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Monday, July 11, 2016

Never Trump's Latest Plot to Sabotage the Convention

Anti-Donald Trump delegates are looking into a rules change that would allow them to reject Trump's vice presidential nominee and present their own alternative, BuzzFeed News reports. Delegates plan to present the proposal to the Rules Committee next week. Delegates aren't bound to vote for the nominee's choice for vice president, but traditionally the running mate is automatically ratified by the convention.

A draft proposal obtained by BuzzFeed calls for several changes: that delegates to be able to cast votes on VP even if there is only one candidate; that the nominee's preference have "no bearing" on the VP candidate; that if a VP candidate doesn't get two-thirds support on the first ballot that the decision go to multiple votes; and that a majority of delegates from just three states must support a candidate to get him or her on the ballot.

Source: The Hill

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