[Cincinatus' Wife]

In Pennsylvania, to pick an interesting example, NO delegates will be assigned to a candidate. None.

Each state has rules about proportioning delegates, whether they are bound or not, and when (which vote round) bound delegates are free agents.

The August GOP Convention in Tampa needs to see Romney without a GOP-e maneuvered win in hand.

[Cincinatus' Wife]

A lot of these "rules" have been unknown since the GOP Primary usually is "wrapped up" before now. Many states moved their dates up and were penalized. Many states changed their rules.

Let's take a look at Illinois' primary process and their 69 delegates:

"Tuesday 20 March 2012: 54 (3 from each of the 18 congressional districts) of Illinois' 69 delegates to the Republican National Convention will be directly elected in the Illinois Presidential Primary.

This is a so-called Loophole primary (a Delegate Selection Primary combined with an Advisory "beauty contest" presidential preference vote). The popular vote in the Illinois Republican Primary will have nothing whatsoever to do with the presidential preference of the 54 separately elected National Convention delegates.

Each candidate for delegate ... must file a Statement of Presidential Preference supporting a specific presidential candidate, or a statement that he/she intends to run uncommitted [SBE No. P-1E]. Note: There is no law or rule officially binding the delegates to the candidate.

Each of the State's 18 congressional districts is assigned 2 to 4 National Convention delegates- the number of delegates assigned to each district being based on the relative strength of that district's vote for the Republican presidential nominee in the previous Presidential election: a total of 54 district delegates to be directly elected by the voters and individually listed on the ballot with their presidential preferences indicated."

[TYVets]

A report by National Public Radio.(/S)

[jjotto]

This is a BS story. That’s why a caucus is different from a primary.

First the whiners want the process reserved for those committed to being Republican, but when it’s designed that way the whiners want to raid the process and leave a mess for someone else (who better agree with them!) to clean up.

Grow up!

[deport]

The Missouri Process

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Participation in the caucuses is limited Republicans who are registered to vote in that county.

Thursday 15 March - Saturday 24 March 2012: County Caucuses. Participants elect delegates to the Congressional District Conventions and State Convention. The number of delegates per county is determined by the Missouri Republican Party based upon the number of Republican votes cast in the last presidential election.

• There is no formal system applied in the County Caucus to relate the presidential preference of the County Caucus delegates to the election of delegates to the District and State Convention. The delegates in attendance at each caucus alone determine if presidential preference is to be a factor and, if so, how it is to be applied.

Date breakout-- Chariton County: 15 March, Wayne County: 16 March, most counties: 17 March, Jackson County / city of St. Louis: 24 March.

 

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Saturday 21 April 2012: 24 of 52 delegates to the National Convention are elected and bound to Presidential contenders in today's Congressional District Conventions.

Delegates, elected at the County Conventions, meet in each of the state's 8 Congressional Districts. Each District elects 3 National Convention District delegates.

• Before voting begins, the National Convention Delegate candidates indicate their Presidential Preference. The Convention participants then cast ballots for the individual candidates.
• There is no formal system applied in the District Convention to relate the presidential preference of the District Convention delegates to the choice of the district's delegates to the National Republican Convention. The delegates in attendance at each District Convention alone determine if presidential preference is to be a factor and, if so, how it is to be applied.

National Convention delegates are bound on the first ballot unless released by the candidate.

 

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Saturday 2 June 2012: 25 (10 base at-large delegates plus 15 bonus delegates) of 52 delegates to the National Convention are elected and bound to Presidential contenders at today's State Convention. These At-Large delegates are elected by the convention as a whole.

• Before voting begins, the National Convention Delegate candidates indicate their Presidential Preference and organize into slates. The Convention participants then cast ballots for a slate rather than the individual candidates. The slate receiving the most votes, goes to the National Convention.
• There is no formal system applied in the State Convention to relate the presidential preference of the State Convention delegates to the choice of the convention's delegates to the National Republican Convention. The delegates in attendance alone determine if presidential preference is to be a factor and, if so, how it is to be applied.

In addition, 3 party leaders, the National Committeeman, the National Committeewoman, and the chairman of the Missouri's Republican Party, will attend the convention as unpledged delegates by virtue of their position.

National Convention delegates are bound on the first ballot unless released by the candidate.

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The Feb. 7, 2012 Non binding Primary results.

Candidate	Popular Vote	Delegate Votes
		Soft Pledged	Soft Unpledged	Soft Total	Hard Total
Santorum, Richard J. "Rick"	138,957  55.17%
Romney, Willard "Mitt"	63,826  25.34%
Paul, Ronald E. "Ron"	30,641  12.17%
Uncommitted	9,859   3.91%
Perry, James Richard "Rick"	2,463   0.98%
Cain, Herman	2,314   0.92%
Bachmann, Michele M.	1,690   0.67%
Huntsman, Jon M., Jr.	1,045   0.41%
Johnson, Gary Earl	547   0.22%
Meehan, Michael J.	364   0.14%
Drummond, Keith	162   0.06%
Total	251,868 100.00%

[smalltownslick]

“Back in Cassville, the Barry County Republican Party’s slate won this caucus. That means the delegates from this steadfastly conservative county will probably back Mitt Romney”

What a bizarre statement.

[katiedidit1]

I moved to MO from Virginia...Newt was not on the ballot in Virginia and he was not on the feb ballot in MO. It is so discouraging.
You don’t want to know about Cassville, MO..I live in Barry Co where this mess is mind boggling and shoddy politics at best..toss in Gov Nixon and the aburd 7 million dollar beauty contest we had...the gop is not on their game.

[helpfulresearcher]

If the Republican elite establishment keeps on with this nonsense stealing (yes, stealing!) the election from the Tea Party with slimy procedural tactics like this, they will have a third party challenge.

Just keep it up elites, and we the people, will have nothing lo lose by going third party. That day is coming closer.

“Selecting” Romney instead of electing a candidate who can win is not going to get rid of Obama. Romney will not get the base out there and he is fatally flawed as a candidate. Obama will sweep up the detritius as his candidacy falls apart.

Remember Dole? Remember McCain? Can we afford that nonsense this time? Heck no!! You country club types better pray that some real democracy happens in the convention or else!!!

[dangus]

Here's the point: Santorum won 63% of the vote. Romney gets the delegates. Welcome to Demokracy.

[GeronL]

That is a very stupid process, meant to be so complicated that only the party officials can navigate them.

[hinckley buzzard]

If you cut to the chase and read between the lines, the message is that the GOP is totally defunct as a political party, not only at the beltway level, but the state and county levels as well. Completely corrupted. The end result will be a total fiasco at the National in Tampa in the Fall. The thieves will have fallen to fighting among themselves over the rapidly diminishing spoils of their crime.

It will make entertaining television, and whoever comes out alive will be able to pick up enough pieces to run a decent campaign. But don't expect any integrity from this party, ever again. You can stick a fork in the GOP--it' s done.