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Kasich instructs his delegates to remain bound to him through GOP convention
Washington Post ^ | 05/24/2016

Posted on 05/25/2016 12:15:19 PM PDT by BenLurkin

Kasich believes holding onto his delegates is a smart play in a campaign season that has been wild and unpredictable, an aide explained. The governor also thinks his delegates could become leverage to encourage Trump to be a more positive and unifying figure ahead of the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, said the aide, who requested anonymity to speak candidly.

Sens. Cruz of Texas and Marco Rubio of Florida, who also accumulated delegates before suspending their candidacies, have issued similar directives asking that their delegates remain bound.

Kasich's message to party officials in the letters, dated Monday and signed by the governor, was brief. In one such correspondence, Kasich wrote to Ohio Republican Party Chairman Matt Borges, "I appreciate the work of the party during this primary season, and I thank the voters of Ohio for putting their faith in me. Although I have suspended by campaign, I do not release any Delegates bound to me."

Kasich sent similar messages to the party chairmen in the District, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New York, Nevada, North Carolina, Rhode Island, Vermont, Virginia and West Virginia. He copied Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus and RNC General Counsel John Ryder on each letter.

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TOPICS: Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2016rnconvention; delegates; kasich; kasichdelegates
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To: BenLurkin

FOAD Kasich.


41 posted on 05/25/2016 1:31:30 PM PDT by TTFlyer
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To: TTFlyer

Exactly, what’ a CLYMER!!!


42 posted on 05/25/2016 1:43:22 PM PDT by VRWC For Truth (FUBO)
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To: BenLurkin

43 posted on 05/25/2016 1:45:25 PM PDT by Albion Wilde (In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act. --George Orwell)
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To: goldstategop

I don’t think
he is well in the head.


44 posted on 05/25/2016 1:45:58 PM PDT by WENDLE (Why is the FBI dilly dallying? LET'S GO!!)
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To: BenLurkin
Nothing to do with voting, folks.

It's a BDSM thing.

45 posted on 05/25/2016 1:51:15 PM PDT by x
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To: advertising guy

LOL!


46 posted on 05/25/2016 1:52:57 PM PDT by stephenjohnbanker (My Batting Average( 1,000) since Nov 2014 (GOPe is that easy to read))
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To: Albion Wilde

John hasn’t missed many meals, methinks.


47 posted on 05/25/2016 1:53:45 PM PDT by stephenjohnbanker (My Batting Average( 1,000) since Nov 2014 (GOPe is that easy to read))
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To: x

Kinky. It explains so much about Kasich...


48 posted on 05/25/2016 1:54:22 PM PDT by Billthedrill
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To: hlmencken3
RNC convention rule 16(a)(2) is the ultimate catch-all. It says that faithless delegates will not be punished for violating state rules if their bound candidate suspends his campaign.


(2) For any manner of binding or allocating delegates under these rules, if a delegate (i) casts a vote for a presidential candidate at the national convention inconsistent with the delegate’s obligation under state law or state party rule, (ii) nominates or demonstrates support under Rule No. 40 for a presidential candidate other than the one to whom the delegate is bound or allocated under state law or state party rule, or (iii) fails in some other way to carry out the delegate’s affirmative duty under state law or state party rule to cast a vote at the national convention for a particular presidential candidate, the delegate shall be deemed to have concurrently resigned as a delegate and the delegate’s improper vote or nomination shall be null and void. Thereafter the secretary of the convention shall record the delegate’s vote or nomination in accordance with the delegate’s obligation under state law or state party rule. This subsection does not apply to delegates who are bound to a candidate who has withdrawn his or her candidacy, suspended or terminated his or her campaign, or publicly released his or her delegates.

This subsection is about enforcing state binding rules. It says at the top that a delegate who does not vote as the state directed them to will be discharged, and their vote will be recorded as the state initially directed.

Then it says that the subsection does not apply to delegates whose candidate suspended their campaign, meaning they will NOT be penalized for unbound voting.

Since Kasich suspended, this rule says that the penalty no longer applies. If the penalty no longer applies, then delegates bound to Kasich are free to vote for any candidate in nomination without penalty.

Kasich, by rule, no longer controls his bound delegates. His delegates cannot be punished for voting for Trump.

-PJ

49 posted on 05/25/2016 1:59:26 PM PDT by Political Junkie Too (If you are the Posterity of We the People, then you are a Natural Born Citizen.)
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To: BenLurkin

What a POS.


50 posted on 05/25/2016 2:03:39 PM PDT by LS ("Castles Made of Sand, Fall in the Sea . . . Eventually" (Hendrix))
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To: WENDLE
no possible chance of being placed in nomination under the 8 state rule ( 40 b) so I don’t have a clue what he thinks he is doing.

We may need a strictly constitutional conservative to explain that.

51 posted on 05/25/2016 2:39:02 PM PDT by itsahoot (Trump is a fumble mouthed blowhard that can't finish a sentence, but he will finish a term.)
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To: Political Junkie Too

On the other hand, his campaign submitted the names of the delegates. So they may do what he says.

But there is no way that Trump doesn’t clinch in two weeks.

So Kasich is just being a jerk.


52 posted on 05/25/2016 4:43:34 PM PDT by scrabblehack
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To: BenLurkin

Kasuck is like some greedy ‘tard who drove around with a truck full of eggs hoping that there would be a shortage and he’d be able to racketeer the crap out of selling them. Now he’s sitting on a pile of rotten eggs that nobody wants. He can suck them.


53 posted on 05/25/2016 4:46:36 PM PDT by Sirius Lee (If Trump is the answer, then congratulations, you didn't puke out a leftarded question.)
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To: Nifster

“thing that is usually done “

What is usually done is the losers are given ‘something’ for their support:

Appointments of friends, support for projects... the usual lifeblood of politics.


54 posted on 05/25/2016 4:54:34 PM PDT by mrsmith (Dumb sluts: Lifeblood of the Media, Backbone of the Democrat/RINO Party!)
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To: Nifster
So after Trump is over the top will they do the gracious thing that is usually done
and agree to a unanimous proclamation?

**************

At some point they will but right now they are bargaining chips for some plank/program/position.
After they get what they are after then they may release them for unanimity.

55 posted on 05/25/2016 4:57:42 PM PDT by deport
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To: deport

They aren’t going to get what they want


56 posted on 05/25/2016 5:01:19 PM PDT by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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To: Political Junkie Too

What will the 2016 convention rule say? Remember that is 2012 Rules and the Committee
hasn’t even met to develope the 2016 Rules which have to be voted on an adopted at the
2016 Convention.


57 posted on 05/25/2016 5:05:52 PM PDT by deport
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To: Nifster

They aren’t going to get what they want

************

First what do they want and when does the wheeling and dealing begin?


58 posted on 05/25/2016 5:09:32 PM PDT by deport
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To: Political Junkie Too

Thank you.

The procedure is that on the first ballot individual delegates are not polled. A state spokesman announces the delegate votes totals per state rules. Uncommitted delegates are polled within the delegation and those totals announced by the state spokesman.

There is generally no opportunity for a delegate to cast a vote contrary to his obligation on the first ballot.


59 posted on 05/26/2016 11:57:26 AM PDT by hlmencken3 (I paid for an argument, but you're just contradicting!)
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