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2016 Hawaii GOP Presidential Caucus (Primary Election)

March 8, 2016 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm

Tuesday, March 8, 2016, the Hawaii Republican Party will hold Presidential Caucus voting at multiple locations statewide. Polling places will be open from 6pm to 8pm and will be different than the normal precinct voting locations.

CLICK HERE for voting locations.

Any registered Hawaii voter who signs a Republican Party card may vote in the Caucuses. Unregistered Hawaii citizens with ID wishing to participate may register to vote and join the party on the day of and at the place of the Caucus election.

Your vote will determine the proportional allocation of Hawaii’s delegates to the Republican National Convention pledged to the Presidential candidates.

Candidate Filing Deadline: February 23, 2015

Candidates currently on the Hawaii Presidential ballot:
Jeb Bush
Ben Carson
Ted Cruz
John R Kasich
Marco Rubio
Donald Trump

UPDATE Feb 22, 2016 –  Caucus to Apportion 19 Delegates:
Due to changes to National Republican Rules, Hawaii’s three automatic delegates (State Chair, National Committeeman, National Committeewoman) will be allocated to the competing Republican Presidential candidates as a result of the March 8, 2016 Hawaii Republican Presidential Caucus.  Hawaii’s Republican delegation will consist of 19 delegates and 16 alternates–all apportioned by the voters.

Formula for apportionment of Hawaii’s 10 statewide delegates and  six congressional district delegates are contained in Hawaii Republican Party Rule #215-E.

Because RNC Rule 16(a)(1) supersedes Hawaii GOP Rule #216, Hawaii’s three automatic delegates will be allocated by the following formula:  “For automatic delegates, starting with the highest statewide vote getter, multiply the candidate’s statewide Delegation Allocation Percentage by three and round up to the next whole number to determine allocation.  Repeat this allocation process with each of the remaining Presidential candidates in descending order of their statewide totals until all three automatic delegates are allocated.  When possible, each of the three individual automatic delegates will be assigned to fill the candidate allocation of their choice.  Remaining automatic delegates will each be assigned to fill candidates’ allocations by lottery.”

Delegation Allocation Percentage is explained in Hawaii Republican Party Rule #215-E.



Hawaii Republican Party State Rules
SECTION 215. ELECTION PROCEDURE

E. APPORTIONMENT OF DELEGATES

The Hawaii Republican Party shall apportion Republican National Convention delegates proportionally based on the Caucus vote tally for each Presidential Candidate within each 1 3 Congressional District and within the state as a whole. For the purposes of apportionment, blank votes, spoiled ballots, over votes, and write-in votes cast for an individual not registered with the FEC as a Republican Presidential Candidate, shall be deemed invalid.

For delegate allocation purposes invalid ballots shall not be considered. The votes received by each Presidential Candidate shall be divided by the total number of valid votes cast for all Presidential Candidates. The percentage of votes received by each Presidential Candidate with respect to the total valid votes cast for all Presidential Candidates shall be rounded up to the next whole number to produce a Delegate Allocation Percentage. This process shall be conducted for the State as a whole and for each Congressional District.

Delegates shall be apportioned by the following formula:

For each Congressional District, starting with the highest vote-getter in that Congressional District, multiply the Delegate Allocation Percentage for the District by the number of delegates allocated to that Congressional District under the Call for the Convention and National Republican Party rules. Round that product up to the next whole number and assign that whole number of full delegates and that whole number of alternate delegates. Repeat this allocation process with each of the remaining Presidential Candidates in descending order of their Congressional District totals until all available delegates and alternates are allocated.

For Statewide delegates, starting with the highest statewide vote getter, multiply the Delegation Allocation Percentage for the State by the number of statewide delegates allocated under the Call for the Convention and National Republican Party rules. Repeat this allocation process with each of the remaining Presidential Candidates in descending order of their statewide totals until all available delegates and alternates are allocated.

If a write-in candidate registered with the FEC as a Republican Presidential Candidate is allocated delegates, the candidate must designate a leadership team of three or more Hawaii Republican Party members to select his or her delegates and alternates.

F. APPOINTING COMMITTED PRESIDENTIAL DELEGATES

Upon certification of the Election Results by the Republican State Executive Committee, the Hawaii Leadership Committee of each Presidential Campaign shall appoint eligible Hawaii Republican Party members to fill the full and alternate delegate positions apportioned to their candidate under Rule 215-F.

Each appointed delegate and alternate must sign a statement affirming their participation in, vote commitment, and eligibility for the delegation. For every five delegates and alternates named by a campaign, at least one must be from a county with population below 500,000.

All slates, individual delegates, and alternates, and the Hawaii RNC delegation as a whole must be in compliance with the rules of the State Republican Party, National Republican Party and the Call for the Republican National Convention. All delegates must be members of the Hawaii Republican Party and registered voters in Hawaii. Slates shall not include delegates authorized under National Republican Party Rule 13-a-2.

No language in Section 214 or 215 shall be construed to remove or alter the authority of the State Convention to elect National Committee members and/or the State Chair. The full and alternate delegates named to the Presidential Candidate Delegate Slates must be named in time to be announced at the State Republican Party Convention. The Convention shall not vote on the delegation, the allocation, or the individual delegates.