Basically, they don't want their delegates to HAVE to vote for whoever wins the presidential nomination in their caucuses. The national Republican party changed the rules this year so the delegates would have to be bound to the winner. Colorado in turn cancelled the presidential poll completely so their delegates can continue to vote for whoever they want no matter who the people of their state vote for.
To clarify, their people WILL NOT vote on a candidate in the GOP primary. They will only select delegates who can vote for whoever they want. Their primary will not have a “winner” among the candidates because they won’t even have a vote on the candidates.
Yeah...right. That's the reason.
The caucuses are so ridiculous that practically no one attends; and at the last one I attended, 3/4 of the people who did show up left immediately after the presidential straw poll. Eliminating this poll should therefore result in a turnout that is about 1/4 of the usually dismal number.
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Caucuses should be banned. Here, we see attempt to hide the real choice of delegates, to facilitate fraud by GOPe.
The delegates will still vote at the GOP national convention. They just won’t be bound
by the usual caucus vote earlier in the year......
http://cologop.org/colorados-delegates-to-the-2016-rnc-will-be-unbound/
August 25, 2015
GREENWOOD VILLAGE, Colo.—Last Friday, members of the Colorado Republican Committee’s Executive
Committee decided against holding a straw poll at its 2016 caucus. The decision means Colorado’s
delegates to the 2016 Republican National Convention will be unbound.
Republican National Committee bylaws do
not allow states to hold non-binding preference polls. Any straw poll conducted at the caucus in
2016 would bind delegates to the poll’s results, even if a candidate ultimately decides to suspend
or withdraw their campaign.
“Eliminating the straw poll means the delegates we send to the national convention in Cleveland
will be free to choose the candidate they feel can best put America back on a path to prosperity
and security,” Chairman Steve House said. “No one wants to see their vote cast for an empty chair,
especially not on a stage as big as the national convention’s.”
These discussions have been going on long before the current slate of candidates developed.
The “non-binding” straw polls have been managed by unenforceable “rules” for some time, all the way down to the precinct level.
The delegates are elected and “sometimes” are told their vote MUST reflect the results of the straw poll.
In fact, the delegates can cast their ballot for whomever they please.
The national GOP did a good thing.
In 2012, Paul stole Colorado, Minnesota, Louisiana and Iowa from Santorum. Had those states quickly awarded delegates to him, Santorum would have finished the early states right on Romney’s heals. He would have very likely been seen as the not-Romney candidate in Super Tuesday. Had he won Super Tuesday, he quite possibly would have been the candidate.
As it was, Santorum and Gingrich split Super Tuesday’s not-Romney popular vote very evenly, with Paul also getting a sizeable chunk. With that split , Romney swept Super Tuesday with a fairly small plurality and then rolled through April with huge super-majorities.
The GOP continues to commit suicide as a national party. If it were not for Cruz, I’d be openly lobbying for Trump to leave and start the third party that will quickly replace the GOP. Nothing says that these two parties must be the ONLY parties in America. As recently as 1968, FIVE states gave their electoral votes to a third party.
Just this morning I was telling my wife Trump isn’t my first, second, and possibly third choice.
However, if the eGOP prevent Trump from a fair shot at the nomination or try to keep him off the primary ballots they better nominate Cruz or maybe one other .
If they somehow get Bush, Kascish, Graham the nomination I’ll vote 3rd Party for Trump (if he does that) or write in his name.
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So it is worthless to vote in the primary this year since I currently live in Colorado?
This really is overboard.
It’s easier for the RNC to rig a Presidential prefence vote than a caucus vote for delegates. This will probably help Rand Paul in Colorado. If it comes down to a “brokered” convention, I’d expect the delegates to eventually go with Trump over Bush.
Fascinating. Now I’m not sure if I’m gonna bother to temporarily change registration from Libertarian back to Republican to try to get to State. Might anyway. Would be great if there WAS a war: I’m simply not someone who can be pressured.
Oh, and I’d go as a firebrand delegate to support Trump.
The primaries were the only reason that I can think of to stay with the GOP. It may be time to change my registration. I will not, under any circumstances vote for Bush. It ain’t happenin! If nobody shows up for third party, the Dems get my vote this time. If there is no real, conservative leadership this time around it will be time to flush it and start over anyway.
Coming to Colorado from out of state, this caucus system is an utter joke. Undemocratic and elitist. Colorado would do well to get rid of it.