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WHEREAS John McCain has willfully withdrawn from the Federal matching funds program, violating the sole condition whereby he qualified to be on the ballot in Ohio; and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.