Welcome to party shannanigans.
Why bother with the voters. Keep them out of the inner circle
I’m not really sure this is “shenanigans”
The Rubio delegates were free agents.
RE: Why bother with the voters. Keep them out of the inner circle
How many were Trump’s voters in Louisiana versus Cruz + Rubio voters?
Why bother with the voters. Keep them out of the inner circle.
It would be absolutely time to start a 3rd party if the republican party disenfranchises their loyalists. It may be too late for this round but could very well be in place for the 2018 mid-terms and 2020 elections.
I thought politicians were dumb? They negotiated bad deal and that all we needed was a smart and cunning POTUS to negotiate good deals?
The GOPe always wins, except in November.
Trump won Louisiana 124,819 41.44%
Cruz, Rafael Edward 113,947 37.83%
So we learn there’s many ways to steal votes in LA. They still have not reported their CD votes and are violating national party rules and recently added their own. Looks like a dishonest delegate count to change where Trump won by 11,000 votes. LOUISIANA CRUZ CHEATERS hope you choke on a crawdad.
Saturday 5 March 2016: All 46 of Louisiana’s delegates to the Republican National Convention are allocated to presidential contenders in today’s Presidential Primary. [Delegate Selection Rules Resolution 2015-10. RULES FOR CONVENING OF THE STATE CONVENTION TO ELECT DELEGATES TO THE 2016 REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION.]
18 District delegates, 3 from each of the state’s 6 Congressional Districts, are proportionally allocated to Presidential contenders according to the primary vote in each Congressional District (rounded rules are not specified) [Rule 3. (d)].
28 (10 base at-large delegates plus 15 bonus delegates plus 3 RNC) statewide delegates are proportionally allocated to those Presidential contenders who receive 20% or more of the total statewide vote (as rounded by the Executive Committee). The allocation is in proportion to the total statewide vote NOT the total vote of those candidates receiving 20% or more of statewide vote. The remaining delegates are unbound. The rule says “Presidential candidates receiving more than 20% of the statewide vote ... will be allocated the same proportion, rounded by the Executive Committee ....” [Rule 4. (c)].
We do not have the vote by CD but according to the Louisiana Republican Party:
CD 1: Trump 1, Cruz 1, Rubio 1
CD 2: Trump 1, Cruz 1, Rubio 1
CD 3: Trump 1, Cruz 1, Rubio 1
CD 4: Trump 1, Cruz 2
CD 5: Trump 1, Cruz 1, Rubio 1
CD 6: Trump 1, Cruz 1, Rubio 1
Statewide: Trump 12, Cruz 11, Uncommitted 5.
Total: Trump 18, Cruz 18, Rubio 5, Uncommitted 5.
Delegates to the National Convention ... are bound ... on the first ballot only .... If a presidential candidate ends or suspends his/her candidacy, the designated delegates are no longer bound. [Rule 4. (f)].
Saturday 12 March 2016: The State Convention convenes in Baton Rouge to elect delegates to the Republican National Convention according to the results of the primary.
18 National Convention district delegates— 3 from each of the state’s 6 Congressional Districts are elected in the Congressional District meetings at the State Convention.
25 National Convention At-Large delegates are elected by the convention as a whole.
The 3 party leaders, the National Committeeman, the National Committeewoman, and the chairman of the Louisiana’s Republican Party, will attend the convention as pledged delegates by virtue of their position [Rule 4. (e]).
http://www.thegreenpapers.com/P16/LA-R
Right, seems the party has more ability than the VOTERS would like them to.
Remember what the thugs did in miss, a couple years ago. The Gop is rotten, support Trump only.