The State Republican Executive Committee adopted temporary and emergency RPT rule changes today regarding the Convention/Delegate Selection Process. We had to change the rules because the Primary election has been pushed back.
The Final Version of rule changes that we passed will not be typed up and posted online for another day or so. When it gets posted online you will be able to read the new changes at the RPT website: http://www.texasgop.org/posts and I will also post them on this website early next week (I have military training this weekend and will not have computer access)
Basically, the final version of the rules that we passed today was pretty much the same as what was proposed here
Precinct Conventions are optional and each County/Senatorial Executive Committee can vote to have Precinct Conventions with a majority vote.
A change was made to the rules that would make all delegates unbound after the first round vote at the National Convention. In the event of a brokered convention and there is more than one vote, the delegates will be unbound and will be able to vote for any presidential candidate. In other words, the 155 delegates that Texas sends to the Republican National Convention will vote for the Presidential Candidate that they are assigned to vote for proportionally based on the statewide Texas Primary Election results. After the first vote, these 155 delegates will then be released to vote for any candidate they want.
It is VERY important to vote for good conservative delegates at our congressional caucuses at the State Republican Convention because the next President might be decided by these delegates!
The SREC did not adopt a proposed change that would have made the Texas Republican primary winner-take-all. This means Texas will have a weaker voice in the Presidential Race because Texas will not be able to put all of the delegates from Texas behind the candidate who wins Texas in the Primary Election. The reason for voting against this change was primarily due to fear of the DOJ not accepting it. I do not understand why we are caving to the DOJ but I guess I am only one voice.
I think you are asking for chaos in larger counties, where you will have what amounts to 100+ precinct conventions acting as precinct delegations trying to decide who casts precinct "votes". You are going to have some precincts casting more votes than they have attendees, and others casting less. And all of this will be settled while trying to conduct real business.
ReplyDeleteYou would be better off having the SA court order that each party set the dates of their precinct and county conventions, and then consolidating a modest/manageable number of election precincts for the precinct conventions.
My question is, does this work as a one-time deal, or are these changes permanent?
ReplyDeleteOne Time Deal.... Everything goes back to normal after this year.
ReplyDelete"We will also inform everyone that it is a CRIMINAL OFFENSE to attend the Republican Conventions and vote in any other Party's primary or go to any other Party's convention for that year."
ReplyDeleteso we can't even take teens to other party's conventions so they can explore the political process of various parties and see the differences? Or is there some sort of field trip waiver??
@David Bellow "One Time Deal.... Everything goes back to normal after this year.
ReplyDeleteYou are so Correct, It was Created so they could make the Liberal Romney palatable, Sorry He's Not going to be the Guy. Not with Real Texans!
Ron Paul can beat Obama with the independent voters and with the Rep backing him.
DeleteSo sorry you feel that way about Romney. I believe he is the only one who can beat Obama, which is the main goal.
ReplyDeleteConcur, Romney doesn;t stand a chance here in the great Lone Star State
ReplyDeleteChanging the rules in the middle of the game is retarded. Candidates make plans based on the rules they know about for each state. Budgets are prioritized. etc. To shift back to winner-take-all does not hurt Romney...it probably helps him. By keeping it proportional, it keeps Romney from getting all of Texas' delegates simply because he can run the most tv ads in advance of the primary and, by extension, garner the vote of the masses of people (yes, even Texans) that get all of their information from TV. C'mon people, wake up. With it now down to Mitt, Ron and Newt, we NEED a brokered convention. The best way to do that is to make sure that Ron and/or Newt get at least some of the delegates.
ReplyDeleteSorry David, Texans need to support a TRUE conservative, Ron Paul. He does have a greater chance than most people think. Texas will not be any better off with Romney, the country will just change lanes but not slow down, the cliff is still out front. Only Ron Paul wiil institute any real change.
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