[Rennes Templar]

If Trump wins 1237 bound delegates, and those delegates change their vote at the convention - well, I don’t think they will.

[scooby321]

This guy maybe relieved of his position real soon

[Political Junkie Too]

They cannot change their vote because of rule 16(a)(1). If they try, rule 16 says they will be dismissed as a delegate and their vote will be recorded as they were bound to vote.

What Haugland said from the start was that the party was looking to disqualify delegates to bring Trump back below 1,237 so they can force a brokered convention even if he wins.

-PJ

[Jeff Head]

I do not think the committed delegates can legally change their voters on the first ballot. I think Trump is going to have more than enough of those to win outright.

If the convention becomes contested because Trump does not have enough, then according to the rules for many of them from their states, they can vote for whomever they want after the first ballot.

But there will be time between and the candidates will have the opportunity to sway those delegates. If Trump is really close, I believe he will win on a second ballot too.

But, as it stands right now, I do not think that will be necessary.

After the landslides last Tuesday, I believe Trump is going to go well over the 1,237 committed delegate number...which has been his strategy.

Cruz’s only strategy has been to try and convince enough committed delegates to vote for him on a 2nd ballot should Trump not reach 1237. It was all Cruz had.

Personally, Indiana is the last chance for him to have any hope of preventing it...and even that, IMHO, is a slim chance.

After a Trump win in Indiana, Cruz should concede for the sake of party unity, for the sake of the country, and to help defeat Hillary in November.