[Enlightened1]

Sorry Mitt… RNC Rules State GOP Nominee Must Have Won 8 States to Be Considered Candidate at Convention

Here is Rule Number 40 from the Republican National Committee:

RULE NO. 40
Nominations
(a) In making the nominations for President of the United States and Vice President of the United States and voting thereon, the roll of the states shall be called separately in each case; provided, however, that if there is only one candidate for nomination for Vice President of the United States who has demonstrated the support required by paragraph (b) of this rule, a motion to nominate for such office by acclamation shall be in order and no calling of the roll with respect to such office shall be required.

(b) Each candidate for nomination for President of the United States and Vice President of the United States shall demonstrate the support of a 40 of 42 majority of the delegates from each of eight (8) or more states, severally, prior to the presentation of the name of that candidate for nomination. Notwithstanding any other provisions of these rules or any rule of the House of Representatives, to demonstrate the support required of this paragraph a certificate evidencing the affirmative written support of the required number of permanently seated delegates from each of the eight (8) or more states shall have been submitted to the secretary of the convention not later than one (1) hour prior to the placing of the names of candidates for nomination pursuant to this rule and the established order of business.

(c) The total time of the nominating speech and seconding speeches for any candidate for nomination for President of the United States or Vice President of the United States shall not exceed fifteen (15) minutes.

(d) When at the close of a roll call any candidate for nomination for President of the United States or Vice President of the United States has received a majority of the votes entitled to be cast in the convention, the chairman of the convention shall announce the votes for each candidate whose name was presented in accordance with the provisions of paragraph (b) of this rule. before the convention adjourns sine die, the chairman of the convention shall declare the candidate nominated by the Republican Party for President of the United States and Vice President of the United States.

(e) If no candidate shall have received such majority, the chairman of the convention shall direct the roll of the states be called again and shall repeat the calling of the roll until a candidate shall have received a majority of the votes entitled to be cast in the convention.

[Johnny B.]

That’s only on the first vote. By definition, a brokered convention is one where no one has a majority of delegates.

[bigbob]

Rule 40 will be revised in April, just watch.

[TomGuy]

Just ran across another potential loophole:

from forbes.com: Dramatic, Little Known GOP Rule Change Takes Choice Of Presidential Candidate Away From Rank And File Republicans And Hands It To Party Elite, page 2
Rick Ungar, contributor
April 7, 2014


Based on the RNC issued memo in 2011 ruling that ‘winner-take-all’ elections will only be permitted when a candidate receives a majority of the votes cast in the primary battle, ...

Thus, a Republican candidate who receives 49 percent of the vote in a “winner-take-all” state will not be permitted to get 100 percent of the state’s delegates.


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RNC Memorandum, February 2011
RE: EXAMPLES OF "PROPORTIONAL DELEGATE ALLOCATION" LANGUAGE FOR PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATING PROCESS


III.Suggestions for Adjusting 2008 Language for 2012 Compliance


A. Previous "Winner-Take-All" States Based on Total Statewide Vote


{from paragraph 1} Section (v) of the proportional allocation guidelines above allow for a similar "winner-take-all" end result beginning in March, as long as a candidate receives a majority of the votes cast within a state. If a candidate does not achieve a majority vote, then the delegates would be allocated proportionally bases on the percentage of statewide votes received.

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from National Constitution Center, Constitution Daily,
February 25, 2016 by NCC Staff:

Explaining the Super Tuesday primaries: The Republicans

The “winner-take-most” states account for 438 delegates, or 70 percent, of the delegates picked on Super Tuesday. Of the 12 Super Tuesday GOP states, eight states follow “winner take most” rules that require the leading candidate to have more than 50 percent of the vote among congressional districts and at-large groups to get most of the delegates. Without a majority winner, the delegates are divided among candidates who receive at least 15 percent or 20 percent of votes.

[TomGuy]

shall demonstrate the support of a 40 of 42 majority of the delegates

I think I have figured out what that means:

Those are numbers in the 2012 National Republican Party Rules. That document has 42 rules. Rule 40 of the 42 rules regards the majority of delegates.

In the actual document, there are references to 8 of 42, 12 of 42, 40 of 42, etc. Those refer to the specific Rule #X out of 42 Rules.

[Ted Grant]

It’s really going to be something, watching Mitt hold rallies in the September & October and have few people show up.

[9YearLurker]

But even Trump’s 12 victories so far weren’t, for the majority, majority wins of delegates, were they?