Trump is threatening the GOP with a 'rough July' if he's not the nominee

[txradioguy]

But don't anyone DARE accuse him of inciting violence!

The Donald Trump campaign this weekend continued its assault on the Republican National Committee and the party’s nominating process, with the billionaire frontrunner demanding unspecified changes to the system in advance of the nominating convention, and warning of dangerous consequences for the party if his demands are not met.

The RNC “better get going or they’re going to have a rough July at that convention,” Trump said angrily from the stage at a rally over the weekend. The party needs to “straighten out the system, because the people want their vote,” he added.

Trump has grown increasingly agitated in the past few weeks, after it became plain that his campaign was badly unprepared to follow up on his early success in Republican primaries with the on-the-ground work needed to assure that delegates friendly to him were actually sent to the convention to work on his behalf.

The GOP nominating process is complicated by the fact that each state sets its own rules for how the delegates are selected. Trump’s main problem boils down to this: in many states, the results of the primary election or caucus determine how many delegates from the state will be sent to the convention with an obligation to vote for a specific candidate on the first and perhaps the second ballot. But they don’t determine who those delegates will be, and who their preferred candidate is.

Those decisions are made in myriad ways, but typically at meetings of the state parties, where organization is critical. The Ted Cruz campaign has outclassed Trump’s people in that regard, placing delegates loyal to the Texas senator in seats won by Trump. Those delegates will have to support Trump in a roll call vote for one or two ballots, but will be free to switch afterward. They will also be free to vote against Trump’s wishes on other matters, for instance, on decisions about the rules under which the convention will operate.

http://www.businessinsider.com/trump-is-threatening-the-gop-with-a-rough-july-if-hes-not-the-nominee-2016-4?op=1

[thundley4]

Illinois is kind of odd. You vote for your preferred candidate, but also vote for 3 delegates listed by who they will support, and also 3 alternate delegates who are also listed by who they support.

[J P Sousa]