RNC delegate guidelines from Georgia, 2016

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This page provides known guidelines for Republican delegates representing Georgia at the 2016 National Republican Convention, as compiled from "Rules of the Georgia Republican Party" and "The Official Code or Georgia Annotated, 21-2-196-197." The full text of relevant regulations is reproduced below.

HIGHLIGHTS

Georgia sent 76 delegates to the 2016 Republican National Convention.

Delegates from Georgia are elected at district conventions and the state convention.

Georgia Republican Party bylaws stipulate that delegates are "bound" to the candidate to whom they were allocated through the first round of voting at the national convention unless their candidate "withdraws" from the race after the primary election, in which case Georgia state law requires those delegates to be "unpledged" at the national convention.

Rules of the Georgia Republican Party

The text below has been reproduced verbatim from: Rules of the Georgia Republican Party

Section 7: Election and Removal of Officers and Committee Members; Procedures for Filling Vacancies

7.1: Election or appointment of certain officers, national committeeman, national committeewoman and national convention delegates and alternates

In odd numbered years, the State Convention shall elect State officers, including the Chairman, the First Vice-Chairman, the Second Vice-Chairman, the Secretary, the Assistant Secretary, the Treasurer, and the Assistant Treasurer. In Presidential Election Years, the State Convention shall elect the National Committeeman and National Committeewoman and Delegates at Large and Alternates at Large to the Republican National Convention in accordance with Rule 7.3. For the 2013 – 2015 term, the Assistant Treasurer shall be elected by the State Committee in accordance with the terms of Rule 7.7.

7.2: State primaries authorized by state convention or state committee

Any State Convention or State Committee meeting duly constituted under these Rules, may by a majority vote of those present, authorize and approve the holding of primary elections, either statewide or within any Congressional District, County or other political subdivision of Georgia for the election of officers, Delegates or Alternates of the GRP or any of its appropriate political subdivisions and may prescribe such rules and regulations, including the time of qualification, which are consistent with Georgia law.

7.3: Election of national convention delegates

A) In accordance with these Rules, the Call of the Republican National Committee and as allowed by the Georgia Presidential Preference Primary Act, O.C.G.A. § 21-2-190, et seq., the Delegates and Alternates to the National Convention shall be elected from the Districts at the respective District Conventions and the Delegates and Alternates to the National Convention from the State at large shall be elected at the State Convention. The GRP does not, therefore, choose to elect any of its Delegates and Alternates to the Republican National Convention by primary.

B) Delegates and Alternates shall be allocated proportionally as follows:

1) No State at large Delegate or Alternate shall be allocated to any candidate who receives less than 20% of the vote in the Georgia Presidential Preference Primary. If no candidate reaches 20% of the statewide vote, the threshold becomes 15% for a candidate to receive state at large delegates and alternates. In that instance, any candidate(s) receiving 15% or more of the statewide vote will be allocated State at large Delegates and Alternates. If no candidate reaches 15% of the statewide vote, the threshold becomes 10% for a candidate to receive State at large Delegates and Alternates. In that instance, any candidate(s) receiving 10% or more of the statewide vote will be allocated State at large Delegates and Alternates. The allocation of State at large Delegates and Alternates shall be as provided in paragraph 4 of this subsection B.

2) No fractional Delegate or Alternate shall be allocated.

3) In each Congressional District, the three (3) Delegates and three (3) Alternates shall be allocated proportionally based on the following: (1) any candidate who receives the majority (50% + 1) of the Congressional District’s Presidential Preference Primary vote shall be allocated all three (3) of the Congressional District delegates and alternates; (2) if no candidate receives the majority (50% + 1) of the Congressional District’s Presidential Preference Primary vote, the candidate receiving the highest number of the Congressional District’s Presidential Preference Primary votes shall be allocated two (2) delegates and two (2) alternates and the candidate receiving the second highest number of the Congressional District’s Presidential Preference Primary votes shall be allocated one (1) delegate and one (1) alternate.

4) At large Delegates and Alternates shall be allocated to the candidate(s) receiving more than the requisite percentage of the vote set forth in paragraph 1 of this subsection B, based on his or her percentage of the Statewide Presidential Preference Primary vote. Any remaining Delegates and Alternates not allocated initially shall be apportioned proportionally, based on the candidate’s share of the statewide vote, until no such further apportionment can be done. Any remaining at large Delegates and Alternates shall be awarded to the candidate receiving the largest percentage of the vote. For the purpose of this allocation, RNC Delegates (State Chairman, National Committee Woman and National Committee Man) shall be considered at large delegates and be allocated to the candidate receiving the largest percentage of the vote.

Notwithstanding the above, if one candidate receives the majority (50% + 1) of the statewide vote, that candidate will receive all the at large Delegates and Alternates to the Convention.

The Georgia delegation to the Republican National Convention shall be bound through the first ballot on a proportional basis as described above, except as otherwise provided by O.C.G.A. § 21-2-197.

5) All Delegates and Alternates shall file a qualification oath as required by O.C.G.A.§ 21-2-196.

C) Except as provided in Section 7.3.B., hereinabove, a District Convention may instruct, commit or pledge the Delegates and Alternates to the National Convention elected by it. Except as provided in Section 7.3.B., hereinabove, the State Convention may instruct, commit or pledge the Delegates and Alternates to the National Convention elected by it. However, no District Convention or State Convention may instruct, commit or pledge the Delegates and Alternates to the National Convention so as to conflict with the provisions of these Rules. This Rule applies to both nominations for President and Vice President of the United States. The failure of a District Convention to instruct its Delegates and Alternates shall not give the State Convention the power to instruct such Delegates and Alternates elected by the District Convention.

D) The State Executive Committee is delegated the authority to take such additional acts as may in its discretion be required for the GRP to comply with the provisions of the Georgia Presidential Preference Primary Act, as amended.

The Official Code or Georgia Annotated, 21-2-196-197

The text below has been reproduced verbatim from: The Official Code or Georgia Annotated, 21-2-196-197

21-2-196

Any person selected as a delegate or delegate alternate to such national convention shall file a qualification oath with the Secretary of State pledging support at the convention to the candidate of their political party or body for the office of President of the United States for whom they are selected to support. The oath shall state that the delegate or delegate alternate affirms to support such candidate until the candidate is either nominated by such convention or receives less than 35 percent of the votes for nomination by such convention during any balloting, or until the candidate releases the delegates from such pledge. No delegate shall be required to vote for such candidate after two convention nominating ballots have been completed.

21-2-197

Any delegate to a national convention whose presidential candidate withdraws after being entitled to delegate votes pursuant to this article shall be an unpledged delegate to the national convention.

See also

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