The Nevada GOP has given up on their reconvention, and they're resorting to appointing delegates. This was their original plan in the first place: on April 26th they intended on shoving their slate through, but had to abort their mission and blamed it on our (a majority of the convention, not all Ron Paul people) rule change.
As of right now, it's going to be up the RNC to decide if the June 28th delegation (fairly voted in at the reconvention) or the NV GOP's delegation (hand picked party goombas) will attend the National Convention. Or they can call all of us Nevadans jerks for not playing nice and pull a Michigan/Florida on us, or some sort of variation.
The RNC's decision right now has the ability to set a precedent. This year has been the first year Nevada has had a caucus system instead of a primary system. In primaries, people vote and those votes count toward whom the state will nominate at the convention. In our caucus system, we still vote for specific candidates, but it doesn't go toward the actual nomination process. It's more of a gauge to give the media results before we have actual results. During caucuses, what counts is the election of delegates (who are unbound and can vote for anyone they damn well please), to the county conventions, state convention, and eventually the national convention. If the RNC accepts the behavior of the NV GOP, it will give them permission to continue on like this as long as we have a caucus system. It will cheat the Republicans of Nevada out of control of their own party, and it will place all the power of a bunch of sleezy dirtbags.
As of right now, it's going to be up the RNC to decide if the June 28th delegation (fairly voted in at the reconvention) or the NV GOP's delegation (hand picked party goombas) will attend the National Convention. Or they can call all of us Nevadans jerks for not playing nice and pull a Michigan/Florida on us, or some sort of variation.
The RNC's decision right now has the ability to set a precedent. This year has been the first year Nevada has had a caucus system instead of a primary system. In primaries, people vote and those votes count toward whom the state will nominate at the convention. In our caucus system, we still vote for specific candidates, but it doesn't go toward the actual nomination process. It's more of a gauge to give the media results before we have actual results. During caucuses, what counts is the election of delegates (who are unbound and can vote for anyone they damn well please), to the county conventions, state convention, and eventually the national convention. If the RNC accepts the behavior of the NV GOP, it will give them permission to continue on like this as long as we have a caucus system. It will cheat the Republicans of Nevada out of control of their own party, and it will place all the power of a bunch of sleezy dirtbags.
