Rule 20, Rules of the Republican Party, 2012
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Rule 20 of the 2012 Rules of the Republican Party is entitled Certification of Election or Selection of Delegates.
Rule 20
| Certification of Election or Selection of Delegates
(a) All delegates and alternate delegates shall be elected or selected not later than forty-five (45) days before the date of the meeting of the national convention. (b) Subject to the provisions of Rule No. 17, delegates and alternate delegates shall be certified: (1) In every case where they are elected by convention, by the chairman and secretary of such convention or by the chairman and secretary of the Republican state committee, and forwarded to the secretary of the Republican National Committee; (2) In every case where they are elected by primary, by the canvassing board or officer created or designated by the law of the state in which the election occurs, to canvass the returns and issue certificates of election to delegates or alternate delegates to national conventions of political parties, and all certificates shall be forwarded by the chairman and secretary of the Republican Party for the state in which the election is held to the secretary of the Republican National Committee; and (3) In every case where they are elected or selected by the Republican state committee, by the chairman and secretary of the Republican state committee, and forwarded to the secretary of the Republican National Committee. (c) No later than thirty-five (35) days before the time set for the meeting of the national convention, the credentials of each delegate and alternate delegate shall be filed with the secretary of the Republican National Committee for use by the secretary in making up the temporary roll of the national convention, except in the case of delegates or alternate delegates elected at a time or times in accordance with the laws of the state in which the election occurs rendering impossible the filing of credentials within the time above specified. (d) The Executive Committee of the Republican National Committee may grant a waiver to a state Republican Party that is out of compliance with the deadlines imposed by Rule 20 as of the date the start of the convention is set and, where, after reasonable efforts were made to comply, the state as of the date set forth in Rule 16(f)(1) remains out of compliance with the deadlines imposed by Rule 20 and the Executive Committee of the Republican National Committee determines that such a waiver is in the best interests of the Republican Party. Notwithstanding the above, if reasonable efforts to change the law are impracticable due to non-Republican control over the governmental entity with the authority to set the date for the delegate selection process then a waiver shall be granted.[1] |
See also
- Republican National Convention, 2016
- Presidential election, 2016
- Democratic National Convention, 2016
- Republican National Committee
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