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KY3 in Springfield has the story.
Here is the rundown of the newly defined delegate selection process the Missouri Republican Party will use in 2012:
*The County Caucuses will take place on March 17, 2012. At these caucuses, which are open to any Republican who is registered to vote in that county, attendees will select delegates and alternates to the Congressional District Conventions and State Convention. No delegates to the national convention are selected at this time. The number of delegates and alternates per county is determined by the Missouri Republican Party based upon the number of GOP votes cast in the last presidential election.
* The Congressional District Conventions will take place on April 21, 2012. At each of these 8 conventions, delegates chosen at the county level will select 3 delegates and alternates to the National Convention and 1 presidential elector. The delegates and alternates will be required to declare allegiance to a candidate prior to the voting, and they will be bound to that candidate on the first ballot—unless they are released prior to the convention.
*The State Convention will take place on June 2, 2012. At the convention, delegates chosen at the county level will vote on 26 at-large delegates and alternates to the National Convention and 2 at large presidential electors. The delegates and alternates will be required to declare allegiance to a candidate prior to the voting, and they will be bound to that candidate on the first ballot—unless they are released prior to the convention.In total, Missouri will have 52 delegates and 49 alternates to the Republican National Convention — 24 selected at the congressional district caucuses, 25 selected at the state convention, and 1 delegate (but no alternate) for the state Party chairman, national committeeman and national committeewoman.
The ball is definitely in Florida's court now.
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We'll move the Missouri Democrats to "No Date" for the time being, but FHQ fully expects the party to utilize the municipal ward caucuses already scheduled to begin on March 29. Until that announcement, however, FHQ will keep them as undetermined.
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We'll move the Missouri Democrats to "No Date" for the time being, but FHQ fully expects the party to utilize the municipal ward caucuses already scheduled to begin on March 29. Until that announcement, however, FHQ will keep them as undetermined.
Is there a possibility they could be trying to move Florida out of January? If they were to schedule the primary on Feb 7, Florida would be the big fish and center of attention. The fact that it occurred the eve of the Florida decision certainly suggests that the RNC was involved. Hard to believe that the RNC would be doing this if there wasn't something said between the RNC and Florida Republicans.
ReplyDeleteI suspect those within the Republican Party of Florida heard from the RNC last night. The national party would prefer it if Florida held its primary on February 21. A February 7 Florida primary accomplishes very little other than keeping Iowa out of the first week of January.
ReplyDeleteBut you're right: Florida would be the big fish in an otherwise small pond on February 7.