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Related: About this forumMichigan GOP changes delegate award after vote
Source: Associated Press
Michigan GOP changes delegate award after vote
By Kathy Barks Hoffman
Associated Press / March 1, 2012
LANSING, Mich.Michigan GOP officials have voted to change the way they will award 30 delegates from the presidential primary, a day after the tally showed native son Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum each getting 15.
The Michigan Republican Party Credentials Committee voted 4-2 Wednesday night to award 16 delegates to Romney and 14 to Santorum.
At issue is the way the party is allocating two delegates.
Twenty-eight of Michigan's delegates were awarded based on the results in each of the state's 14 congressional districts. Two went to the winner of each district. Romney and Santorum each won seven districts, so those 28 delegates were split.
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By Kathy Barks Hoffman
Associated Press / March 1, 2012
LANSING, Mich.Michigan GOP officials have voted to change the way they will award 30 delegates from the presidential primary, a day after the tally showed native son Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum each getting 15.
The Michigan Republican Party Credentials Committee voted 4-2 Wednesday night to award 16 delegates to Romney and 14 to Santorum.
At issue is the way the party is allocating two delegates.
Twenty-eight of Michigan's delegates were awarded based on the results in each of the state's 14 congressional districts. Two went to the winner of each district. Romney and Santorum each won seven districts, so those 28 delegates were split.
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Read more: http://www.boston.com/news/politics/articles/2012/03/01/michigan_gop_changes_delegate_award_after_vote/
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Michigan GOP changes delegate award after vote (Original Post)
Eugene
Mar 2012
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muriel_volestrangler
(101,368 posts)1. Calvinball!
I swear they are improvising a new comedy series in front of us ...
Drunken Irishman
(34,857 posts)2. Nothing fishy about that at all. Nope...
LiberalFighter
(51,104 posts)3. I don't see a problem with the way the did it. Very fair.
Santorum has no basis to call it an election scandal. He can still make this a positive for his campaign by honing in on that Romney spent all that money and being a native of Michigan and still barely eaked out a 2 delegate advantage.