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The fight over Republican convention rules has begun

Edit Business Insider 20 Apr 2016
Rules Committee Chair Bruce Ash, in an email reported by the Associated Press, ripped into the RNC leadership for its decision to block consideration of a proposal by committee member Solomon Yue of Oregon to have the convention operate under Robert’s Rules of Order rather than the rules of the House of Representatives at the party’s spring meeting this week....

Why Ohio’s Bribery Law Isn’t Going to Upend the GOP Race

Edit Time Magazine 20 Apr 2016
Now, Cleveland is hosting the national Republicans’ convention to name a nominee and the GOP faces a version of that anti-bribery law ... Trump allies say that the billionaire frontrunner would look favorably at those who support him at the convention and the in-flight movie on the way to Cleveland is an infomercial about Trump....

RNC Has to Have ‘Transparency’ or There’ll Be a ‘Meltdown’ in Cleveland

Edit Breitbart 20 Apr 2016
Coast to Coast,” while discussing the Republican convention in July, former Republican presidential candidate former Gov. Mike Huckabee (R-AR) said the Republican National Convention rules committees and delegates need “to have the appearance of transparency and fairness.” Huckabee said, “Whatever rules are being talked about ......

UN backs prohibitionist drug policies despite call for more 'humane solution'

Edit The Guardian 20 Apr 2016
the 1961 Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, which first laid out prohibitionist policies, the 1971 Convention on Psychotropic Substances, and the 1988 Convention Against Illicit Traffic in Narcotics ... The president of the International Narcotics Control Board, a “quasi-judicial” body created by the 1961 convention, called out the contradiction in his statements to the general assembly ... “They defy the international conventions.”....

NY Dems energized by nomination contest, not so much GOP

Edit The Associated Press 20 Apr 2016
A majority of GOP voters say the candidate with the most votes going into the convention should be the party's presidential nominee. And many voters from both parties say they're concerned about the economy and Wall Street ... Conversely, just a quarter of voters say the delegates sent to the convention in Cleveland should decide. So far, Trump is likely to go into the convention with the delegate lead over Cruz and Kasich....

NZ business events on show at major European event (New Zealand Tourism Board)

Edit Public Technologies 20 Apr 2016
A joint media conference held at IMEX provided a further opportunity to generate awareness of New Zealand's business events offering with a focus on Auckland and the New Zealand International Convention Centre ... global awareness for Auckland's premium business events offering and to demonstrate the support our Auckland Convention Bureau provides....

Looking for big night in New York: Clinton, Trump seek wins

Edit The Oklahoman 20 Apr 2016
Trump needed a strong showing to keep alive his chances of clinching the GOP nomination before the party's July convention — and to quiet critics who say the long primary season has exposed big deficiencies in his campaign effort ... John Kasich, the only other Republican left in the race, was seeking to add to his scant delegate total and keep up his bid to play a long-shot spoiler at the convention....

NY Dems energized by nomination contest, GOP divided

Edit The Associated Press 20 Apr 2016
According to early results of exit polls conducted for The Associated Press and television networks by Edison Research, a majority of GOP voters say the candidate with the most votes going into the convention should be the party's presidential nominee ... So far, Trump is likely to go into the convention with the delegate lead over Cruz and Kasich....

Hillary, Trump look for wins on home turf in New York

Edit New York Post 20 Apr 2016
Trump needed a strong showing to keep alive his chances of clinching the GOP nomination before the party’s July convention — and to quiet critics who say the long primary season has exposed big deficiencies in his campaign effort ... John Kasich, the only other Republican left in the race, was seeking to add to his scant delegate total and keep up his bid to play a long-shot spoiler at the convention....

Texas Digest: Police seek suspect after woman slain in N. Texas church

Edit Austin American Statesman 20 Apr 2016
A federal judge will decide whether Dallas must allow organizers of a sex exposition to again rent the city-owned convention center for an event ... District Judge Sidney Fitzwater heard arguments Monday but didn’t immediately rule on use of the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center ... The lawsuit seeks a preliminary injunction, citing First Amendment protected speech, requiring Dallas to make the venue available for the convention....

Exit Poll Shows NY Dems Energized By Nomination Contest, GOP Divided

Edit TPM 20 Apr 2016
According to early results of exit polls conducted for The Associated Press and television networks by Edison Research, a majority of GOP voters say the candidate with the most votes going into the convention should be the party's presidential nominee ... So far, Trump is likely to go into the convention with the delegate lead over Cruz and Kasich....

For Donald Trump, New York primary hinges on reaching 50 percent

Edit Syracuse 20 Apr 2016
The candidate who receives 50 percent or more of the vote in any congressional district will be awarded all three of that district's available delegates to the Republican National Convention ... In addition, if Trump can reach 50 percent or more in the statewide vote, he will receive an additional 14 at-large delegates to the convention....

Donkeys to descend on Philadelphia ahead of convention

Edit Business Insider 20 Apr 2016
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Donkeys will be dispatched around the city this summer ahead of the Democratic National Convention, the host committee announced Tuesday ... The symbol of the Democratic Party will represent each U.S ... The ideas were given to Philadelphia artists to create. "Donkeys Around Town" is an effort to get residents in the convention spirit and encourage delegates and other visitors to explore the city....
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