Bound Or Else: What?

In NJ, there is no penalty other than a toungue-lashing from the party and getting barred from being a delegate in the future.

I'm real excited about Michigan because the MI GOP will revert all of Mitt's delegates back to unpledged (that's how MI treats "suspended" campaigns). Depending on how many of those delegates are Paul supporters (hopefully more than a few), RP may have just picked up some more delegates with no work at all.

I'm at work, and don't have time, but there must be some rules posted somewhere. It may actually vary from state to state organization.

These political parties all have these loose associations and they may appear to be a single group, but in fact have completely different rules, as we've seen.

The key thing to remember is that these are NOT government bodies or agencies, they're political parties, so you're not looking for laws.

IMissLiberty

This is an excellent question, and one I would also like answered. I mean, what if we just got everybody to become delegates and all voted for RP? I mean, in the final analysis, the nominee is decided by just 1100 people. Jeez, we ought to be able to get that many people to become delegates. Then what would happen?
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