21 September 2008 update: BatesLine.com - RNC corrects Oklahoma vote total.

On 19 September 2008, Tom Josefiak (RNC, Legal) sent the following update to Gary Jones (Chairman, Oklahoma GOP): The official GOP Convention delegate vote tally for the State of Oklahoma now reads: "Oklahoma 41 votes, 39 for John McCain, 2 for Ron Paul". The Official Proceedings of the 2008 Convention ("The Green Book") will reflect those numbers.

8 September 2008 update: Oklahoma Delegation Asks RNC to Confirm the Vote

"Oklahoma Republican Party Chairman Gary Jones, joined by RNC National Committeeman James Dunn and RNC National Committeewoman Carolyn McLarty, today called on the Republican National Committee to clarify Oklahoma's vote as tallied in the official record of the 39th Republican National Convention.... The proper tally is Senator John McCain 39, Congressman Ron Paul 2."

"Oklahoma delegates are rightfully concerned that their votes have been reflected correctly," Jones said. "No votes were cast by Senator Inhofe before Oklahoma's microphone was turned off, and the convention staff assumed that all of the Sooner State's votes were being cast for McCain."

"Oklahoma's delegates are bound by law to vote for the candidate who won the area they represent - either the state as a whole or the individual congressional district," Jones continued. "John McCain won the third, fourth and fifth congressional districts and Oklahoma overall; Governor Mike Huckabee won the first and second congressional districts and later released his delegates. Of those six former Huckabee delegates, who could vote for whichever candidate they chose, four supported McCain and two supported Congressman Ron Paul." Chairman Gary Jones, outgoing RNC National Committeeman Lynn Windel and outgoing RNC National Committeewoman Bunny Chambers voted for Senator McCain to reflect Oklahoma's overall vote.

7 September 2008 update: We have received a communication indicating Ron Paul should have received 2 of Oklahoma's 41 votes at the National Convention. Reference: http://www.batesline.com: Oklahoma didn't vote

• "The 2nd District voted for Mike Huckabee in the primary, but Huckabee released his delegates. Two of the delegates elected by the 2nd District Convention were supporters of Congressman Ron Paul ... Arizona passed first time ... so that Arizona could put its senator over the top ... when Oklahoma finally got the chance to vote ... the delegation's chairman and Oklahoma's departing National Committeeman, Lynn Windel, yielded the floor to [Senator] Inhofe, who began his spiel. When he said the phrase 'war hero of all war heros, John McCain,' the convention secretary ... announced, "Oklahoma, 41 votes for John McCain." [Senate] Inhofe attempted to correct the secretary and go on, but as soon as the secretary spoke, [Senate] Inhofe's mike was cut."

On the basis of this 6 May 2008 media article, we have changed our soft count to from McCain 32, Huckabee 6, available 3 to McCain (32+5+3)=40, Paul 1, uncommitted 0. Our hard count remains McCain 32, Huckabee 6, Uncommitted 3-- as originally allocated.

"Huckabee frees delegates, supports McCain "...Mike Huckabee has released the Oklahoma delegates he won during the state's presidential primary this year. Huckabee encouraged the six delegates ... to vote for Republican presumptive presidential nominee John McCain ... and "all but one” of them said they would vote for McCain. The other delegate is going to vote for U.S. Rep. Ron Paul ... Oklahoma has three additional delegates — [Gary] Jones and two national committee members — who are committed to McCain.".

OKLAHOMA Republican PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY

Tuesday 5 February 2008

38 of Oklahoma's 41 delegates to the Republican National Convention are pledged to presidential contenders in today's Oklahoma Presidential Primary: 15 delegates are to be allocated to presidential contenders based on the primary results in each of the 5 congressional district (each congressional district is assigned 3 National Convention delegates); 23 delegates allocated to presidential contenders based on the primary results statewide. Delegates are allocated to the presidential contender receiving the greatest number of votes in the primary at either level.

Here's how we compute the delegate count (based on certified returns from an official source):

1. The candidate receiving the most votes in each CD is awarded 3 delegates.
2. The candidate receiving the most votes statewide is awarded 23 delegates.