South Carolina Republican Party delegate selection processes [Archive]

Bigjon

21st January 2012, 09:02 PM

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The delegate selection processes herein, was updated on 1 November 2011.
South Carolina Republican Party Rules

South Carolina may begin their delegate selection primaries, caucuses, and conventions on Wednesday 1 February 2012. [The Rules of the Republican Party - Rule 15(b)(1)]. On 3 October 2011, the South Carolina Republican Party announced they will hold their 2012 Presidential Primary on 21 January 2012. SCGOP Chairman Connelly announces 2012 Presidential Primary date. The January date appears to put the South Carolina Republican delegate selection plan in violation of the Rules of the Republican Party [Rule 15(b)(1)]. Rule 16(a) indicates that South Carolina will forfeit 50% of their National Convention delegates.

The information below was updated on 27 December 2011 to reflect the process with the 50% penalty applied.

... the South Carolina Republican Party shall conduct a statewide presidential preference primary on a date within two weeks after the New Hampshire Republican Primary or earlier if necessary to preserve South Carolina's "First in the South" status. [South Carolina Republican Party Rules - Rule 11(b)(1)]

Saturday 21 January 2012: 47 of 50 25 of South Carolina's delegates to the Republican National Convention are allocated to presidential contenders in today's South Carolina Presidential Primary. [Reference: Resolution of The South Carolina Republican Party regarding the election of delegates and alternates to the 2012 Republican National Convention - passed 27 August 2011]
21 14 district delegates are to be allocated to presidential contenders based on the primary results in each of the state's 7 congressional districts: each congressional district is assigned 3 2 National Convention delegates and the presidential contender receiving the greatest number of votes in that district will receive all 3 2 of that district's National Convention delegates. [Rule 11(b)(4)]
26 (10 base at-large delegates plus 16 bonus delegates) 11 at-large delegates are to be allocated to the presidential contender receiving the greatest number of votes in the primary statewide. [Rule 11(b)(6)]

In addition, 3 party leaders, the National Committeeman, the National Committeewoman, and the chairman of the South Carolina's Republican Party, will attend the convention as pledged delegates guests by virtue of their position.

Each congressional district delegate ... shall be bound during the first ballot .... However, if the candidate to which a delegate is bound falls below 30% of the vote on the first ballot, that delegate automatically is released before the second ballot [that is, bound for 2 ballots unless the candidate receives less than 30% -Ed] ... Each delegate-at-large shall be bound for the first ballot ... [South Carolina Republican Party Rules - Rule 11(b)(4), (5), and (6)]

Here's how we compute the delegate count:
The candidate who receives the most votes in each CD receives 2 delegates.
The candidate who receives the most votes in statewide receives 11 delegates.Contest
Pop
Vote Del
CD1 2
CD2 2
CD3 2
CD4 2
CD5 2
CD6 2
CD7 2
Statewide 11
Delegates 25

As of 1 November 2011, the date for the County Conventions has not been set.

March 2012 (tentative): The County Conventions convene to elect delegates to the District and State Conventions [South Carolina Code of Laws - Section 7-9-70] [South Carolina Republican Party Rules - Rule 5 (c)(5)]

As of 1 November 2011, the date for the District conventions has not been set.

April 2012 (tentative): District conventions convene to elect National Convention District Delegates according to the results of the primary. [Rule 6 (c)(6)(a)]

Saturday 19 May 2012: The State Convention convenes to elect the At-Large National Convention District Delegates according to the results of the primary. [Section 7-9-100]

... the State Convention shall ... elect a national committeeman and national committeewoman and to elect at-large delegates ... to the National Convention. [South Carolina Republican Party Rules - RULE 7 (b)(6)]

Notes:

South Carolina may begin their delegate selection primaries, caucuses, and conventions on Wednesday 1 February 2012. [The Rules of the Republican Party - Rule 15(b)(1)].

On 28 June 2011, South Carolina Governor Nikki Randhawa Haley (Republican) vetoed state funding for the 2012 Presidential Primaries. The Republican Party has stated that it will raise $1,500,000 to fund the primary. Story here.

On 17 October 2011, Beaufort, Chester, Greenville, and Spartanburg Counties filed suit to stop the 21 January 2012 Republican Presidential Primary unless the Republican Party covers the costs of the election. Story from the Washington Post is here.

On 22 November 2011, the South Carolina Supreme Court voted 3-2 to allow the primary to go on as planned. That this, for Court refused to block the primary. Story from NPR is here.

On 3 October 2011, the South Carolina Republican Party announced they will hold their 2012 Presidential Primary on 21 January 2012. SCGOP Chairman Connelly announces 2012 Presidential Primary date.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE SOUTH CAROLINA REPUBLICAN PARTY
Columbia, S.C. – SCGOP Chairman Chad Connelly today announced South Carolina’s 2012 Republican Presidential Primary date. Chairman Connelly commented:
"Last Friday, a nine person committee brought chaos to the 2012 calendar. Today, South Carolina is making things right.
South Carolina Republicans have a thirty year track record of picking the eventual Republican Presidential nominee. We will continue that historic tradition on January 21, 2012.
It will undoubtedly be a spirited campaign to make Barack Obama just the worst ONE term President in American history. We are united in this mission, and any candidate who ignores South Carolina does so at great peril.
Additional Note: In conjunction with Fox News, the South Carolina Republican Party will also host a 'First in the South' Republican Debate in the days leading up to the primary."

The January date appears to put the South Carolina Republican delegate selection plan in violation of the Rules of the Republican Party. Rule 15(b)(1) states
"No primary, caucus, or convention to elect, select, allocate, or bind delegates to the national convention shall occur prior to the first Tuesday in March in the year in which a national convention is held. Except Iowa, New Hampshire, South Carolina, and Nevada may begin their processes at any time on or after February 1 in the year in which a national convention is held ..."

Rule 16(a) indicates that South Carolina will forfeit 50% of their National Convention delegates.
"If any state or state Republican Party violates The Rules of the Republican Party relating to the timing ... the number of delegates to the national convention from that state shall be reduced by fifty percent (50%) ... "

Links Links to other web sites

Election Authority
• South Carolina's Voter Information Resource
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• The South Carolina Senate Republican Caucus
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• Carolina Morning News - Bluffton
• DC's Political Report - South Carolina
• FITSNews - Sic Willie
• Greenville Magazine
• Island Packet - Hilton Head
• Lexington County Chronicle
• Morning News - Florence, Myrtle Beach
• Politics1.com - South Carolina
• SC Hotline - South Carolinas for Responsible Government
• South Carolina Citizens for Life (SCCL is a non-partisan, non-sectarian pro-life organization and is the state affiliate of the National Right to Life Committee)
• Spartanburg Herald-Journal
• The Beaufort Gazette
• The Charlotte Observer
• The Greenville News
• The Herald - Rock Hill
• The Item - Sumter
• The Lancaster News
• The Messinger - Hartsville
• The News & Reporter - Chester County
• The Post and Courier - Charleston
• The State - Columbia
• The Sun News - Myrtle Beach
• The Times and Democrat - Orangeburg
• The Union Daily Times
• WCBD TV - NBC - Charleston
• WCIV TV - ABC - Mount Pleasant
• WCSC TV - CBS - Charleston
• WLTX TV - CBS - Columbia
• WOLO TV - ABC - Columbia

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Bigjon

21st January 2012, 09:08 PM

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A RESOLUTION OF
THE SOUTH CAROLINA REPUBLICAN PARTY
REGARDING
THE ELECTION OF DELEGATES AND ALTERNATES
TO THE 2012 REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION
Passed August 27, 2011 by a unanimous vote of the South Carolina Republican Party
State Executive Committee, Chad Connelly, Chairman.
WHEREAS, the South Carolina Republican Party will hold its convention on May 19,
2012, in accordance with Republican National Committee rules; AND
WHEREAS, South Carolina is projected to have 50 delegates and 47 alternates to the
2012 Republican National Convention in Tampa, Florida; AND
WHEREAS, due to population growth South Carolina gains an additional congressional
district and therefore an additional three (3) National Delegates and three (3) National
Alternates; NOW THEREFORE
BE IT RESOLVED,
THAT County Conventions may reconvene as necessary during the month of March,
2012 to elect delegates and alternates to the District Conventions from their State
Convention delegates; AND
THAT to be a Delegate to the District Convention, one must have been elected as State
Delegate or State Alternate from their county in March or April of 2011; AND
THAT a Delegate to the District Convention must be a resident of the Congressional
District, and must be elected by County Convention Delegates who are also residents of
the same Congressional District; AND
THAT if a county is divided between two or more Congressional Districts, the number of
State Convention Delegates shall be apportioned among the District as nearly as possible
based on the population residing in each Congressional District as a percentage of the
entire population of the county; AND
THAT District Conventions must convene during the month of April, 2012 to elect
National Delegates and National alternates; AND
THAT each Congressional District Delegate may vote for up to six (6) candidates for
delegate, with the three (3) candidates receiving the highest number of votes being the
National Delegates from that District, and the following three (3) being National
Alternates from that District; AND
THAT from these District Conventions, a total of three (3) National Delegates and (3)
National Alternates shall be elected; AND
THAT the State Republican Convention must convene during the month of May, 2012 to
elect National Delegates and National Alternates; AND
THAT State Delegates must have been elected as State Delegates from their counties in
March or April of 2011; AND
THAT twenty-six (26) National Delegates and twenty-six (26) National Alternates will
be elected at-large from the State Republican Convention; AND
THAT each State Delegate may vote for up to fifty-two (52) candidates for National
Delegate. The twenty-six (26) candidates receiving the highest number of votes are
National Delegates, and the following twenty-six (26) are National Alternates; AND
THAT National Delegates or National Alternates elected at the District Conventions
cannot be elected National Delegates or Alternates from the State Convention; AND
THAT the State Chairman, National Committeeman, and National Committeewoman are
automatic National Delegates and are awarded no National Alternates; AND
THAT within four weeks of the election of National Delegates and Alternates, the party
Chairman will call a meeting of all National Delegates and National Alternates to
organize the Republican National Convention Delegation from South Carolina; AND
THAT the Delegation shall elect a Delegation Chairman, Vice-Chairman, and Secretary
and is declared a body unto itself, to be governed by its own actions, not inconsistent with
Republican National Convention rules; AND
THAT the Delegation shall elect one (1) man and one (1) woman to represent South
Carolina on each of the four (4) National Convention committees and that upon their
election these names shall be filed with the Republican National Convention