RNC delegate guidelines from Vermont, 2016
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This page provides known guidelines for Republican delegates representing Vermont at the 2016 Republican National Convention, as compiled from the "Rules of the Vermont Republican State Committee." The full text of relevant regulations is reproduced below.
Rules of the Vermont Republican State Committee
The text below has been reproduced verbatim from: Rules of the Vermont Republican State Committee
Rule 11: State Republican Straw Poll and Presidential Delegate Nomination Convention
a.) Convention
The State Committee chairman shall call a Party convention during the third week of May of each presidential election year for the purpose of electing delegates and alternates to the Republican National Convention pursuant to 17 VSA Section 2715..
b.) Procedure
The Executive Director shall promulgate such forms, set times and procedures, and distribute information necessary to ensure the timely and orderly conduct of this convention. The convention shall adopt additional rules and procedures as required.
c.) Special Rules
The State Republican Straw Poll shall operate under Robert’s Rules of Order except where modified by the following special rules.
1. Quorum – A majority of registered delegates shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business and, once a quorum has been established at the beginning of any meeting, no action or vote taken thereafter during the meeting shall be subject to challenge on the basis that the members present do not constitute a quorum, so long as not less than the number of delegates determined to constitute a quorum at the beginning of the meeting are present. All members shall vote in person and not by proxy.
2. Ballot Counting Committee – The Executive Director shall designate no less than a three person Ballot Counting Committee to tally delegate votes. To confirm a vote, the tallies of all members of the Committee must be consistent with the others.
3. Candidates will be given the opportunity to address the convention in accordance with adopted rules. Delegates shall cast votes after each set of candidates has spoken, e.g. all of the candidates for Governor.
4. Each delegate shall cast no more than one vote for each statewide office.
d.) Delegates to State Presidential Nominating Convention
In Presidential years a Republican Caucus shall be held in each town prior to the State Presidential Delegate Nominating Convention, the exact date to be determined by the party chairman, for the purpose of electing delegates and alternates to the State Republican Presidential Nominating Convention. Each town is allowed two delegates plus one additional delegate for each 200 votes, or major fraction thereof, cast for the Republican candidate for Governor in the General Election in the last presidential election year. Each town shall also elect an equal number of alternate delegates. Such alternates shall be seated in order of their certification. The Executive Director shall prepare a complete list of the delegates and alternates.
e.) Notice of Caucus
Notice of such Caucus shall be given in the same manner as called for in 17 VSA, Section 2303 (refer to Appendix) regarding the biennial organizational Caucus.
f.) Candidates for Delegate and/or Alternate to Republican National Convention
A candidate for Delegate and/or Alternate to the Republican National Convention must secure by petition the signature of twenty-five (25) members of a town, city, county, or state committee, and be:
1. A resident and registered voter in Vermont; and
2. A current member of a town or city committee, county committee, or State Republican Committee; or
3. An elected Republican currently serving in municipal, county, state, or federal office; or
4. A former Vermont delegate to a Republican National Convention.
g.) Credential Committee
The Chairman of the State Committee shall appoint a Credential Committee and designate a chair of that committee. The Credentials Committee shall register all delegates and alternates to the presidential delegate nomination convention and the chair shall report to the Convention the names of delegates and alternates so registered. The report in its entirety, or any person challenged as a proper delegate or alternate, must be approved by a majority of the Convention before any named person can participate as a delegate or alternate.
h.) Election of National Committeeman and Committeewoman
The delegates to the Republican State Convention in Presidential years shall elect one (1) man and one (1) woman for the offices of National Committeeman and National Committeewoman from this state for the ensuing four years. The Chairman of the State Committee shall certify such elections to the Republican National Committee. Neither the National Committeeman nor Committeewoman need be members of the State Committee, but once duly elected shall thereupon become members of the State Committee.
i.) Representation at Republican National Convention
All Delegates and Alternates to the Republican National Convention shall be bound in the first ballot nominating a candidate for the President of the United States, to cast their votes for presidential candidates through proportional allocation by the percentage of votes received statewide by the presidential candidates in the Vermont Presidential Primary.
Presidential candidates receiving at least twenty percent (20%), before any rounding, of the Republican Primary vote will receive a percentage of the overall delegates to the Convention that corresponds to the percentage votes share received by that candidate, counting only the votes received by all such candidates. Notwithstanding the above, if one presidential candidate receives fifty percent (50%) or more, before rounding, of the Republican Primary vote, that candidate will receive all of the delegates to the convention. If no candidate receives twenty percent (20%), the threshold is fifteen percent (15%). If no candidate receives fifteen percent (15%), the threshold is ten percent (10%). Fractional delegates will be rounded to the nearest whole number. If rounding results in a total number of Delegates exceeding the number to which Vermont 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 Vermont is entitled, the additional Delegates will be added to the total awarded to the candidate who received the most votes of all candidates entitled to Delegates. Delegates and Alternates shall be released if their candidate is not placed into nomination at the Republican National Convention, suspends his or her campaign, or withdraws.
If a duly elected Delegate resigns at any time prior to the end of the Republican National Convention, such Delegate shall be replaced by one of the Alternates. If a duly elected Alternate resigns at any time prior to the end of the Convention, the Chairman of the State Committee shall appoint a substitute Alternate based on the order of finish in the election at the State Nominating Convention.
j.) Delegation Organization
Immediately following the election of delegates to the Republican National Convention, the delegation shall hold an organizational meeting to conduct the following business:
1. Election of a delegation chair
2. Election of delegates, one male and one female, to each of the RNC Committees (Platform, Credentials, Rules and Order of Business & Permanent Organization). In the absence of a sufficient number of qualified delegates, the delegation may elect committee delegates from among the alternates, in accordance with RNC Rule 41 (a)
3. Assignment of presidential candidate binding, in the following manner, if more than one candidate has been awarded delegates according to Rule 11 (i):
The Executive Director or State Chairman will prepare a list of the presidential candidates who have earned delegates according to Vermont’s allocation system in Rule 11 (i) including how many delegates each candidate has been awarded. The Chair of the Vermont Republican State Committee, the National Committeewoman, the National Committeeman, and the remaining delegates, beginning with those with the highest vote total, shall declare the candidate, from the prepared list of presidential candidates, to whom each delegate, respectively, shall be bound.
See also
- Republican National Committee
- Republican National Convention rules, 2012
- Republican National Convention, 2016
- Types of delegates
- Presidential election in Vermont, 2016
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