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10-21-2007, 01:57 PM
TEXAS 2004
138 Total Delegates: 96 CD & 42 AL Primary: 3/9/04
Primary/Caucus/Convention State Convention: 6/5/04
Delegates bound for 3 ballots
Winner-take-all if over 50% in district or statewide;
w/20% threshold if not
Step 1 Presidential Primary
Purpose: To allocate and bind national convention delegates and alternate
delegates based on the primary results.
Timing: 3/9/04: (Early Voting Program begins 2 weeks before)
Qualifications: Open primary. Deadline to register to vote is 30 days prior to
election.
Allocation: CD: A candidate receiving more than 50% of the votes in any congressional district is entitled to three (3) delegates and alternates from that congressional district. General Rules for all Conventions and Meetings Rule 38 § 8(a). If no candidate receives a majority of the votes in any congressional district the plurality winner is entitled to two (2) delegates and alternates from the district and the candidate receiving the next highest number of votes receives one (1) delegate and alternate; however, if the plurality winner receives more than 20% and the candidate with the next highest number of votes receives less than 20%, then the plurality winner is entitled to three (3) delegates and alternates. Id. § 8(b). If no candidate receives more than 20%, each of the three (3) candidates receiving the highest number of votes shall receive one (1) delegate and alternate. Id. § 8(c).
AL: A candidate receiving more than 50% of the votes statewide shall be entitled to all AL delegates and alternates. Id. § 9(a). If no candidate receives a majority, then the AL delegates and alternates are apportioned among the candidates receiving more than 20% of the statewide vote in the ratio which the number of votes received by each such candidate who received more than 20% of the statewide vote bears to the total of all such candidates receiving more than 20%, rounding fractional delegates and alternates upward to the next whole number beginning with the candidate receiving the largest
number of votes. Id § 9(b). If no candidate receives more than 20%, the AL delegates and alternates shall be apportioned among such candidates, beginning with the candidate receiving the highest number of votes and rounding fractional delegates and alternates upward to the next whole number, and then awarding delegates and alternates to the second highest candidate in the same manner, and so forth until the delegates and alternates to be apportioned have been fully awarded. Id. § 9(c).
Step 2 Precinct Conventions
Purpose: To elect delegates and alternate delegates to the county/senatorial
district conventions.
Timing: 3/9/04
Qualifications: Candidates for county/senatorial district delegate must be affiliated
with the Republican Party and registered to vote in the precinct they seek to represent.6
Process: Each precinct elects a number of delegates and alternate delegates to the county/senatorial district conventions based on the number of votes cast for the Republican gubernatorial candidate in that precinct in the last gubernatorial election (1 delegate and 1 alternate for every 25 votes, or major fraction thereof).
Step 3 County/Senatorial District Conventions
Purpose: To elect delegates and alternates to the state convention and the congressional district caucuses.
Timing: 3/27/04
Qualifications: Candidates for state convention delegate must be affiliated with the Republican Party and registered to vote in the county or senatorial district they seek to represent.
6 Rule 20 of the Convention & Meeting rules of the Republican Party of Texas states that all delegate
candidates must have voted in the Republican primary. The Texas Election Code, however, prohibits parties from imposing more stringent eligibility requirements than those provided by statute. See §§ 174.003 and 174.004.
Process: The number of delegates and alternate delegates elected by each county/senatorial district convention is based on the number of votes cast for Republican gubernatorial candidate in that county or senatorial district in the last gubernatorial election.
The committee on nominations for each county/senatorial district convention reports a list of delegates and alternate delegates for election to the state convention. Delegates and alternate delegates may be elected at-large or by precinct at the discretion of the convention.
Step 4 Congressional District Caucuses
Purpose: To elect CD delegates and alternate delegates to the national convention, and to elect one person to serve on the national nominations committee at the state convention.
Timing: 6/5/04
Qualifications: Candidates for delegate to the national convention must have voted
in the Republican presidential primary in Texas and be qualified to be a delegate or alternate under the rules of the National Republican Party. Id. § 12.
Process: At the state convention, each congressional district caucuses and elects the three delegates and alternate delegates, which are bound to a candidate in accordance with the portion of the primary vote received by that candidate. Id. § 6(a)-(b). Delegates are nominated from the floor and are elected one at a time by majority vote. Id. § 6(b). Nominees must become pledged to the Presidential candidate on whose slate theywere nominated. Delegates are committed to that pledge for first three ballots at the national convention unless the delegate is released by death, withdrawal, or decision of candidate or if the candidate receives less than 20% of the total vote on the second ballot. Id. § 10(a)-(b).
Step 5 State Convention
Purpose: To elect AL national convention delegates and alternate delegates
Timing: 6/5/04
Qualifications: Candidates for delegate to the national convention must have voted
in the Republican presidential primary in Texas and be qualified to be a delegate or alternate delegate under the rules of the National Republican Party. Id. § 12.
Process: Each congressional district caucus meets at the state convention and elects one person to serve as a member to the National Nominations Committee. Id. § 7(a). The National Nominations Committee meets at the state convention to select nominees for all AL delegates and alternates. Id. § 7(b). The nominees are reported to the state convention. The report cannot be amended by the convention and is either confirmed or rejected. If rejected, the report is returned to the committee for revision then re-submitted to the convention. AL delegates and alternates are also bound by pledge provisions of § 10, as stated above. Id. § 7(c).
Step 6 Certification of Delegates
Purpose: Filing of the credentials of the state delegation to the Secretary of the RNC.
Timing: 07/31/2004
Process: No later than thirty (30) 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 (RNC Rule 18(c)).
Step 7 Organizing Convention Delegation
Purpose: To select national convention delegation chairman and choose committee persons.
Timing: Promptly following selection of delegates.
Process: National Party Rules require the election of a delegation chairman, as well as one (1) man and one (1) woman for each of the four (4) Convention Committees, including: Committee on Resolutions (Platform), Committee on Credentials, Committee on Rules and Order of Business, and Committee on Permanent Organization. States are required to file notice with the RNC Secretary the selection of these committee members and their state delegation chairman. Alternate delegates may not serve as delegation chairman or as members of the convention committees (RNC Rules, Rule 40(a)).
Elector Selection
Purpose: To select presidential electors.
Timing: 6/5/04
Process: At the state convention, the delegates from each Congressional district shall nominate one presidential elector and present it to the National Nominations Committee (NNC). The NNC selects two additional nominees. Each nominee for elector, prior to the report of the NNC, must file with the Chairman of the NNC an affidavit in writing as to his commitment to voting for the Republican Partys nominees for President and Vice-President. The convention then elects the presidential electors. Rule 39.
Table of Authorities
General Rules for all Conventions and Meetings.
138 Total Delegates: 96 CD & 42 AL Primary: 3/9/04
Primary/Caucus/Convention State Convention: 6/5/04
Delegates bound for 3 ballots
Winner-take-all if over 50% in district or statewide;
w/20% threshold if not
Step 1 Presidential Primary
Purpose: To allocate and bind national convention delegates and alternate
delegates based on the primary results.
Timing: 3/9/04: (Early Voting Program begins 2 weeks before)
Qualifications: Open primary. Deadline to register to vote is 30 days prior to
election.
Allocation: CD: A candidate receiving more than 50% of the votes in any congressional district is entitled to three (3) delegates and alternates from that congressional district. General Rules for all Conventions and Meetings Rule 38 § 8(a). If no candidate receives a majority of the votes in any congressional district the plurality winner is entitled to two (2) delegates and alternates from the district and the candidate receiving the next highest number of votes receives one (1) delegate and alternate; however, if the plurality winner receives more than 20% and the candidate with the next highest number of votes receives less than 20%, then the plurality winner is entitled to three (3) delegates and alternates. Id. § 8(b). If no candidate receives more than 20%, each of the three (3) candidates receiving the highest number of votes shall receive one (1) delegate and alternate. Id. § 8(c).
AL: A candidate receiving more than 50% of the votes statewide shall be entitled to all AL delegates and alternates. Id. § 9(a). If no candidate receives a majority, then the AL delegates and alternates are apportioned among the candidates receiving more than 20% of the statewide vote in the ratio which the number of votes received by each such candidate who received more than 20% of the statewide vote bears to the total of all such candidates receiving more than 20%, rounding fractional delegates and alternates upward to the next whole number beginning with the candidate receiving the largest
number of votes. Id § 9(b). If no candidate receives more than 20%, the AL delegates and alternates shall be apportioned among such candidates, beginning with the candidate receiving the highest number of votes and rounding fractional delegates and alternates upward to the next whole number, and then awarding delegates and alternates to the second highest candidate in the same manner, and so forth until the delegates and alternates to be apportioned have been fully awarded. Id. § 9(c).
Step 2 Precinct Conventions
Purpose: To elect delegates and alternate delegates to the county/senatorial
district conventions.
Timing: 3/9/04
Qualifications: Candidates for county/senatorial district delegate must be affiliated
with the Republican Party and registered to vote in the precinct they seek to represent.6
Process: Each precinct elects a number of delegates and alternate delegates to the county/senatorial district conventions based on the number of votes cast for the Republican gubernatorial candidate in that precinct in the last gubernatorial election (1 delegate and 1 alternate for every 25 votes, or major fraction thereof).
Step 3 County/Senatorial District Conventions
Purpose: To elect delegates and alternates to the state convention and the congressional district caucuses.
Timing: 3/27/04
Qualifications: Candidates for state convention delegate must be affiliated with the Republican Party and registered to vote in the county or senatorial district they seek to represent.
6 Rule 20 of the Convention & Meeting rules of the Republican Party of Texas states that all delegate
candidates must have voted in the Republican primary. The Texas Election Code, however, prohibits parties from imposing more stringent eligibility requirements than those provided by statute. See §§ 174.003 and 174.004.
Process: The number of delegates and alternate delegates elected by each county/senatorial district convention is based on the number of votes cast for Republican gubernatorial candidate in that county or senatorial district in the last gubernatorial election.
The committee on nominations for each county/senatorial district convention reports a list of delegates and alternate delegates for election to the state convention. Delegates and alternate delegates may be elected at-large or by precinct at the discretion of the convention.
Step 4 Congressional District Caucuses
Purpose: To elect CD delegates and alternate delegates to the national convention, and to elect one person to serve on the national nominations committee at the state convention.
Timing: 6/5/04
Qualifications: Candidates for delegate to the national convention must have voted
in the Republican presidential primary in Texas and be qualified to be a delegate or alternate under the rules of the National Republican Party. Id. § 12.
Process: At the state convention, each congressional district caucuses and elects the three delegates and alternate delegates, which are bound to a candidate in accordance with the portion of the primary vote received by that candidate. Id. § 6(a)-(b). Delegates are nominated from the floor and are elected one at a time by majority vote. Id. § 6(b). Nominees must become pledged to the Presidential candidate on whose slate theywere nominated. Delegates are committed to that pledge for first three ballots at the national convention unless the delegate is released by death, withdrawal, or decision of candidate or if the candidate receives less than 20% of the total vote on the second ballot. Id. § 10(a)-(b).
Step 5 State Convention
Purpose: To elect AL national convention delegates and alternate delegates
Timing: 6/5/04
Qualifications: Candidates for delegate to the national convention must have voted
in the Republican presidential primary in Texas and be qualified to be a delegate or alternate delegate under the rules of the National Republican Party. Id. § 12.
Process: Each congressional district caucus meets at the state convention and elects one person to serve as a member to the National Nominations Committee. Id. § 7(a). The National Nominations Committee meets at the state convention to select nominees for all AL delegates and alternates. Id. § 7(b). The nominees are reported to the state convention. The report cannot be amended by the convention and is either confirmed or rejected. If rejected, the report is returned to the committee for revision then re-submitted to the convention. AL delegates and alternates are also bound by pledge provisions of § 10, as stated above. Id. § 7(c).
Step 6 Certification of Delegates
Purpose: Filing of the credentials of the state delegation to the Secretary of the RNC.
Timing: 07/31/2004
Process: No later than thirty (30) 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 (RNC Rule 18(c)).
Step 7 Organizing Convention Delegation
Purpose: To select national convention delegation chairman and choose committee persons.
Timing: Promptly following selection of delegates.
Process: National Party Rules require the election of a delegation chairman, as well as one (1) man and one (1) woman for each of the four (4) Convention Committees, including: Committee on Resolutions (Platform), Committee on Credentials, Committee on Rules and Order of Business, and Committee on Permanent Organization. States are required to file notice with the RNC Secretary the selection of these committee members and their state delegation chairman. Alternate delegates may not serve as delegation chairman or as members of the convention committees (RNC Rules, Rule 40(a)).
Elector Selection
Purpose: To select presidential electors.
Timing: 6/5/04
Process: At the state convention, the delegates from each Congressional district shall nominate one presidential elector and present it to the National Nominations Committee (NNC). The NNC selects two additional nominees. Each nominee for elector, prior to the report of the NNC, must file with the Chairman of the NNC an affidavit in writing as to his commitment to voting for the Republican Partys nominees for President and Vice-President. The convention then elects the presidential electors. Rule 39.
Table of Authorities
General Rules for all Conventions and Meetings.