Timeline for Is Donald Trump officially the Republican nominee [as of May 7th]?
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| May 9, 2016 at 4:27 | comment | added | Monomeeth | I may have missed it, but I just wanted to add that the significance of a candidate suspending their campaign is that they actually still remain candidates and therefore are still eligible to become the nominee if the front runner has not amassed the required delegate votes. | |
| May 8, 2016 at 20:32 | comment | added | Schwern | @BenCollins I think we're having a terminology argument, let's talk about that in chat. | |
| May 8, 2016 at 20:03 | comment | added | Ben Collins | @Schwern I appreciate the clarification, but this still doesn't address my very narrowly focused edit: there is no set of circumstances under which a delegate can vote for "whomever they wish". There is no such thing as a write-in at the national convention. Delegates can only cast a vote for someone eligible to be on the ballot. Your clarifications are helpful in that they explain that the rules have not yet been approved by the convention and are still subject to modification, but there is zero chance that the rules will be modified in such a way that "anyone" would be eligible. | |
| May 8, 2016 at 18:57 | history | edited | Schwern | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| May 8, 2016 at 18:50 | history | edited | Schwern | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| May 8, 2016 at 18:47 | comment | added | Schwern | @BenCollins I did some more research and heavily updated the answer with more sources and the presumptive rules. No version so far has been entirely correct. There's a lot of rules to keep delegates in line, they're complicated, and they might change. To be technically correct would require its own answer. Instead I summarized the important parts as best I could and made it clear what parts are a simplification. | |
| May 8, 2016 at 18:42 | history | edited | Schwern | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
Heavily revise the details of bound delegates and RNC shenanigans. Add Rule 16 and Rule 40. Add Sources.
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| May 8, 2016 at 13:36 | comment | added | Ben Collins | @Brytham, the wording about picking "anyone they want" is incorrect. Only eligible candidates can be on the ballot at the convention at any point. There is no threshold after which eligibility rules don't apply. | |
| May 8, 2016 at 7:15 | comment | added | Turion | "I was waiting for Trump's April 1st press conference to declare his candidacy the greatest April Fool's Joke of all time." You were not alone. | |
| May 8, 2016 at 2:25 | history | edited | Brythan | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
Returned to original (correct) wording and added additional explanation. Clarified confusing wording.
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| S May 8, 2016 at 2:11 | history | suggested | Ben Collins | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
edit to correct "anyone they want" to eligible candidates. only eligible candidates can receive votes.
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| May 8, 2016 at 1:28 | review | Suggested edits | |||
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| May 7, 2016 at 20:45 | comment | added | David says Reinstate Monica | I would add that even though he is not yet officially the nominee, he is almost certainly going to be. | |
| May 7, 2016 at 2:13 | history | edited | Brythan | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| May 6, 2016 at 20:35 | comment | added | Schwern | Please keep comments about the answer. If you want to talk about Trump, please take it to chat. | |
| May 6, 2016 at 19:38 | review | First posts | |||
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| May 6, 2016 at 19:34 | history | answered | Schwern | CC BY-SA 3.0 |