[EL] GOP contest: 215 voters in Guam pick 9 Romney delegates /Winner-take...

[JBoppjr at aol.com]

Actually, Puerto Rico will award its delegates on a proportional basis.  
Puerto Rico has 23 total delegates. 3 RNC members and 20 at-large  delegates.

The 20 at-large delegates are elected directly on the primary  ballot on 
March 18. The 20 at-large delegates will be allocated proportionally  among 
candidates who receive at least 15% of the territory-wide vote. 
 
The RNC members are not bound by the primary vote and can decide for  
themselves who to support. This is the case with all 168 RNC members, who are  
delegates by virtue of their position.  Jim Bopp
 
 
In a message dated 3/10/2012 6:57:08 A.M. US Eastern Standard Time,  
rr at fairvote.org writes:


The territories are starting to weigh in during the Republican nomination  
contest, with 215 Republicans in Guam gathering to give all nine of the  
territory's delegates likely to go to Mitt Romney. See:
_http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/03/09/romney-wins-gop-caucus-in-us-ter
ritory-guam/_ 
(http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/03/09/romney-wins-gop-caucus-in-us-territory-guam/)   



Consider tha news compared tot all the fuss in Iowa over a total of 27  
delegates and in New Hampshire awarding a total of12 delegates.


I'm all for Americans being able to participate meaningfully in our  
democracy and cast meaningful votes no matter where they live, but that's  quite a 
contrast in participant per delegate. Looking ahead, note  that Puerto Rico 
is holding a primary on March 18, in which the winner of  the island-wide 
vote will win all delegates -- in blatant violation of the RNC  rules. I've 
yet to hear an explanation of why the RNC is allowing this  violation of its 
rules to occur without reducing Puerto Rico's delegates --  seemingly 
inviting yet another challenge at the convention, just as will  happen to Florida 
and Arizona delegates if the contest stays close.


As a related aside, Rick linked to FairVote's analysis this week of the  
contests to date and how delegates have been allocated. That overall  
allocation is far closer to what would have happened if all contests had been  
winner-take-all rather than if all contests had been proportional. See:
_http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rob-richie/republican-primary_b_1333300.html_
 
(http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rob-richie/republican-primary_b_1333300.html)  



- Rob




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