The delegates will still vote at the GOP national convention. They just won’t be bound
by the usual caucus vote earlier in the year......
http://cologop.org/colorados-delegates-to-the-2016-rnc-will-be-unbound/
August 25, 2015
GREENWOOD VILLAGE, Colo.—Last Friday, members of the Colorado Republican Committee’s Executive
Committee decided against holding a straw poll at its 2016 caucus. The decision means Colorado’s
delegates to the 2016 Republican National Convention will be unbound.
Republican National Committee bylaws do
not allow states to hold non-binding preference polls. Any straw poll conducted at the caucus in
2016 would bind delegates to the poll’s results, even if a candidate ultimately decides to suspend
or withdraw their campaign.
“Eliminating the straw poll means the delegates we send to the national convention in Cleveland
will be free to choose the candidate they feel can best put America back on a path to prosperity
and security,” Chairman Steve House said. “No one wants to see their vote cast for an empty chair,
especially not on a stage as big as the national convention’s.”
I’m in Colorado - and this really pisses me off. If the GOPe shoves Yeb! up my rear-end as a nominee, I’ll vote a straight Demo ticket. It appears that the GOP is trying to leave me - not me leaving the GOP.