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

[Dan Meek]

Can a majority of the Convention delegates change Rule 40 itself?

In 2012, the Ron Paul campaign showed that the delegate selection 
process in several states can result in delegates who are officially 
pledged to Candidate A, yet who actually favor Candidate B.  Might such 
delegates be willing to change the rules of the Convention, including 
Rule 40?

Dan Meek

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On 3/8/2016 6:13 AM, Craig Holman wrote:
> 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.)
>
>
> Craig Holman, Ph.D.
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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 
> <mailto: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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