Anti-Trump delegates have support needed to force rules vote
July 19, 2016  04:52
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Republicans looking to unseat Donald Trump as their partys presidential nominee appear to have the signatures they need to force a full vote on the national convention rules, a move intended to provide a platform for anti-Trump voices and to embarrass the billionaire.

To force that vote, the faction would need signatures from the majority of delegates from seven states or territories. According to documents, they have a majority of signatures from nine: Colorado, Washington State, Utah, Minnesota, Wyoming, Maine, Iowa, Virginia and Washington, D.C.

The group says former New Hampshire Senator Gordon Humphrey has submitted the signatures to the convention secretary.

Submitting those signatures would force a roll call floor vote from all 2,472 delegates to the convention on the Republican National Committee rules that a 112-member panel voted through last week.

Those rules required pledged delegates to vote for the candidate dictated by their states primary or caucus results, a system that would allow Trump to clear the number of votes he needs for a nomination. The faction is hoping those rules will be voided and replaced with rules that allow delegates to vote their conscience.

While theyre highly unlikely to win the roll call vote, the Never Trump delegates hope to at least draw attention to their cause and, with a large vote count, prove what theyve long claimed: that a significant section of the party still doesnt support the presumptive nominee.

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