Arguments continue over GOP convention delegates
Last Modified: Wednesday, August 01, 2012 3:00 PM
BATON ROUGE (AP) — An ongoing dispute over Louisiana's delegates to this month's Republican National Convention has shifted to the national GOP level.
State Republican Party leaders lining up behind presumed nominee Mitt Romney and supporters of libertarian Ron Paul couldn't reach an agreement over delegates. Dueling conventions elected separate delegate slates.
The state GOP, led by Chairman Roger Villere, sent its 46-member delegate list to the Republican National Committee, and the RNC considers that the official list for the Tampa, Fla., convention.
Paul supporters who say they followed the proper nominating rules are left to challenge the decision with the RNC. Charlie Davis, state chairman of the Ron Paul campaign, says he's filed paperwork with national party officials to appeal the decision.
Similar arguments have broken out in other states.
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