I am a Delegate

I am a delegate to Indiana State GOP Convention. The filing deadline to be on the ballot was last Friday at noon. Because of weather concerns, I filed my candidate form at the Hamilton County Elections Office last Thursday afternoon. By Saturday, Hamilton County released the entire candidates slate as it will appear in the May 6 Indiana Primary - everything from President all the way through State Convention delegates. I looked at the list of candidates running to be a State Convention delegate in my district of Clay Township. Turns out that 17 are to be elected but less than 17 are running. Conclusion: I am elected!

The delegates to the national GOP convention get elected from among the delegates at the State Convention. Now interestingly, of the 57 delegates to the National Convention, Indiana GOP rules say that the candidate winning the Indiana Primary gets a maximum of 27 of those as 'pledged' delegates and that another 27 national delegates are officially 'un-pledged.' In other words, no matter who wins the Indiana Primary, about half of the Indiana delegation can cast their votes for another candidate regardless of his performance in the primary!

Thus, in Indiana and in many other states, Ron Paul supporters have focussed on being elected as local delegates to their state conventions. In many cases, Ron Paul supporters have made up the majority of state convention delegates elected! It is these state convention delegates that elect the national delegates. Hmmmm.

Yes, Dorothy, there is more happening that is being reported on Faux News!