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I got this from Nancy who heads up the Orlando Group as well as several other groups.


Electoral college provides for a second election process of choosing a President when one candidate cannot gain a simple majority on the first round of voting in the primary finalized on the first vote of the Nation Convention.

First myth is Delegates are being told who to vote for, thinking they are obligated to do so. This is not true. In the first vote of the Convention, a delegate that is uncommitted or unpledged becomes committed or pledged after the vote. Until then, the uncommitted delegate is free to vote whom ever they wish, changing his or her mind at the last instant before voting, their choice.

Now to the second myth.

If the first vote at the National Convention does not reach a simple majority, then the rules change for all the delegates. They are then able to vote for whom they wish. Thus a delegate sent to the National Convention with an obligation to vote for the primary winner in their District or state winner take all or as an at large delegate, can be a delegate who has the intention of voting for another candidate on the second vote. The myth being portrayed is we must elect only candidates that support the committed first vote obligation. That is wrong.

In the delegate selection process, there will be times when the primary winner of a district or State will not have done so with a simple majority. Thus the delegate election process for the second vote in the National Convention can elect a delegate who will represent the majority of the voters values in the primary, though the majority were split between two or more candidates. Example, Huckabee and Romney split 60% of the conservative vote and McCain wins by collecting a 40% of the moderate vote. In the delegate nominations, the 60% combine to choose a delegate of their own value , in this example conservative. So when the second vote comes up in the National Convention, the majority of the voters represented in the delegate's community is represented, regardless of the first primary vote commitment.

Point being made is that it is right and just for a conservative delegate, other then the winning candidate's supporting delegate in the campaign, to win in that district. The current politically correct attitude is, 'even if a candidate wins on less then half of the majority, he has the right to a loyal delegate in the second vote'. Not so!

The electoral college process allows for the majority rule of a district or State on the second vote at the National Convention.

Did that help? Packing an electoral college lesson into a short few paragraphs is not easy, especially when dealing with myth.

Bottom line, it is entirely possible for Governor Huckabee to win in not only the second vote but also in the first vote. We need to get everyone to know of the reality of Mike winning is very probably if we but vote for the full cup in this primary and not who we are told to.

George