Posted on 08/26/2015 8:33:31 AM PDT by JediJones
The state party's executive committee voted Friday to eliminate the presidential preference poll held during the party's March caucuses. That means there will be no official count of who won that contest.
The vote was unanimous and drew little attention until it was reported by The Denver Post on Tuesday.
State GOP Chairman Steve House said the change was made in response to a new Republican National Committee rule that would have made the presidential preference poll binding.
The executive committee decided that would bring too much formality to the caucuses, which have drawn criticism in the past for being too easy for fringe candidates with small but motivated groups of supporters to overwhelm.
House acknowledged the party is essentially surrendering its early role in the presidential nominating contest.
"In this particular year, people are looking to (see) how can we be relevant if something unusual happens."
Colorado Democrats have made no changes to their March 1 caucuses, which still include a presidential preference poll.
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People don't quite understand the gravity of the situation as you do. They need to wake up and realize that, yes, if we don't get Trump or Cruz in there, this likely WILL BE the last time we turn to the ballot box to cure America's ills. And when the soap and ballot boxes are no longer effective, well, there's only one more box to save us.
Coming to Colorado from out of state, this caucus system is an utter joke. Undemocratic and elitist. Colorado would do well to get rid of it.
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