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Saturday, March 29, 2008
Resolution to strip McCain of Ohio delegates
Posted by The Dean of Cincinnati
Guest item from Scott Ryan
All other candidates went through the proper hoops to gain ballot access in Ohio except for Senator McCain. Senator McCain relied on his eligibility for matching funds to gain access. Now, he is no longer eligible. If the delegates from all the states that fall into this quagmire were released of their obligation there may in fact be a revolt and Senator McCain may not receive the nomination. While this potential outcome does not fall under probable at this time, the movement is rapidly growing.
RESOLUTION to deny Senator John McCain of Arizona (hereafter, “John McCain") any Ohio delegate votes at the 2008 county, state, and national Republican Party conventions:
WHEREAS John McCain was placed on the ballot in Ohio without obtaining the required number of petition signatures, due to his prospective acceptance of Federal matching funds; and
WHEREAS John McCain ostensibly won the 2008 Republican Party primary in Ohio as a result of being placed on the ballot solely due to his prospective acceptance of Federal matching funds; and
WHEREAS John McCain has willfully withdrawn from the Federal matching funds program, violating the sole condition whereby he qualified to be on the ballot in Ohio; and
WHEREAS John McCain must therefore be deemed ineligible to have been on the ballot for the 2008 Republican Party primary in Ohio, rendering all votes for him null and void; and
WHEREAS John McCain cannot therefore be deemed to have actually won the 2008 Republican Party primary in Ohio, and thus no Ohio Republican Party delegates can be obligated to vote for John McCain at county, state, and national Republican Party conventions; and
WHEREAS, by participating in the Ohio Republican Party primary on a fraudulent basis, John Mccain has clearly failed in his obligation to respect and honor both the integrity of the Republican Party in Ohio and the election laws of Ohio; and
WHEREAS the Republican Party has the responsibilty and obligation to hold any prospective nominee of its party accountable for any violations of the law in any state, at a minimum by refusing to allow such an individual to win its nomination; and
WHEREAS the delegates for the Republican Party have the reponsibility to maintain the integrity of the Republican Party by withholding their votes from any candidate who has violated either the integrity of the Party or the election laws of Ohio; and
WHEREAS it is impossible to determine how votes cast for John McCain in the 2008 Ohio Republican Party primary would otherwise have been distributed;
BE IT RESOLVED that we the people of the Republican Party of Ohio hereby release all delegates from any obligation, legal or moral, to vote in convention for John McCain based on his illegitimate participation in the 2008 Ohio Republican Party primary; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that we the people of the Republican Party of Ohio enjoin all our delegates to NOT vote in convention for John McCain, and to vote for whichever remaining candidate(s) they believe best uphold(s) the platform and traditions of the Republican Party and the Constitution of the United States of America.
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29 Mar 2008 at 12:48 pm | #
pledged delegates can support whomever they please.
29 Mar 2008 at 03:47 pm | #
Who is scott ryan ? Ilike the way he thinks
29 Mar 2008 at 04:15 pm | #
I do not think he was suggested he wrote the resolution; rather, he is providing a copy with an intro.
30 Mar 2008 at 03:44 pm | #
Yes, strip him of the delegates in Ohio. It won’t matter because nearly every one else has dropped out of the race. Strip him of all the delegates in all the states, and we will end up with Huckabee as the nominee!
Silly, Cincinnati Beacon, still believing that something other than a two-party system will play out in national politics. The Ralph Naders of this world will never become President because they do not understand that a system exists and you have to work within that system to find success. Sure, Ralph and those like him might win that ideological war from their viewpoints. They sure showed the masses and the bureaucracy this time. But in the end it does not matter because they are losers. They did not become President or Governor or whatever else the end goal was. Simply “putting up a good fight” and “getting one’s viewpoints out there” is not a win. And in politics, winning is the only thing that matters.
31 Mar 2008 at 01:19 pm | #
I did not write the resolution, and I noticed many errors within.
Not even sure if I would have standing in a lawsuit, since I am a registered independant, but such a suit may get enough attention to get it fast tracked through the federal courts.
The resolution can be found at dailypaul.com and I think a Dr. Stephens wrote it.
31 Mar 2008 at 09:03 pm | #
To Young22 -
I am neither an expert nor a lawyer, but I was under the impression that ballot access to delegates was two pronged, one if you accepted matching funds and an alternative if you did not. So, that in and of itself, calls into question the existing delegate makeup. Also, there is a question of pledged delegates. My interpretation was that the Ohio delegation was, by law, forced to vote for Senator McCain at least through the first round.
31 Mar 2008 at 09:25 pm | #
Correction to earlier post. A Dr. Stephen Parent wrote the resolution.