RNC delegate guidelines from Idaho, 2016

• 2020 Candidates
  • Timeline of presidential announcements
• 2016 Pres. Election
  • Candidates
    • General election candidates
      • Republicans
        • Donald Trump
      • Democrats
        • Hillary Clinton
      • Third Party
        • Gary Johnson
        • Jill Stein
    • 2016 vice presidential candidates
      • Possible vice presidential picks
    • Withdrawn candidates
      • Democrats
        • Lincoln Chafee
        • Lawrence Lessig
        • Martin O'Malley
        • Bernie Sanders
        • Jim Webb
      • Republicans
        • Jeb Bush
        • Ben Carson
        • Chris Christie
        • Ted Cruz
        • Carly Fiorina
        • Jim Gilmore
        • Lindsey Graham
        • Mike Huckabee
        • Bobby Jindal
        • John Kasich
        • George Pataki
        • Rand Paul
        • Rick Perry
        • Marco Rubio
        • Rick Santorum
        • Scott Walker
    • POTUS
      • Barack Obama
      • Former presidents
        • George W. Bush
        • Bill Clinton
        • George H.W. Bush
        • Ronald Reagan
        • Jimmy Carter
  • Presidential debates (2015-2016)
  • Ballot access for presidential candidates
  • Important campaign dates
  • Delegate rules
  • Polling
  • Presidential campaign fundraising, 2008-2016
  • Ratings and scorecards
  • Straw polling
  • Democratic National Convention, 2016
  • Republican National Convention, 2016
• Analysis
  • Media narratives
    • The media's coverage of Donald Trump
    • The media's coverage of Hillary Clinton
  • Post-debate analysis
    • Democrats
      • April 14, 2016 (CNN)
      • March 9, 2016 (Univision)
      • March 6, 2016 (CNN)
      • February 11, 2016 (PBS)
      • February 4, 2016 (MSNBC)
      • January 17, 2016 (NBC)
      • December 19, 2015 (ABC)
      • November 14, 2015 (CBS)
      • October 13, 2015 (CNN)
    • Republicans
      • March 10, 2016 (CNN)
      • March 3, 2016 (FNC)
      • February 25, 2016 (CNN)
      • February 13, 2016 (CBS)
      • February 6, 2016 (ABC)
      • January 28, 2016 (FNC)
      • January 14, 2016 (FBN)
      • December 15, 2015 (CNN)
      • November 10, 2015 (FBN)
      • October 28, 2015 (CNBC)
      • September 16, 2015 (CNN)
  • Insiders Polls
    • Full Insiders coverage
    • September: Democratic control of the White House
    • September: Democratic control of Congress
    • January: Democratic
    • January: Republican
    • December: Democratic
    • December: Republican
    • Insiders Poll: First Democratic debate (October 13, 2015)
    • September: Democratic
    • September: Republican
    • Insiders Poll: Winners and losers from the Fox News Republican Debate
  • Post-debate commentary
    • CNN Democratic debate: analysis and commentary
    • CNN Republican debate: analysis and commentary
    • Post-debate analysis: James A. Barnes, Karlyn Bowman and David Kusnet
• Issues
  • Domestic affairs
    • Current events
      • Black Lives Matter movement
      • DACA and DAPA
      • Defunding Planned Parenthood
      • Marriage equality
      • RFRA
      • Scalia and Supreme Court vacancy
      • U.S. Supreme Court nominee Merrick Garland
      • Transgender restroom access
      • Zika virus
    • Abortion
    • Branches of government
    • Civil liberties
    • Climate change
    • Constitution
    • Crime and justice
    • Education
    • Energy and environmental policy
    • Epidemic control
    • Federal assistance programs
    • Gun control
    • Healthcare
    • Immigration
    • Infrastructure
    • LGBTQ rights
    • Marijuana
    • Puerto Rico
    • Rural policy
    • Stop-and-frisk policing
    • Urban policy
  • Economic affairs and government regulations
    • Agriculture and food policy
    • Budgets
    • Government regulations
    • Labor and employment
    • Trade
    • Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal
    • Taxes
    • Wall Street and banking policy
  • Foreign affairs and national security
    • Cuba
    • Foreign affairs
    • Iran nuclear deal
    • ISIS and terrorism
    • Military and veterans
    • National security
    • North Korea
    • Russia
    • Syrian refugees
    • Technology, privacy, and cybersecurity
  • Political savvy
    • Political and leadership attributes
    • Campaign preparations
• Power Players
  • Super PACs
  • Presidential campaign key staff and advisors
  • Staff changes
• Polls
  • BP battleground poll
  • Polls
• Conventions & delegates
  • Delegates
  • Republican National Convention, 2016
    • Republican delegates by state, 2016
    • Rule 40 and its impact on the 2016 Republican National Convention
    • Republican National Committee
  • Democratic National Convention, 2016
    • Democratic National Committee

2016 Republican National Convention

Date July 18-21, 2016 Location Cleveland, Ohio

Candidates President Donald Trump Vice President Mike Pence

Delegates

Calendar and delegate rules overview • Types of delegates • Delegate rules by state • State election law and delegates • Correll v. Herring • Delegates by state

Convention 2016 Convention Rules • Rule 12 • Rule 16 • Rule 40 • Conscience clause • Brokered conventions • RNC Rules Committee • Platform and Platform Committee • RNC Standing Committee on Rules • Republican National Committee

Previous party rules 2012 • 2000 • 1996

Ballotpedia's presidential election coverage 2028 • 2024 • 2020 • 2016

Have you subscribed yet? Join the hundreds of thousands of readers trusting Ballotpedia to keep them up to date with the latest political news. Sign up for the Daily Brew. Click here to learn more.

This page provides known guidelines for Republican delegates representing Idaho at the 2016 National Republican Convention, as compiled from "Rules of the Republican Party of Idaho." The full text of relevant regulations is reproduced below.

HIGHLIGHTS

Idaho sent 32 delegates to the 2016 Republican National Convention.

Idaho GOP bylaws in 2016 required presidential candidates to submit lists of proposed delegates, totaling up to 80 percent of the total number of delegates to the Republican National Convention allocated to Idaho. The other 20 percent of delegates allocated to Idaho were selected by the Nominating Committee of the Idaho State Republican Convention.

Idaho GOP bylaws stipulated that, in the first round of voting at the national convention, Idaho delegates were required to vote for the candidate who proposed them on their list or the candidate to whom they were pledged when selected by the Idaho GOP Nominating Committee. The bylaws allowed delegates to vote for a different candidate after the first round of voting or if their candidate "dies, withdraws, or releases delegates" before the first round of voting.

Rules of the Republican Party of Idaho

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

Article 6: Apportionment and selection of delegates to the Republican National Convention

Section 1

A. No less than fifteen (15) days prior to the presidential primary, a candidate who has properly filed with the Secretary of State’s Office to run in the Republican presidential primary shall submit to the State Party Chairman:

1) A nonrefundable delegate processing fee of one thousand dollars ($1,000) made payable to the Idaho Republican Party,

2) A list of proposed delegates, in order of preference, totaling up to eighty percent (80%) of the total number of delegates to the Republican National Convention allocated to Idaho, and

3) A list of proposed alternates, in order of preference, totaling up to eighty percent (80%) of the total number of alternates to the Republican National Convention allocated to Idaho.

B. In the event the Secretary of State removes a candidate’s name from the ballot for any reason pursuant to Idaho Code, the candidate whose name is removed from the ballot shall not be entitled to a refund of the delegate processing fee. A candidate who withdraws from the race, suspends his campaign, or releases delegates without removing his name from the ballot shall likewise not be entitled to a refund of the delegate processing fee.

C. Any candidate who fails to submit a list of proposed delegates and a list of proposed alternates to the Republican National Convention in compliance with any provision of subsection (a) of this section forfeits the ability to designate delegates or alternates to the Republican National Convention up to the extent of the candidate’s noncompliance.

D. Any candidate who fails to pay the delegate processing fee in compliance with subsection (a)(1) of this section forfeits the ability to designate delegates and alternates to the Republican National Convention.

E. A candidate who forfeits the ability to designate delegates or alternates to the Republican National Convention in whole or in part shall not be denied the amount of pledged delegates or alternates as otherwise provided in these rules.

Section 2

No later than thirty (30) days after the Secretary of State certifies the results of the presidential primary to the Chairman, the Chairman shall appoint a special committee to calculate delegate apportionment pursuant to the provisions of this Article.

Section 3

A. Delegates must be apportioned among the candidates on the Republican presidential primary ballot by determining the proportion of the number of votes cast for each candidate to the total number of votes cast for all candidates in the Republican presidential primary. For each delegate apportioned to a candidate, an alternate delegate is also apportioned to that candidate.

B. In order for a candidate to qualify for an apportionment of delegates, a candidate must receive at least twenty percent (20%), before rounding, of the total vote cast for all candidates in the Republican presidential primary. If a candidate fails to garner twenty percent (20%) of the total vote, the candidate does not qualify for an apportionment of delegates, and delegates that would be pledged to such a candidate will be apportioned proportionally among candidates who clear the twenty percent (20%) threshold. Provided however, if no candidate clears the twenty percent (20%) threshold, the provisions of this subsection shall not be in effect, and delegates shall be apportioned proportionally.

C. If any candidate receives more than fifty percent (50%) of the total vote cast for all candidates in the Republican presidential primary, all delegates available to Idaho under the Rules of the Republican National Committee shall be apportioned to that candidate.

Section 4

A. If a candidate receives more than fifty percent (50%) of the vote in the Republican presidential primary, the candidate is entitled to have eighty percent (80%) of all the delegates and alternates apportioned to Idaho selected from their lists of delegates and alternates provided to the Chairman. If the candidate’s list of delegates or list of alternates does not include a sufficient number of names to fill each slot allocated to the candidate, the unfilled delegate or alternate slots will be filled at the State Party Convention.

B. If no candidate receives more than fifty percent (50%) of the vote, each candidate who is apportioned delegates is entitled to have eighty percent (80%) of that candidate’s delegates and alternates selected from their lists provided to the Chairman. Each candidate’s delegate and alternate slots shall be filled in order of preference from each candidate’s list. If any candidate’s list of delegates or list of alternates does not include a sufficient number of names to fill each slot allocated to the candidate, the unfilled delegate or alternate slots will be filled at the State Party Convention.

Section 5

If a delegate or alternate from a candidate’s lists dies, resigns or is otherwise unable to attend the Republican National Convention, the candidate or his representative will communicate such inability to the Chairman and a suggested replacement. The Chairman, in consultation with the candidate or representative, will fill the vacancy.

Section 6

The remaining twenty percent (20%) of delegate and alternate slots shall be selected as pledged delegates to the Republican National Convention, using the same proportion as the presidential primary and pursuant to the provisions of Sections 3 and 4 of this Article. These delegates and alternates will be selected by the Nominating Committee of the Idaho State Republican Convention. If a candidate’s list of proposed delegates or alternates does not include a sufficient number of names to fill all the delegate or alternate slots otherwise apportioned to the candidate, the unassigned delegate and alternate slots will be filled by the Nominating Committee in the manner consistent with all other delegates and alternates selected by that committee, provided however, that delegate slots filled in this manner must be pledged to the candidate who would have otherwise been able to designate.

Section 7

The Chairman’s special committee on delegate allocation will certify in a written report to the Nominating Committee of Idaho State Republican Convention the total number of delegates and alternates apportioned to each candidate. The written report must also include the names of the delegates and alternates apportioned to candidates and the remaining delegates and alternate slots to be filled by the Nominating Committee consistent with the provisions of this Article and the Rules of the State Convention.

Section 8

A. On the first ballot taken at the Republican National Convention, the delegates and alternates must vote for the candidate who proposed them on their list or the candidate to whom they are pledged if selected by the Nominating Committee.

B. If a candidate dies, withdraws, or releases delegates or alternates prior to the commencement of the Idaho State Republican Convention without submitting a list of proposed delegates to the Chairman or having submitted a list with too few proposed delegates to fulfill the allocation that would otherwise correspond to such a candidate, then the Nominating Committee may nominate as many delegates and alternates as the candidate would have been entitled to serve as uncommitted delegates.

C. If a candidate dies, withdraws, or releases delegates and alternates prior to the first ballot at the Republican National Convention, delegates and alternates committed to such a candidate shall, thereupon, become uncommitted delegates.

See also

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