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To: cgbg
The delegates get to voteā€”that is Rule 9.

Read it again.

This happens after the National Convention has ended.

It says the COMMITTEE is authorized to choose the Presidential and Vice Presidential candidates, or the committee can reconvene the National Convention.

Convention delegates are not National Committee members.

RULE No. 9
Filling Vacancies in Nominations

(a)The Republican National Committee is hereby authorized and empowered to fill any and all vacancies which may occur by reason of death, declination, or otherwise of the Republican candidate for President of the United States or the Republican candidate for Vice President of the United States, as nominated by the national convention, or the Republican National Committee may reconvene the national convention for the purpose of filling any such vacancies.

(b) In voting under this rule, the Republican National Committee members representing any state shall be entitled to cast the same number of votes as said state was entitled to cast at the national convention.

(c) In the event that the members of the Republican National Committee from any state shall not be in agreement in the casting of votes hereunder, the votes of such state shall be divided equally, including fractional votes, among the members of the Republican National Committee present or voting by proxy. (d) No candidate shall be chosen to fill any such vacancy except upon receiving a majority of the votes entitled to be cast in the election.


36 posted on 01/23/2024 10:08:55 AM PST by Yo-Yo (Is the /Sarc tag really necessary? Pray for President Biden: Psalm 109:8)
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To: Yo-Yo

The scenario you are envisioning in this:

(1) Convention nominates candidate X.
(2) After convention candidate X can no longer run (for whatever reason)

The National Committee then gets to choose whether to reconvene the convention or just pick somebody.

That is always a risk.

They could pick Donald Duck to run.


37 posted on 01/23/2024 10:14:30 AM PST by cgbg ("Our democracy" = Their Kleptocracy)
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