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Federal Court Sides With Grassroots Activists: RNC Delegates Are Bound to Follow Election Results

Donald Trump's statement:

https://www.donaldjtrump.com/press-releases/federal-court-sides-with-grassroots-activists-rnc-delegates-are-bound-to-fo

121 posted on 07/11/2016 5:00:59 PM PDT by Right_in_Virginia
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Good to see you here, bringing the light of truth, FRiend!


131 posted on 07/11/2016 5:32:50 PM PDT by zzeeman ("We can evade reality, but we cannot evade the consequences of evading reality.")
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Worth posting the entire contents of Trump's statement.

Delegates Remain Committed to Donald J. Trump;
Anti-Trump Effort Dealt Crippling Blow

(New York) July 11, 2016 - Senior United States District Judge Robert E. Payne today ruled in favor of Trump campaign delegates who had argued - in line with overwhelming public opinion - that RNC delegates must follow election results and that delegates cannot be stolen at the national convention. Delegate Beau Correll, Jr., had brought the suit against the Commonwealth of Virginia hoping to reject the will of the voters, but was soundly defeated.

Specifically, the Court found that RNC Rule 16, which binds delegates based on their election results, "is in effect presently and that it controls the allocation and binding of delegates as to their voting at convention." (p. 6) The Court held that the PlaintiffaEUR(TM)s "expert testimony" from Erling 'Curly' Haugland was not credible, lacked "textual support," (p.6) and that "delegates are bound by RNC Rule 16." (p. 7)

Further, the Court found that by signing the "Declaration and Statement of Qualification," RNC delegates are bound by RNC Rule 16(c)(2) (p. 10), and that this Declaration obligated Correll to vote in accordance with Republican Party rules and Virginia's election results. (p. 46)

Trump Campaign Attorney and former FEC Chairman Don McGahn issued the following statement:

"The court has confirmed what we have said all along: Rule 16 is in effect and thus delegates, including Correll, are bound to vote in accordance with the election results. The court did not buy what Curly Haugland was selling, and noted that his testimony has no support in the rule's text and was contradicted by his own book, Unbound. This case puts his unbound theory to rest, and is a fatal blow to the Anti-Trump agitators."


162 posted on 07/12/2016 4:25:01 AM PDT by Cboldt
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"Donald Trump's statement:"

Which is almost, but not quite, the truth.

Trump's side tried to get the judge to uphold the Virginia law that required all the delegates vote for Trump. The court ruled that the party decides that. Since the party rule is proportional voting, he can say they are "bound to follow election results", even though he really lost that point.

179 posted on 07/12/2016 11:41:43 AM PDT by mlo
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