Are delegates bound legally to the candidate or can they break away?
Most are legally bound for one or two ballots. Never heard of anybody going to jail for 'breaking faith'.
69 posted on 02/10/2008 11:17:08 AM PST by Lucius Cornelius Sulla
(Mike Huckabee: If Gomer Pyle and Hugo Chavez had a love child this is who it would be.)
“Most are legally bound for one or two ballots. Never heard of anybody going to jail for ‘breaking faith’.”
However the candidates select delegates from each state who are the most loyal to that particular candidate. Most of the voting delegates at the Republican convention will be the most loyal of McCain’s supporters. That way it is even less likely that they will desert him.
82 posted on 02/10/2008 12:02:34 PM PST by jamese777