[EL] In brokered convention, can GOP nominate non-candidate?

[Craig Holman]

I have read Rule 40 and it still is not clear to me. One reading would suggest the second and subsequent ballots go on until someone who was nominated by at least 8 states eventually gets a majority. A different reading is that the second ballot opens to all candidates beyond those nominated by 8 states. I read one news account that said the second ballot is open to any candidate except those who lost when competing for the nomination of at least 8 states.


Someone on this listserv should know how the RNC has interpreted Rule 40. (Unless, of course, it has been so long that the RNC isn't sure, either.)



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-----Original Message-----
From: Thomas J. Cares <Tom at TomCares.com>
To: Election Law <law-election at uci.edu>
Sent: Tue, Mar 8, 2016 3:06 am
Subject: Re: [EL] In brokered convention, can GOP nominate non-candidate?


(I think the relevant portion starts at rule 40).

On Tuesday, March 8, 2016, Thomas J. Cares <Tom at tomcares.com> wrote:

I was looking at the rules and it seemed unclear.
https://prod-static-ngop-pbl.s3.amazonaws.com/media/documents/Call%20of%20the%202016%20Convention_1448920406.pdf



Can they nominate Bloomberg, for example, on a 2nd ballot.


If you ask me, they'd be smart to do so - might really save the trajectory of the party.


Thomas Cares


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