Washington Times:
RNC weighs scrapping convention rule book to head off anti-Trump maneuvers
Switch to Robert’s Rules of Order would ensure more transparency
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Republicans will try to force more transparency at the party’s national
convention in July, aiming to scrap their 1,500-page rule book in favor
of simpler procedures that they hope will head off arcane maneuvers
designed to deny Donald Trump the presidential nomination.
The
changes wouldn’t guarantee Mr. Trump the nod but would make it easier
for all sides to see what sorts of changes anti-Trump factions are
attempting.
Some members of the Republican National Committee want
to ditch the massive rule book, which is based on the parliamentary
handbook of the U.S. House, and instead use Robert’s Rules of Order to
govern floor action at the convention. Robert’s is the standard manual
used by entities such as civic associations, county boards and state
legislatures.
Those pushing the change are not Trump partisans,
but they want to make it hard to forge in secrecy what voters might see
as backroom deals to “steal” the presidential nomination from Mr. Trump,
the front-runner.
3 comments:
1500 pages???
Whenever I see something like that, 1500 pages, 2700 pages for Obamacare, 8 jillion pages of tax code, the only POSSIBLE motive= WE DON;T WANT ANYONE TO BE ABLE TO COMPREHEND THE FULL SUBJECT
ANYONE
EVER
Tempering that "VERY good sign for Republicans" is this NYT article which reveals the current-occupant-of-the-oval-office has no intention of calling Hillary to account ...
Obama Privately Tells Donors That Time Is Coming to Unite Behind Hillary Clinton
By MAGGIE HABERMAN and MICHAEL D. SHEARMARCH 17, 2016
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