Colorado normally has a great voter turnout: GOP 966,082 (32.3%) 2014 Turnout
The list of Colorado Delegates was publicized in local papers including The Denver Post and by posted on election monitoring sites such as this one:
http://www.thegreenpapers.com/P16/CO-R
You folks want to call and thank the party leaders or delegates for disenfranchising over a millions of voters, go ahead. Here ya go:
Source: Ted Cruz Wins Majority of Delegates in Colorado from The New York Times. “Mr. Cruz had taken 21 of the state’s 37 national delegates”. Ted Cruz adds 21 delegates with Colorado sweep from The San Luis Obispo Tribune. Due to these reports, we are soft counting the 4 unpledged delegates for Cruz.
Caucus
Source: Colorado Republican Party
Contest Available
Del Delegate Preference Type
CD01 3
Everett, Justin Cruz Delegate
Sanchez, Tony Cruz Delegate
Gessler, Scott Cruz Delegate
Olson, Carolyn Unpledged Alternate
Eigles, Bill Cruz Alternate
Garcia, Ray Unpledged Alternate
CD02 3
Woodward, Robert Cruz Delegate
McAlpine, Michael Unpledged Delegate
Neilson, Marty Unpledged Delegate
Bliss, John S. Cruz Alternate
Fernandez, Rick Unpledged Alternate
Toomey, John Edward III Cruz Alternate
CD03 3
Sturm, Melanie Cruz Delegate
Stapleton, Anita M. Cruz Delegate
Horn, Brita Cruz Delegate
Hofman, Steven Cruz Alternate
Barker, Bradley Cruz Alternate
Gutierrez, Laureen Adele Cruz Alternate
CD04 3
Buck, Perry Cruz Delegate
Short, Guy Cruz Delegate
Unruh, Kendal Cruz Delegate
Shay, Reese Unpledged Alternate
Schlegel, Kurt Trump Alternate
McCaskill, Richard Trump Alternate
CD05 3
Crank, Joel Cruz Delegate
Coran, Robin Gale Cruz Delegate
Olmstead, Donald Cruz Delegate
Lambert, Kent Cruz Alternate
Licht, Randy Cruz Alternate
Rendleman, Kay Cruz Alternate
CD06 3
Carson, John Cruz Delegate
Corporon, Randy Cruz Delegate
Thomson, Regina Cruz Delegate
Hoffman, Joy Unpledged Alternate
Jones, Andy Cruz Alternate
Arnold, Brian Unpledged Alternate
CD07 3
Mathai, Anil Unpledged Delegate
Athanasopoulos, George Unpledged Delegate
Szabo, Libby Cruz Delegate
Green, Dan Cruz Alternate
Ytterberg, Don Unpledged Alternate
Mateer, Carter Cruz Alternate
Grand Total
Cruz: 17 delegates.
Unpledged: 4 delegates.
Saturday 9 April 2016: The Colorado State Republican Convention convenes. The State Convention chooses 13 of 37 delegates from Colorado to the Republican National Convention.
National Convention Delegates are bound according to the Presidential candidate (or uncommitted) indicated on their intent to run form.
In addition, 3 party leaders, the National Committeeman, the National Committeewoman, and the chairman of the Colorado’s Republican Party, will attend the convention by virtue of their position, bound to the candidate of choice.
Ted Cruz dominates Colorado GOP convention winning all 34 delegates from The Denver Post. “Cruz completed the sweep by winning all 13 delegates at the state convention in Colorado Springs.”
State Convention
Source: Colorado Republican Party
Contest Available
Del Delegate Preference Type
RNC 3
Leing, George Unpledged Delegate
Ortegon, Vera Unpledged Delegate
Statewide 13
Buck, Ken Cruz Delegate
Neville, Patrick Cruz Delegate
Sharkey, Sue Cruz Delegate
Harvey, Ted Cruz Delegate
Ransom, Kim Cruz Delegate
Grantham, Kevin Cruz Delegate
Teal, George Cruz Delegate
Saine, Lori Cruz Delegate
Williams, Wayne W. Cruz Delegate
Brown, Dudley Cruz Delegate
Gilbreath, Jim Cruz Delegate
Burton, Kristi Brown Cruz Delegate
Humphrey, Stephen Cruz Delegate
Anderson, Scott Cruz Alternate
Hotaling, Jon Cruz Alternate
Bjorklund, Sharon Cruz Alternate
Buck, Perry Cruz Alternate
Davis, Patrick Trump Alternate
Barlock, Edward Stephen E. Trump Alternate
Dooley, Sherry M. Trump Alternate
Gerlock, Beverly A. Trump Alternate
Sengenberger, Jimmy Cruz Alternate
Dimanna, Michael Trump Alternate
Holbrook, Bradley A. Trump Alternate
Keith, Seth Cruz Alternate
Baisley, Mark Cruz Alternate
Grand Total
Cruz: 13 delegates.
Unpledged: 2 delegates.
Available: 1 delegate.
Someday you might be a delegate, so just do a bit of 'shoe on the other foot" thinking, in case you can't picture the effect of your action by normal reasoning processes.
I hold that position to the extent that if I knew a person was calling a delegate, and trying to be anonymous about it, that I'd disclose their identity to the delegate and would agree to testify against the caller in court, in a civil or criminal trial.
Wow. Talk about disenfranchisement.
The Soviet elections were like that: you could vote for or against the candidate, but you never had more than one candidate to choose from.
Yet, according to an article from August, the rules set in place then were supposed to leave the delegates unbound, so that they would all be free to go to the convention and vote for the front runner. This was because binding them early in the process meant that some of them would be bound to candidates who were no longer in the race by the time the convention hit.
It looks like the CO GOP is so concerned about keeping outsiders out that they don’t even bother with trying to maintain a facade of voter’s choice.
You are a little Trump arent you? Trump may not have posted this but he lead the way when he started giving out phone numbers. Trump is a bully plain and simple and so are some of his supporters like you.