Posted on 08/30/2004 11:34:16 AM PDT by RWR8189
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NEW YORK - The 2004 Republican National Convention has announced that the roll call nomination process will begin this morning, with 21 delegations casting their votes over the course of the morning session and 11 delegations voting during the evening program. The Honorable J. Dennis Hastert, Permanent Chairman of the Republican National Convention, will kick off the roll call, which will continue through Tuesday and Wednesday sessions.
The roll call is the party's official nomination process. According to Republican Party rules, the roll call must go in alphabetical order.
The order of the roll call will be as follows, however timing between the sessions is subject to change due to flow of program.
Monday Daytime Session
10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. EDT
Alabama Alaska American-Samoa Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut District of Columbia Delaware Florida Georgia Guam Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana
Monday Evening Session
7:45 p.m. to 11:15 p.m. EDT
Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire
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The 2004 Republican National Convention will be held for the first time ever in New York City at Madison Square Garden from August 30 - September 2, 2004. For more information about the 2004 Republican National Convention, please visit our website at www.gopconvention.com.
I have a question. Several states passed when it came time to vote thier dlegates. Anyone know why? Just curious and trying to learn more about the process.
It's pretty much standard showmanship. There's no "mystery" so one state, usually the home state or a particular battleground state is allowed to cast the votes to put the nominee over the top. Happens at both conventions.
Most likely Texas will have the honors tonite.
As I mentioned on the live thread, there is a choreography going on here - the idea is that Texas or Florida is set to put President Bush over the top in terms of the number of delegates, and there is a particular point where that is "supposed" to happen. Add to that the notion of highlighting certain states and people from some of those states (as an example, I'm almost certain that Alan Keyes will get to speak on behalf of Illinois, who passed on their turn this afternoon) in prime time.
As a result, there is an almost balletic dance of the delegate numbers and states that will take place throughout the counting process.
Ah so this is part of the sausage making. So I assume they will do the vote to push him over the top on primetime?
Yep -- most likely on Thursday night, just before his speech.
I think it will be the battleground state of Virginia! ;-)
Not until we nominate George Allen. ;-)
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