RNC delegate guidelines from Alaska, 2016

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This page provides known guidelines for Republican delegates representing Alaska at the 2016 National Republican Convention, as compiled from the Republican Party of Alaska's "2014 Alaska Republican Party Rules," which were amended on March 16, 2015, July 20, 2015, and January 30, 2016. The full text of relevant regulations is reproduced below

HIGHLIGHTS

Alaska sent 28 delegates to the 2016 Republican National Convention.

The Alaska Republican Party rules required delegates from Alaska to the national convention to vote for the candidate to whom they pledged their support at the time of their election at the state Republican convention, so long as that candidate was still an active candidate at the time of the national convention. Delegates could vote for a different candidate than the one to whom they pledged their support only if, after the second round of voting, that candidate had received the lowest number of votes.

If a candidate with pledged delegates dropped out of the race prior to the national convention, his or her delegates were to be reapportioned among the remaining candidates. Delegates, however, were first to be given the opportunity to pledge themselves to a different candidate.

2016 Alaska Republican Party Rules

The text below has been reproduced verbatim from: Alaska GOP Delegate Information Process

Article 5, Sec. 15: Republican National Convention Delegate and Alternate Delegate Election

(a) The Alaska State Convention is entitled to send to the Republican National Convention the number of delegates and alternate delegates specified by Republican National Committee Rules.

(b) All delegates and alternates shall be elected thirty-five (35) or more calendar days before the beginning date of the Republican National Convention.

(c) The State Convention shall endeavor to have equal representation of men and women in its delegation to the Republican National Convention.

(d) Only seated Regular State Convention delegates have the right to be nominated for and be, if elected, a delegate or alternate delegate to the Republican National Convention. Republican Members of Congressional Delegation, Governor, and Lieutenant Governor shall be eligible to be elected delegates to the Republican National Convention.

(e) A State Convention delegate who cannot attend the State Convention due to an emergency, such as a family death or other significant family event, who provided a written request to the Nomination Committee during the State Convention, can be a delegate to the National Convention.

(f) National Delegate Selection

(1) Each person who desires to be elected a Republican National Convention delegate or alternate must submit a completed written Nomination Request on which they shall identify which Qualified Presidential Candidate they shall support for nomination at the following National Convention should they be elected, and a check or credit card authorization in an amount set by the State Central Committee for convention hotel deposit to the State Convention Nominations Committee before its meeting starts.

(2) Republican National Convention Delegates shall be elected at large from those who are qualified according to the requirements of this section by a plurality of the seated Regular State Convention delegates.

(3) A Qualified Presidential Candidate must receive a minimum 13% of votes in the statewide Presidential Preference Poll in order to receive any pledged delegates to the National Convention. Presidential Candidates receiving at least 13%, before any rounding, of the vote will receive a percentage of the overall delegates to the Convention that corresponds to the percentage vote share received by that candidate counting only the votes received by all such candidates. Qualified Presidential Candidates that have met the threshold of 13% or higher shall receive a proportional number of pledged delegates from the total delegates that Alaska is authorized by the Rules of the Republican National Committee. Proportionality shall be calculated to the hundredth percent (0.01%). Proportions will be rounded down from 0.49% and up from 0.50%. If rounding results in a total number of Delegates exceeding the number to which Alaska is entitled the excess delegates will be subtracted from the total awarded to the candidate who received the fewest votes of all candidates entitled to delegates. If rounding results in a total number of Delegates less than the number to which Alaska is entitled, the additional delegates will be added to the total awarded to the candidate who received the most votes of all the candidates entitled to delegates.

(4) Delegates to the National Convention shall be elected from the Delegates to the State Convention. Delegates to the National Convention shall be pledged to support a Qualified Presidential Candidate. Delegates must support their indicated Qualified Presidential Candidate so long as their preferred Candidate maintains an active campaign. After the second round of balloting, if the Qualified Presidential Candidate to which the Delegate is pledged is the candidate receiving the fewest number of votes in the previous round of balloting, the Delegate is no longer required to support that candidate.

(5) When the Regular State Convention has elected a complete slate of delegates to the Republican National Convention, then a list of alternate delegates to the Republican National Convention shall be elected from those who are qualified according to the requirements of this section. The completed list shall be set in order of preference, and approved by a majority of the seated delegates at the Regular State Convention.

(6) Delegates to the National Convention shall be apportioned to the Qualified Presidential Candidates by first determining the percentage of the support each Qualified Presidential Candidate received at each District Presidential Preference Poll pursuant to Article II, Section 13 of these rules, then multiplying that number by the delegates entitled to attend the State Convention from that district. Alternate Delegates to the National Convention shall be similarly apportioned.

(7) Each Alternate Delegate shall be ranked among the Qualified Presidential Candidates and may only become a Delegate if a similarly pledged Delegate is unable to attend the Convention. In the event that a Delegate position becomes vacant and there is no available Alternate Delegate pledged to the corresponding Qualified Presidential Candidate, the highest ranked Alternate Delegate of the Qualified Presidential Candidate with the greatest number of Delegates shall be seated as the replacement pledged Delegate.

(8) A “Qualified Presidential Candidate” is any Republican Candidate for President who thirty days prior to the start of the first District Convention, has filed a Request of Nomination with the Chairman of the Alaska Republican Party, paid a $2,500.00 registration fee to the Alaska Republican Party and submitted the signatures of 50 Republicans registered to vote in the State of Alaska, of which no more than ten (10) shall be registered to vote in any one district.

(9) If a Qualified Presidential Candidate drops out prior to the Republican State Convention, the percentage of national delegates pledged to that candidate shall be reapportioned among the Qualified Presidential Candidates.

(10) If a Qualified Presidential Candidate drops out after the state convention, but before the national convention, the apportionment of delegates will be recalculated using the methodology described in paragraph V.15.f(3). Those delegates that had been elected at the state convention to support the candidate that had dropped out should be given first opportunity to commit to supporting one of the remaining presidential candidates. If enough delegates are not found using this method, the delegate applicants that had not been elected at the state convention will be given the opportunity to become delegates based upon the Qualified Presidential Candidate they had pledged to support and the ranking they had been given by the Nominations Committee during that committee’s deliberations.

(g) No member of the State Convention nominating committee may be nominated as national convention delegate, alternate, or elector.

(h) An applicant who applies to be a delegate to the National Convention must be a continuous resident of Alaska and registered as an Alaskan Republican for the six (6) months preceding the state convention.

(i) When recommending delegates to the National Convention, the Nominations Committee shall consider criteria including preferences as expressed by the respective Qualified Presidential Candidates’ campaigns, length of time the applicant has been registered as an Alaskan Republican, party offices held, legislative offices held, military service, campaign volunteer activity, striving for gender balancing, and years lived in Alaska. The Nominating Committee will use these criteria for preparing ordered or ranked lists of applicants for each Qualified Presidential Candidate from most qualified to least qualified from among the applicants who have pledged to the respective Qualified Presidential Candidate. These lists will be used to build a slate of delegates and alternate delegates for presentation to the body of the state convention for approval.

(j) No state delegate can be put forward as a challenge to an individual on the list prepared by the nominations committee unless that state delegate has previously been vetted by the Nominations Committee.

Article 9, Sec. 4: Support of Presidential & Primary Candidates

(a) Every Republican district, state, or national convention delegate has the right to support the candidate of his choice for the Republican nomination for President of the United States.

(b) Republican organizations are encouraged to provide forums for Republican presidential candidates campaigning in Alaska. Such forums shall not be construed as endorsement of any particular candidate, and Republicans acting on behalf of the ARP in providing such forums should endeavor to make similar forums available for any other Republican presidential candidate who may request it. The ARP should endeavor to provide a statewide debate forum by Republican presidential candidates.

(c) Any Republican Incumbent may advocate their candidacy.

(d) Any SCC member, except the six APR statewide elected officers and the ARP Counsel, may support and publicly advocate the candidacy of the statewide Republican candidate prior to the primary election.

(e) A Republican candidate for the State Legislature who desires a pre-primary endorsement,

(1) May file a written application for such endorsement with his district committee.

(2) The district committee may endorse a district candidate by a majority vote. District Committee may make monetary contributions and provide other resources to an endorsed candidate.

(3) The SCC by majority vote may endorse any candidate endorsed by a district. The ARP, its districts and affiliates may make monetary contributions and provide other resources to these endorsed candidates.

(4) Any state legislative candidate receiving any District or ARP services or monetary contributions shall agree to organize with the Republican organization in his respective house prior to receiving such services or monetary contributions.

(f) In State legislative Non-endorsed races

(1) No appointed or elected SCC member shall publicly advocate the candidacy of one Republican legislative candidate over any other Republican candidate prior to a Primary Election and all SCC members shall discharge their responsibilities on an impartial basis to all Republican candidates.

(2) No district, affiliated club or other Republican organization shall deny a primary candidate a service that was given to another primary candidate. The SCC may waive this rule should a candidate change party affiliation to the Republican Party within twelve (12) months of an election.

(3) Any state legislative candidate receiving any District or ARP services or monetary contributions shall agree to organize with the Republican organization in his respective body prior to receiving such services or monetary contributions.

(4) If district committee finds that their incumbent Republican had performed actions of substantial detriment to the Republican Party or to Republican values and goals, such as forming a coalition in which Democrats hold the majority when a Republican majority has been elected, the district committee by 60% vote may:

(i) withhold Republican Party support, including financial, from that incumbent and

(ii) recruit a Republican Primary challenger to oppose that Republican incumbent

(5) If the SCC finds that a Republican incumbent had engaged in actions detrimental to the Alaska Republicans or to Republican values and goals, such as joining into majority coalition with Democrats, the SCC by 60% vote may:

(i) withhold Republican Party support, including financial, from this incumbent and

(ii) recruit a Republican Primary Challenger to oppose that Republican incumbent.

See also

• Republican National Committee
• Republican National Convention rules, 2012
• Republican National Convention, 2016
• Types of delegates
• Presidential election in Alaska, 2016