{"id":26133,"date":"2015-07-26T16:36:38","date_gmt":"2015-07-26T20:36:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=26133"},"modified":"2015-07-26T16:36:38","modified_gmt":"2015-07-26T20:36:38","slug":"an-explanation-of-the-debate-about-the-north-carolina-primary-date","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=26133","title":{"rendered":"An Explanation Of The Debate About The North Carolina Primary Date"},"content":{"rendered":"

North Carolina<\/a>\u2019s Republican Presidential Primary<\/a>: The Date Matters!<\/strong><\/p>\n

Written by Mark D. Jones<\/p>\n

1st<\/sup> Vice Chairman<\/p>\n

Craven County Republican Party<\/p>\n

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North Carolina could be a major player in the race to determine the 2016 Republican Presidential nominee.\u00a0 With 72 delegates (6th<\/sup>highest in the country), the key word is \u201ccould\u201d.\u00a0 A combination of obscure and unfair Republican National Committee<\/a> (RNC<\/a>) rules and North Carolina legislative actions could spoil this opportunity.<\/p>\n

The RNC makes the rules related to how Republican delegates are apportioned, and the North Carolina Legislature has the authority to set the date of our Primary.\u00a0 The RNC has developed a concept known as the \u201cproportionality window\u201d which imposes two potential penalties on 46 of the 50 states for holding primaries before March 14.\u00a0 Iowa, Nevada, New Hampshire, and South Carolina are exempt from these penalties, and you will hear a lot of talk about early Primaries<\/a> in these states next year.\u00a0 The first of the penalties mentioned above means that any other state that chooses a Primary date before March 1 will lose a significant percentage of its delegates.\u00a0 North Carolina originally planned for a February Primary which would reduce our delegate count from 72 to 12 and make our state insignificant.<\/p>\n

The North Carolina House of Representatives<\/a> passed a Bill (H.B. 457) that would move the Primary date to March 8, 2016.\u00a0 This restores our delegate count to 72 but comes with another pitfall.\u00a0 Any state, other than the four exempt states already mentioned, that holds a Primary the first two weeks of the month will be forced to allocate those delegate on a proportional basis.\u00a0 This means that if 5, or even 15, candidates are on the ballot, each candidate will receive a percentage of our delegates commensurate with the percentage of the vote they receive.This may sounds like a fair process on the surface, but as usual, there is more to the story.\u00a0 The RNC\u2019s penalty will mean that a number of very conservative states,with high delegate counts like Texas, Virginia, and North Carolina, that intend to hold early Primaries, will be forced to divide their delegates among multiple candidates.\u00a0 In fact, 10 of 15 Southern states<\/a> plan to hold their Primaries in this window. Conservative stalwarts like Colorado and Utah also plan to hold Primaries in this window.\u00a0 It is highly unlikely any candidate will emerge from these conservative states with enough delegates to establish a significant lead or gain momentum in the race to be the Republican nominee before March 14.<\/p>\n

Then along comes the period after March 14.\u00a0 States are then allowed to grant their delegates on a winner-take-all basis.\u00a0 This is when Primaries will be held in more liberal states like Illinois, New Jersey, New York<\/a>, and Pennsylvania.\u00a0 These states can, and likely will, grant all of their large delegate counts to one candidate who gets a simple majority.\u00a0 As a result, these states will almost certainly determine who wins the 2016 nomination to be the Republican candidate.\u00a0 It will almost certainly be a liberal,Establishment candidate rather than a Conservative.<\/p>\n

So, what is the solution?\u00a0 The RNC could change the rules, but it is unlikely this will happen.\u00a0 The reason why is clear.\u00a0 Conservatives are left with no good choice.\u00a0 Do nothing, and the liberal northeast will pick the candidate.\u00a0 Gamble on something the RNC does not expect, and maybe things can change.\u00a0 The only thing we can control at this point in North Carolina is the date of our own Primary.\u00a0 House Bill 457 made the crossover to the North Carolina Senate<\/a> before the April 30, 2015 deadline.\u00a0 Our Senate can now amend the Bill to hold the Primary after March14 and make North Carolina a winner-take-all state.\u00a0 With the already mentioned 6th<\/sup> highest number of delegates in the Country, North Carolina will become ground zero for candidates hoping to be our nominee.\u00a0 A winner-take-all Primary will energize Republican activists and workers and bring all the leading candidates to our state.\u00a0 For those of us hoping for a conservative Republican nominee, we can only hope other conservative states see the pitfalls of the early Primaries and change their dates as well.<\/p>\n

There is still time to contact your Senator about this important issue.\u00a0 Educate them about the details and importance of this issue and ask that they support awinner-take-all Primary after March 14.\u00a0 All Senators are important, but members of the Senate Rules and Operations Committee and the Senate Joint Legislative Elections Oversight Committee are critical.\u00a0 Senator Bob Rucho<\/a> (919-733-5655<\/a>) from Mecklenburg County is Chairman of the ElectionsCommittee.\u00a0 It is important for Republicans to contact these leaders and all Senators and make their voice heard about this critical issue.\u00a0 With a change to a winner-take-all Primary, and hopefully a little help from other conservative states, North Carolina may well be a huge player in determining the nominee to represent the Republican Party in the 2016 Presidential race.\u00a0 Information about North Carolina Senators can be found at the following link: http:\/\/www.ncga.state.nc.us\/Senate\/Senate.html<\/a><\/p>\n

(Information for this article was obtained from an article published September 3, 2014 on National Review.com and titled: Ne<\/em>w RNC Rules Stymie Conservatives in the Primaries <\/em>by Henry Olsen.Read more at: http:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/article\/386913\/new-rnc-rules-stymie-conservativesin-primaries-henry-olsen)<\/p>\n

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