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Ron Paul To Win Louisiana Caucus?
National
Review Online
Tuesday January 22, 2008
Louisiana has its Republican caucus this evening, but as usual,
the rules are complicated. Voters today will be voting for delegates
to the state convention, who will select the delegates to the national
GOP convention.
Details:
Louisiana's Republican voters will head to the polls today at
11 different caucus sites to cast their ballots for delegates
and alternate delegates to the Louisiana Republican Convention.
Voters can cast ballots from 5:00 pm until 8:00 pm this evening.
The state convention will choose the bulk of Louisiana's delegates
to the Republican National Convention. Louisiana will have a total
of 47 delegates and 44 alternates to the national convention in
Minneapolis, Minnesota...
Fifteen delegates and fifteen alternates to the state convention
will be elected from each congressional district. Republican voters
are eligible to vote in the congressional district where they
were registered on November 30, 2007. In order to participate,
voters must present a drivers license or valid photo I.D.
(Article continues below)
The state convention will be held Feb. 16 at the
Old State Capitol in Baton Rouge. All of Louisiana's 2008 national
convention delegates will be uncommitted. But if a presidential
candidate receives more than 50 percent of the vote in the Feb.
9 presidential primary, state party rules require 20 of Louisiana's
at-large delegates to support that candidate on the first ballot
of the national convention. If no presidential candidate receives
a majority on Feb. 9, the at-large delegates will be uncommitted.
So there's this caucus to determine who goes to the state convention,
but the actual delegates are uncommitted, unless someone gets 50
percent in a crowded field.
I guess the importance of today depends on how uncommitted those
"uncommitted" delegates actually are. If one candidate
sweeps tonight, their supporters could stock the Louisiana delegation
with supporters when the state convention meets Feb. 16.
The only Republican candidate in Louisiana last night? Ron Paul.
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