Sue Lowden’s Look at Nevada Politics
May 14, 2008
About That Delegate List
I want to thank everyone for your feedback concerning the Nevada Republican Party convention and the delegate selection process. Although some of us might disagree on certain points, I do appreciate the fact that many of you took the time to write and express your opinions on this matter.
A number of folks and campaigns have called or written asking about getting access to the official list of 1,347 delegates to Nevada Republican Party convention in Reno. At the request of a sizable number of convention delegates, that list is not being made available to anyone or any campaign. Many delegates do not wish to be solicited or contacted for any reason other than official notifications from the party regarding official convention business, and that seems like a reasonable request to us.
So after consultations with members of the Executive Board of the Nevada Republican Central Committee, the party has opted to keep the official delegate list confidential and will not release it to anyone for any purpose before the convention reconvenes.
The party continues to make preparations to re-start the convention in order to finish up the business of electing delegates to the national convention. No final decisions have been made. However, on the table are two proposals: One, reconvene again in Reno in a few weeks. Two, finish up the elections via a secure, mail-in ballot.
While I have heard from a number of people concerned with a mail-in ballot, there is a danger that if we reconvene in Reno we won’t have a quorum to conduct business. If that should be the case, hundreds of delegates would incur the time and expense of traveling to Reno only to find out that no official business could be transacted. It is for this reason that other options are still being considered. But as I stated, no final decisions have been made.
Additional comments/suggestions here on my blog are always welcome.
