting strength at the State Convention.

When our people get together tonight, they should have an idea of how many of our delegates were elected, and therefore, where we placed -- and how many delegates RP is likely to earn at the State Convention...

There are a couple of wrinkles to this -- but that's basically it.

This site has a lot of information - Delegate Names too

2008 LAGOP Caucus Site Information

http://www.lagop.com/