Ron Paul Delegates Set to Mount First Ballot Upset at GOP National Convention - Independent Voter Network - W.E. Messamore::
May 16, 2012 - "Ron Paul supporters and a few good investigative journalists have been digging deeper into the RNC’s rules for its nominating process on the floor of the national convention in Tampa. What they’ve unearthed is the possibility that Ron Paul doesn’t even need a brokered convention..... His covert supporters ... who will attend the convention as bound Romney delegates, but who are actually Ron Paul supporters ... may not be bound to vote for Mitt Romney on the first ballot after all. It’s all in the RNC’s Rule 38, which says:
"'No delegate or alternate delegate shall be bound by any attempt of any state or Congressional district to impose the unit rule'...
"Rule 38 has already been interpreted by the RNC’s own legal council to mean that the national party rules do not recognize state laws or procedures that bind delegates to vote for a particular candidate, but that they are free to vote for their individual preference on the floor of the national convention."
Read more: http://ivn.us/2012/05/16/a-first-ballot-rebellion-in-tampa/
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May 16, 2012 - "Ron Paul supporters and a few good investigative journalists have been digging deeper into the RNC’s rules for its nominating process on the floor of the national convention in Tampa. What they’ve unearthed is the possibility that Ron Paul doesn’t even need a brokered convention..... His covert supporters ... who will attend the convention as bound Romney delegates, but who are actually Ron Paul supporters ... may not be bound to vote for Mitt Romney on the first ballot after all. It’s all in the RNC’s Rule 38, which says:
"'No delegate or alternate delegate shall be bound by any attempt of any state or Congressional district to impose the unit rule'...
"Rule 38 has already been interpreted by the RNC’s own legal council to mean that the national party rules do not recognize state laws or procedures that bind delegates to vote for a particular candidate, but that they are free to vote for their individual preference on the floor of the national convention."
Read more: http://ivn.us/2012/05/16/a-first-ballot-rebellion-in-tampa/
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