Posted on 04/10/2016 11:36:07 PM PDT by ObamahatesPACoal
Special note from Colorado GOP Chairman Steve House on the decision to eliminate the presidential straw poll:
This past week I have received many questions about why the Colorado GOP eliminated the presidential straw poll at this year's caucus. There are several important facts and considerations to take into account.
At no time prior to this year has a straw poll bound delegates to specific candidates. Many thought that the 2012 straw poll bound delegates to winner Rick Santorum. In fact it did not.
There are some voters who believe this year the Democrats will bind delegates to Hillary Clinton or Bernie Sanders on Tuesday - they will not. The last time either party bound their delegates was in 2000 when we had a presidential primary.
This year the Republican National Committee requires that if a party conducts a straw poll it must bind delegates to the results.
Some ask why the Colorado GOP doesn't just comply and bind all of our delegates proportionally to the result of a straw poll. There are a number of reasons the executive committee decided against the poll this year and I won't go into all of them.
However, I want to share my most pressing concern with doing a binding preference poll. There is no such thing as a binding preference poll because when you actually award delegates via a poll it's not a poll - it's an election. The results could affect the outcome of the presidential race because this year the race is likely to be very close if not unsettled at the national convention.
So what's wrong with an election? Nothing if you are actually going to run it with all the precautions and security measures of an actual election. In our case we have over 2000 precincts in 64 counties where there is no uniformity of ballots, no uniform credentialing training process, no clarity on who actually counts ballots, no clear answer to who controls the tally sheets, and no uniform transparent process with integrity in the event there needs to be a recount. The prospect of awarding delegates through a straw poll with so many systemic loopholes and fraud risks is an unacceptable gamble given the stakes of this presidential election.
Picking our delegates through a controlled and secure four step process that is open to all registered Republicans is far preferable than an opaque straw poll. Something needs to change going forward but election integrity is still more important to me than any other factor.
I am confident that the process we use to elect delegates which provides the option for delegates to self bind to a presidential candidate will give Coloradans the opportunity they need to express their preference for president.
-Steve
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The Jebstate people were paranoid people wearing Trump shirts were counting votes in Nevada. No way anyone beats Trump in Nevada even if there was some double voting as the Cruzers claim.
Trump backed up his Nevada result in the east with big wins.
They managed to hide this somewhere on their facebook with 41 likes.
Read Steve’s last line.
Something about these creeps for Cruz delegates “... giving Coloradans the opportunity they need to express their preference for president “.
LOL!
According to a recent Denver Post article entitled "Party leaders united behind legislation this session, as ballot initiative looms", Steve House is apparently taking note of the torches and pitchforks and changing his tune.
(I tried to post a thread on this article at the time it came out, but the Denver Post is apparently verboten for copyright reasons.)
Stealing peoples’ right to vote is an invitation to a shooting war. These people have so far been fortunate that the general public is more civilized than they are. Keep pushing, and that may change.
The system worked. Cruz would’ve won the state in a primary vote and he’s the won who won the delegates under this system. So everything worked out perfectly.
No wonder the legalized pot in that state; they’re all zonked out of their teensy minds.
This looks BAD! This may be the bridge too far for these corruptocrats.
>The system worked. Cruz would’ve won the state in a primary vote and he’s the won who won the delegates under this system. So everything worked out perfectly.
I’m glad we eliminated the messy issue of actually letting the people vote, Comrade. The system where only the party picks the candidate is much more progressive.
Anyone still believe Cruz is a conservative after a stunt like this?
This is a guy that raises a the bible over his head. Glenn Beck says he is the second coming.
Actually it was the Progressive Party that got the first primary going in 1910 in Oregon. Prior to that all of the nominees were selected using the caucus or convention method. And I believe on an even more closed playing field with just the upper levels of politicos in the communities involved in the process.
In my state of Washington the district caucus and submitting your name as a delegate to be voted on is open to any registered Republican voter. And the people that vote you in to the state convention are just regular folks.
My daughter and I were elected (newbies) to go to the state convention. Several others elected was their first time as well. It will be interesting to see what happens at state. And the democrats in our state voted to have the Republican state primary to AFTER the convention! Goofy stuff. (The democrats just have the caucus - and Bernie won in Washington. Good grief!).
Nope. Not at all.
Cruz has proved to me that he’s a win by any means, including shutting out voters.
He likely belongs in his father’s native country.
How do you have the audacity to claim that you know the result of an imaginary primary?
A messenger from God whispered in your ear?
Cruz didn’t pull off any stunt, he gamed the system that was setup by others. The Colorado system is obviouslt broken and bad but set up in August last year long before anyone knew who’d be ahead in the polls.
If you find a loophole to get out of a traffic ticket you use it. Hate the system not the guy who learned how to use it.
If they were concerned about the lack precautions and security measures of an actual election...why was that not addressed earlier? Seems like this gentleman should be held responsible and he is playing with words
The more Cruz uses underhanded tactics and vote stealing to thwart the will of the people, the more I am convinced that his “conservative credentials” are nothing more than a spiel he uses to bamboozle people.
Principled conservatives do not resort to Democrat election-stealing tactics in order to win at any cost. If they are losing, they step down graciously—as many candidates have already done.
I’ve seen people (mostly leftists) complain about the electoral college for years. However, it is becoming very clear that the electoral college does not disenfranchise voters. Nope, the primary process does that quite efficiently.
Translation: “HA! HA! HA! You thought your vote MATTERED? How droll.....You little people crack me up.”
Yes Cruz does since he stands by it.
Any moral person would not stand by canceling the Primaries, and the votes of the American people. It’s unAmerican and disgusting!
Has it even crossed your mind this could be done to Cruz by Hillary?
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