Do you have a reference that 1237 delegates have been required since the GOP began? I haven’t been able to Google that.
“Do you have a reference that 1237 delegates have been required since the GOP began? I haven’t been able to Google that.”
It’s more than half. Always has been. (1237 is half plus one this time).
Do you have a reference that 1237 delegates have been required since the GOP began?
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GOP
2,286 delegates — 2012
2,380 delegates — 2008
Remember allocation by state changes due to elected
state/federal officals, past voting history, etc.
Sure thing:
Rule 40(d) and Rule 40(e):
(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.
https://s3.amazonaws.com/prod-static-ngop-pbl/docs/Rules_of_the_Republican+Party_FINAL_S14090314.pdf