From Deseret News archives:
Will Utah GOP release Mitt's delegates?
Romney, who won 90 percent of the vote in February's GOP presidential primary here, has already asked that the 36 Utah delegates to the National Republican Convention next month be released to vote for Sen. John McCain, the GOP presumptive nominee. Romney, hugely popular in Utah in part because of his management of the 2002 Salt Lake Winter Olympics, dropped out of the GOP presidential race in March.
Late last week, Stan Lockhart, Utah GOP chairman, sent out an e-mail to the 180 central committee members (the basic governing body of the state party) saying that he had thoroughly researched the state GOP constitution, the party bylaws, had spoken with Republican National Committee officials and studied Roberts Rules of Order.
And it is his decision that he can release the Romney delegates himself, as Romney desires and has asked him to do.
Without being formally released, because of the primary vote the 36 delegates should vote for Romney at the convention, to be held in St. Paul, Minn., in September.
And that could be embarrassing for Romney, who is clearly trying to convince McCain to pick him as his vice presidential running mate.
Party officials said if the e-mail feedback showed no strong objections, that Lockhart would rule accordingly, and a late-August central committee meeting could be cancelled.
But there is some objection, said Ivan DuBois, state GOP executive director. And after the Deseret News posted a story about the issue online Monday afternoon, GOP officials decided to hold a central committee meeting anyway, even though most of the e-mails coming back from committee members show support for Lockhart's decision.
Central committee member Don Guymon, who is also a national delegate, has bumped heads with party bosses before. Guymon said Lockhart's e-mail request "is completely out of order."
And he added that no matter what the central committee or Lockhart says, he intends "to follow the rules of the Utah Republican Party and the wishes of over 90 percent of Utah Republican voters and cast my vote for Mitt Romney."
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