Yes, but there is at least one additional level. Attendees at the state convention do not vote for Cruz, Trump, etc. They instead vote for yet another level of delegates who say they will vote for Cruz, Trump, etc. at the national convention.
Are these delegates required to vote for the candidate we choose tonight?
I'm not sure; and they may have changed it. In any event, the extent to which this is binding can be unpredictable, especially if the national convention goes to multiple rounds of balloting or if the candidate a delegate says they will vote for drops out before the national convention. As I have mentioned in other posts, we have had significant problems with people lying about who they support.
The last time I participated in this system (four years ago), the rules were so complex and so poorly documented that when I asked eight different people in authority a question about how delegates vs. alternates worked at the state level, I literally got eight different answers.
Thank you for that information.
Damn, I knew the republican Party was screwed up here in CO, I didn’t know it was that screwed up.
I hope the next President uses his bully pulpit to beat our local leaders about the head and encourages them to make a working system.