I just did a search and Rick Santorum will be on the ballot in NY, Connecticut, and maybe all of them.
Now I have a REASON to vote in the primaries. Hope others will join me in sending the GOP establishment a MESSAGE.
When someone’s name gets officially on an issued ballot, it stays there. It can’t be taken off even if they withdraw.
However, delegate selections are another matter.
They vary from state to state and process to process.
There are numerous situations where Santorum has received fewer delegates than would’ve been expected, in return for the number of popular votes he got. He has had some delegate issues throughout, because of the complexity of the process and the difficulty of running his somewhat “on a shoestring” campaign.
Now that he has suspended his campaign, it would behoove Santorum folks to look at who gets delegates, and even more importantly, who doesn’t, when all the shouting dies down from popular voting.
Vin L posted very detailed instructions to Newt supporters on the PA process in regard to delegates. I didn’t follow it because it doesn’t affect me, but was struck by the complexity.
On the larger picture, I don’t see how a suspended candidacy can wind up with delegates.
If you merely want to feel good that you voted for Santorum, that’s one thing, but my question is, is there any way a suspended candidacy can receive committed delegates, no matter any other factors that normally are involved in delegate selections?
However, if a Newt or a Paul receive votes, and if they follow the delegate selection rules in each location, they can still receive delegates, no question about it.
That denies Romney the delegates, at least on a first ballot at the convention.
Denying Romney the delegates is what those candidacies that remain ARE ALL ABOUT.
This just in...
Romney wins 12 of 24 Missouri delegates chosen Saturday
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2875049/posts?page=6
Rick Santorum WON Missouri, right?
But, Romney won 12 delegates to Rick’s 7 in delegate selection caucuses on Saturday.
I’ve asked CW if she knows what happens under the rules at convention voting time when someone wins delegates AFTER they declared their candidacy over, but that aside, this illustrates my point about Santorum’s delegate deficiency compared to popular votes he won.
Not only that, but the Missouri GOP estalishment will select the rest of that state’s delegation, and you can be sure they will be for Romney.
So out of the 52 delegate slots Missouri has, only 7 go to Santorum, and even then, I don’t know what becomes of those 7 when the candidate has withdrawn.