[grania]

I'm wondering about those OH delegates. The way the rules have been rigged to favor insiders (irony's a *itch), Kasich cannot be nominated because he only won one state. Because of the OH rules, if Kasich isn't in contention, those winner-take-all delegates go to Trump, with his strong second place finish.

A few folks have said that's true; nobody has said it isn't.

[HombreSecreto]

Interesting. If accurate, the de facto Trump delegate count is in the 840 range, needing less that 400 delegates to clinch the nomination.

[DannyTN]

Didn’t I read that the bound votes of candidates who have dropped out, don’t get to vote on the first ballot?

If so, that means rubio’s 271-273 bound votes, don’t count. And the number trump needs to hit drops by half of that.

[Cboldt]

I said that I didn't think it was true. I didn't see anything in the source material that CTH produced, that CTH claimed supported that conclusion. I read all of the Ohio GOP rules and the Ohio election statutes.

The most equitable division of delegates on a first ballot, if Kasich drops out, would be proportional allocation - but I think the allocation depends only on the discretion of the Ohio state GOP.

[DAVEY CROCKETT]

Ping to post #7

[RebelTex]

“A few folks have said that’s true; nobody has said it isn’t.”

I’ve not seen what the Ohio rules are.
Unfortunately, they do not post their rules, platform, or officers on their website:

https://www.ohiogop.org/

[Yaelle]

That would be interesting. I thought he would have to promise something to Kasich to get those delegates. Would be cool to get them by default.