That’s entirely dependent on what other rules the party has. And legally, nomination decisions are entirely at the discretion of the parties, as long as they play by whatever their rules happen to be. Parties are not legally required to have primaries at all.
Right but if they don’t count primary votes that were cast, then there’s a cause of action because they’re breaking their own rules. It’s basically a breach of contract. There’s no cause of action for some votes being more valuable than others because those were always the rules. I don’t love that system, but it’s a private entity and those are their rules for picking a candidate to run in the general. It’s true that they’re not required to have a primary, but that’s irrelevant right now because the Dems do have a primary under their own rules.
That’s entirely dependent on what other rules the party has. And legally, nomination decisions are entirely at the discretion of the parties, as long as they play by whatever their rules happen to be. Parties are not legally required to have primaries at all.
Right but if they don’t count primary votes that were cast, then there’s a cause of action because they’re breaking their own rules. It’s basically a breach of contract. There’s no cause of action for some votes being more valuable than others because those were always the rules. I don’t love that system, but it’s a private entity and those are their rules for picking a candidate to run in the general. It’s true that they’re not required to have a primary, but that’s irrelevant right now because the Dems do have a primary under their own rules.